Probably the "company" that they thought you were shilling for is Kbin or Lemmy? Which aren't companies of course, but an understandable mistake.
Presumably the people on Reddit will become more and more in favour of the admins, as everyone who isn't leaves.
Soon all that is left will be the Spez Fan Club.
This wave will surely redouble when the apps actually get turned off next week.
Fedi has always had scalloped growth. Big Social tightens the thumb-screws, a wave of people leave, half of them go back because it turns out they can put up with the thumb-screws after all. Those that remain settle in and start servers. The waterline is then higher when the next wave comes.