The author's thesis is a bit confused. Reddit hasn't replaced Google as a search engine. Reddit does have a search function, but have you used it? It's frankly

The author's thesis is a bit confused. Reddit hasn't replaced Google as a search engine. Reddit does have a search function, but have you used it? It's frankly terrible. Rather, Google has become the search engine front end for the huge database that is Reddit. Currently they have a symbiotic relationship, but if Reddit ever decides to take its data private and build its own competent front end, it could potentially splinter off for itself a good chunk of traffic.