I assumed that the practice was intentional to make reddit be more heavily represented in google results. Reddit staff doesn't actually use the site that much

I assumed that the practice was intentional to make reddit be more heavily represented in google results. Reddit staff doesn't actually use the site that much (or at least that was my impression a couple years ago after having a meeting in the office and finding that I knew a lot more about the meme-art that users sent them than their staff did)-- so it wouldn't be shocking that they'd be indifferent to making google search unusable for users.