Addiction.
Probably a terminally online user who has to have their subreddits
Just look at the majority of the comments at r/soccer when they went private in protest
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Addiction.
Probably a terminally online user who has to have their subreddits
Just look at the majority of the comments at r/soccer when they went private in protest
Sounds pretty much on-point for the average Reddit user. You can see content creator comments surrounding it.
Bits or bribes or sycophanty or a combination thereof.
astroturf.
Maybe they're just unaware.