I also have left Reddit for the same ideological reasons that many others have. I do think that some moderation within the community is a good thing, but it needs to be transparent. In response to moderation, I wish there was a public archive that showed the activities of the mods. However, sitewide censorship is dangerous and I don't think that the site admins should silence any community unless they are actively engaging in illegal activity.

I've noticed that Reddit's quality has decayed over the years but I was able to mitigate this by choosing my subreddits, but now that Reddit admins have engaged on the sanitization of it's user base, Im done. Im a bit disgruntled because I know that it will take many years for another community to take Reddit's place and it's all because Ellen Pao want's to monetize the community for her own self interests. That being said the migration from Reddit will help strengthen the online community of freethinkers in the long run.

In terms of Recruitment, just do whatever you're doing. I wouldn't actively recruit, it's a shitstorm over there right now and you I would stay away from recruiting "hate".