I thought this was already in place since September or so (maybe it’s explained in the article somewhere, I only skimmed it through - doesn’t really matter tho).

It was fun to see discussion on this on HN, where so many commenters shared the view of leaving reddit for good after lurking became impossible. As one of those people, can’t wait for that shithole to burn to the ground. Or even better, become just a steaming pile of botfest.