It’s obvious that Reddit as a company has no respect for its users and less than that for the mods. It’s a thankless, difficult job that isn’t even a paid position. I think a lot of us have probably quit real jobs for less bs than Reddit has pulled.
So why stay? Why bother with protests and such when the company has made it clear they don’t value your work or your opinions? Why not just pull out en masse and let the place burn to the ground?
If I were you I’d create the obscure ones and just post “looking for mods” at the top. Either the community remains dead and you delete it after a few months or another mod rolls up and you can pass it off to them.