I think there's also an element of herd mentality. People I know who use Reddit also have reduced the quality of their comments to similarly inane one-liners an

I think there's also an element of herd mentality. People I know who use Reddit also have reduced the quality of their comments to similarly inane one-liners and throwaway jokes of a dubious standard. While I have no doubt that there are bots there, there are also a bunch of sheeple following the lead of the bots.