Now no one will ever see all those super long !remindme bot posts set for 5, 10 or 15 years on Reddit

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Capitalism killed it. That's how things go. They are great for a while then get too big and have to keep growing for some reason. The pursuit of perpetual growth ruins everything

aka the great enshittification of '23

This is exactly it, now that the economy is slowing down, reddit is just one of many tech startups which whose investors now require actual returns instead of just promises of endless growth.