It's Reddit, so what did you honestly expect? But, it's still somewhat disappointing to learn that yet another sub turned into an astroturfed censorship swamp.
The most innocuous comments are shadow-removed without you even knowing it. I saw some guy complain about AirBnB driving up the prices of real estate and comparing that to AI and the comment was gone after a refresh. Complain about Apple? And gone.
I know there have been paid commenters and power mods for a while.
https://youtu.be/gxEQOv2g0JA