Its not the first time reddit has tried this bullshit recently :

https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/13p889x/reddit_admins_were_just_caught_using_bots_or_fake/

Shareholders need to sue these executives for Fraud. I hope to see Spez in a 'pound-me-in-the-ass-prison' with Elizabeth Holmes.

The reason they are trying this is to juice up the numbers before the IPO.

Its not the first time reddit has tried this bullshit recently :

https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/13p889x/reddit_admins_were_just_caught_using_bots_or_fake/