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>>robbie+(OP)
Without a doubt, this is another step in Reddit's demise. It will really go into freefall when they go public later this year, after which I'm certain you'll start seeing more intrusive monetization. The window just opened for someone to develop the replacement. It will rip itself apart over the next few years and all 52 million users will be looking for a new home.

Reddit's product is authenticity. Monetization is the antithesis of authenticity. The two cannot coexist, as they're about to find out.

>>IAmGra+YK
> It will really go into freefall when they go public later this year,

I mean the only thing the founders/investors want is to cash out, nothing more. they don't care about what reddit becomes after they IPO.

> Reddit's product is authenticity.

It has not been authentic since Trump's election. It has become a PAC, tangentially something else, but mainly a way to push partisan politics on every single subreddits including the subs that have nothing to do with partisanship.