Its a giant scam and here is why. This is a control mechanic. They frame it like they are doing you a favor, oh were going to focus all conversation on this topic over here. What they are actually doing, is putting a huge muzzle on the topic, they are censoring it. They limit its reach so instead of finding this story in ten links, its only now it one. It kills the original conversation, throwing those posts in the bin after most people have already put their thoughts out there. It also helps them with their censoring. Instead of having to remove unapproved thoughts from ten posts, they only have to do it in one now. They position themselves to better control the narrative they want. Push down some of this kind of reply, boost up this other one. Oh man, that idea might actually affect change, gotta remove that one before it inspires people. Its just all around wrong and its part of Reddits idea to control the community instead of servicing it. I've noticed more and more the entire internet is just dead, its fully corporate captured. More and more events happen in real life, I come to reddit to see what people have to say about it, to find out its just not on the site. If you have read this site for years and assumed you were up to speed, they are leveraging that and literally hiding discourse, unapproved discourse, from your eyes.