I would want to take a closer look at their engagement metrics. Of course they will officially show rising engagement, but in what form? Because for niche subs

I would want to take a closer look at their engagement metrics. Of course they will officially show rising engagement, but in what form? Because for niche subs the engagement (active users) is reducing in many subs. People run to discord mostly, which is only partially better, but doesn't suffer power mods yet. Rising engagement could also come from content that got linked and from people just visiting the page. Buying votes for reddit is allegedly quite cheap as well.