I’m probably not as smart as their leadership team, but I can’t see how this ends well for them.

I've found myself using LLMs for things I'd normally search Reddit for because I'm tired of being pushed onto New Reddit, and I’m tired of private profiles hiding bots, astroturfers, and other bad actors.

Providing I treat it with some scepticism, why bother visiting Reddit when my LLM uses their data without me having to deal with their anti-patterns?

And if I (someone who prides themselves on trying to make decent contributions) am no longer visiting the site, then I’m no longer contributing either.