[MeinBlutIstBlau]

This is exactly why. If I had a dollar for every "duh, orange man bad" post I could pay off all US student debt. It's just unbelievable. And if you said anything positive about trump (like hey, how about that H-1B loophole fix? that wasn't being abused by big tech) you get eviscerated, possibly even banned. And whats your appeal? To a mod that just makes up rules on a whim that aren't even part of their rules? Pretty much.

Reddit has gone out of their minds. They want people to target ads to, not a genuine community of people that care about the content they make. That's why those stickers have gone to absurd levels and they charge ridiculous prices for it. Now when I see a post, gold means nothing anymore. I don't even know whats a worthwhile post to bother reading cause half the time it's garbage group think irrational "the dems are freedom fighters!" stuff anyway.

[bonoboTP]

They are not out of their minds. They are rational and can probably make more money this way. They may lose us as readers but gain a ton others who may even be more responsive to ads. I assume most of us here use ad blockers anyway so they don't make money on us.