This is indeed the relevant question. There are similar scenarios where the answer is the 100 guys, like some markets, that when organized centrally by "smart" people, they stop working.

For contexts that can be exploited to benefit the one guy at the expense of other for sure. For contexts where there is no downside it depends, its good for broad research, bad for in depth content. The problem is there are hardly any places for the latter type of content anymore, because reddit took over with its subreddits that seem good fit for nieches and the price wasn't apparent in advance ...