I agree entirely about how Reddit is essentially become a parasite on it's communities. It does sound odd, but IMO it's very true.

I look at these situations where growth is the main goal and it's always a matter of time before the goal outgrows the actual utility or function of the company itself. Reddit really has a job of just keeping the servers online and being there to enforce basic "property" rights.

They make a boat load of money from the dumb cosmetic features of the site.