Ah more empty promises like when they said they'd fix their app or add more moderation tools. "Just do what I want you to do now and I swear we'll give you what you've been asking for at some undetermined later date. I swear!"
They're going to start paying posters for highly awarded posts and comments, with people who receive the most getting a better rate. Reddit content bots are going to be profitable, and the entire site is going to be repost bots and AI generated content garbage soon enough
So many users didn't know the difference. And probably thought mods were paid to work. And didn't bother to read any of the stickies or links subreddits posted explaining the whole situation.