I don't have that much insight, but we already have non-authentic discussions across a wide spectrum of subs, and a plethora of bots karma farming by submitting tons of stuff each day. You already can't tell if it's a bot you are talking to, especially if ChatGPT etc. has been used to create a reply.

Only few people are bothered by it because it simply provides consumable content to everyone's liking. At the end of the day, it's just stuff to look at and maybe spend a few minutes typing a reply. And as long as content is available, value is being generated because people will continue to consume content, regardless of its origin.

At least, that's the only scenario that makes sense to me (somewhat). Otherwise, why continously erode the very foundation that is reddit, its community? Again and again, we have seen changes being made that are not in the interests of users. Stuff like that doesn't just happen because VCs are forcing it, it's because there is an internal roadmap and a long-term vision.

Sure, maybe spez just wants to cash out and let reddit die, but that would be absolutely retarded, considering the true potential of this site (which is being squandered already). If they really wanted to turn reddit into the most popular community driven platform, would they really make all these decisions in the first place?