I think there’s a few newer factors at play over the last year or two in addition to the usual problems (anecdotal of course). * Unless incredibly niche, subre

I think there’s a few newer factors at play over the last year or two in addition to the usual problems (anecdotal of course). * Unless incredibly niche, subreddits reach that poor quality threshold so fast now. * Marketing firms have learned how to use reddit with a huge amount of thinly veiled advertising, SEO Spam, Karma farming and bot presence. * Discord, slack hacker news etc. seem to have eaten away at some topics, programming community engagement for example feels like it’s dropped off a cliff.