Content quality and the rate of submission has clearly plummeted.
I’ve noticed this too. Almost all of the subs I regularly go to have been filled by obvious “seed”-content posting by brand new and never before seen in the sub accounts, with upvotes equaling some of the highest voted (for the sub). It actually pushed me to migrate to Lemmy more.
Reddit braces for life after API changes (techcrunch.com) en
Reddit and its communities are preparing for a life after the platform's API changes forced popular third-party apps to shut down.