I don’t agree personally, but I think I understand your thought process.

My issue with them changing this up so much is that we already have YouTube and TikTok. We have ways for creators to make money.

Involving money makes Reddit far less likely to be a discussion forum where people have higher-quality discussions based largely on intellectual curiosity. You didn’t post to make a dollar, you posted because you wanted to and because you had a desire to share something you know.

There was always room for memes and jokes, of course. There was room for gaming and funny cat videos too. But those were extras for a community that was (long ago) built on being nerdy, tech savvy, interested in science, politically progressive, anti-religious, etc.

Reddit has been drifting away from that for a very long time unfortunately. But this will be the final nail in the coffin.