How Reddit set itself up for a fall

I think it's intentional. The original user base of technologically inclined geeks weren't profitable. They've been pivoting to the social media crowd. This user base isn't so ideological. They just want a time waste scrolling app on their phone.

The original founders are long gone. Ohannian seems to mentally checked out ages ago. Swartz died a decade ago. Huffman is just cashing checks at this point.