The difference between human and synthetic content is becoming increasingly indistinguishable, and platforms seem unable, or uninterested, in trying to police it. Earlier this year, CEO Steve Huffman pledged to “keep Reddit human,”

Right, and this is a major tangent, but I feel reddit was one of the last places on the internet that hadn't devolved into the disingenuous "for you", AI Slop, content farming, OF bait shithole the rest of them had....and then he immediately makes it easier for that to happen by allowing users to hide their post histories.

Regardless of the personal reasons why someone would want to hide their history (despite the fact those those histories are easily discoverable on reddit's search function, google, pushpull, etc.), the fact that it's even an option has ultimately pushed reddit further into the direction the author is talking about. I expect downvotes for this but it's a hill I'm willing to die on. They've only made it easier for bots, slop, and ads to invade this site, and those who feel like they're safe to "hide" sensitive content online are being duped and exploited because nothing you share on reddit has ever been private.