This oddly reminds me of how YTMND was back in the day. Now it's mostly a niche site, but when it was semi-popular among certain segments Internet users it had

This oddly reminds me of how YTMND was back in the day. Now it's mostly a niche site, but when it was semi-popular among certain segments Internet users it had some conflicts erupt between users such as atheists vs Christians being a classic spat on the site. Reddit seems to exhibit some of that coarse nature in its user base at least from my own experiences. I'm not sure Reddit's owners can herd the users into compliance. For me the most likely outcome will be the slow decline of Reddit because users that aren't even affected by the policy changes and enforcement (even helped and protected with the banning of subreddits like /r/beatingtrannies and /r/fatpeoplehate) will see it as a possible threat to how they can submit content to the site. It's that unintended effect that Reddit's owners need to be aware of because it's what's killed smaller forums and sites.