I'm more concerned with reddit's role as a propaganda mill and the brainwashing of the general populace, or even what comes after reddit. The internet has become the new battleground of propaganda. The problem is most Millennials/Gen Z are very uncreative and have a deep reverence for authority, especially supposed experts, and they are very susceptible to online propaganda because their image of propaganda in their head is WW2 nazi shit. They think propaganda is a poster on a wall or something. Reddit was a huge influence on introducing young people to social justice ideology/culthood. In real life, I have met whole people indoctrinated by reddit, with their minds possessed of nothing of reddit cliches. They are completely against freedom of speech and believe that "kindness" (whatever that means) should be the governing rule. Bigger than shitposting is how reddit influences people to vote. And what I find the most scary is how fucking obvious it is reddit does this deliberately and not a single news media focuses on them, only Twitter.
While null and I haven't really got along when we've interacted, I will say that even though I don't follow any metadrama or anything, I know a priori null has put in a lot more than just money, time, and expertise, and all of us should appreciate that.