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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's a tragedy, because reddit is the last source of publicly available truth on the internet. I can search for anything with site:reddit.com and see actual human beings' opinions on the matter.

All other truth is locked down in unindexed chats, and all other search results are SEO'd AI written articles shilling referral links.

>>rozab+iT
All I can say is, don’t take any product advice from Reddit, since it’s fairly mainstream now. Basically every company does astroturfing and marketing in every possible way over there without disclosure. From what I was told, the most common ones are “try x, y, z” and “y” is the advertised product, but since it’s between other two, it looks like an organic comment.

Source: a friend working in marketing, so it’s not really reliable data point.