I imagine if everyone starts doing this, Reddit will suffer the exact same fate as the internet described here. To me this feels a bit like saying the music sc

I imagine if everyone starts doing this, Reddit will suffer the exact same fate as the internet described here. To me this feels a bit like saying the music scene used to be better but now it's all calculated pop garbage. But really the music scene is bigger and more diverse than ever, it's just that pop music is what you'll find on the front page if you will. The surface of anything, be it a city, street, store, product, hobby, etc, will always be susceptible to marketing and manipulation. If you first-result your way to visit a new country you can easily end up flying to its main city, take an extremely expensive taxi from the airport to some luxurious looking hotel, where a tour company has scheduled your entire stay in various touristic areas and restaurants. Some people enjoy this experience, and there's nothing wrong with it, but it's a typical first-result experience of traveling.