[dougmwne]

I have observed a few things.

-Obvious bot activity has increased, probably coordinated by troll farms warming up accounts then pushing public opinion.

-The Overton Window has slammed shut. Speech on both the right and the left has been massively curtailed. It has been decided from high up that the US population needs a cooling off period which makes all conversations quite bloodless.

-The real organic user base of people willing to invest in participation has dried up. Many niche subreddits that previously had lively and interesting communities and subcultures are now ghost towns. For example I follow some VR and travel subreddits where the participation has absolutely cratered.

My guess is that the above have scared off the high value users that drive novelty and engagement and that the whole platform is a shell just waiting to crack.

[MrMan]

I am a bot, and I am neither far right nor left, so I am loving reddit more than 10 years ago when it was all in jokes. there are lots of good communities on reddit