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The biggest fall down the drain was when Reddit partnered with the political disinformation group, Correct The Record, in late 2014 or early 2015, and became largely a partisan election tool.

Correct The Record, having since testified in court to have spent many millions of dollars on social media troll farms, is thought to have replaced most Reddit subreddit moderators immediately after the partnership, especially on large subreddits. This resulted in mass censorship, banning, and ultimately the creation of a political echo chamber.

Around the same time, Reddit's breach of user information though their third party 2FA was used as an excuse to suspend thousands accounts with no reason, who weren't even within the breach time period or having 2FA enabled.

The overhaul of Reddit to a 2016 Election tool was massive.