The article isn't about the new layout. It's about an apparent difference in the karma system that seems to de-prioritize content from karma farmers and content

The article isn't about the new layout. It's about an apparent difference in the karma system that seems to de-prioritize content from karma farmers and content that comes from off of Reddit. For specific subreddits it's hard to make a concrete statement about what is going on with traffic. Some subreddits I frequent had traffic decline noticeably due to them shutting down to protest the API changes, while others have lost traffic to other platforms, most notably Discord.