The official stand of Reddit is you are not even allowed to sit passively as a mod. Here is how rule 4 worded

"...This involves regularly monitoring and addressing content in ModQueue and ModMail and, if possible, actively engaging with your community via posts, comments, and voting."

Intentional sabotage is the only option left at this point.

The message seems to be that if they don't keep moderating exactly how they were before this api decision that they'll get the boot. Not the official message of course, they are saying one thing and then doing another at almost every step of this drama.

This is an approach many are taking, and Reddit is still removing moderators for it.

The fact that Reddit is taking drastic action against users who aren't breaking any rules is a pretty strong sign that Reddit's leadership has gone off the deep end.

unmoderated communities quickly get deleted.

Some have have started moderating more actively, with a new rule that all posts have to be John Oliver

https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/20/how-john-...