To me all signs point to Reddit never having been a commercial venture, but rather an influence and propaganda machine for United States government agencies. So they already have their budget paid.
Individual topic sub Reddit’s are okay if they are strict about keeping on topic.
Anything front page is insanity.
And to be clear, I think large parts of Reddit is of no interest to government agencies.
You know that is impossible to prove or disprove so that argument is worthless.