One change I've noticed, and this has nothing to do with API changes, is that Redditors now take comments at face-value, even when they're farcically sarcastic.

One change I've noticed, and this has nothing to do with API changes, is that Redditors now take comments at face-value, even when they're farcically sarcastic. Unless you tag the comment (e.g. /s), people's default is to assume they're typing back and forth with literally history's greatest monster. And their goal is to proudly and publicly expose this monster for internet points. The weird thing is they really do get internet points for being oblivious to flippant sarcasm. I wonder if this is an "Eternal September" problem, or if mass internet culture has permanently shifted.