There's a causality there you're missing. You presume that I got less active and Reddit shifted; I got less active BECAUSE Reddit shifted. I, and others, fought it tooth and claw. True this, Republic of that. And yes - I know the "power users" today. They have high karma. They moderate nothing. They are the kings of pun threads, and the average exchange in /r/Centuryclub belongs in /r/cringe as a screengrab. The people that made Reddit interesting were driven away by the people that make Reddit inane, because inane content is rewarded at a much higher rate than interesting content. What used to make a "power user" was somebody who found interesting content first. What makes a "power user" now is someone who can craft the perfect reposted Imgur album for /r/risingthreads.