people will make quality content and totally not botfarm and karmawhore everywhere

You’re assuming that botfarming and karma whoring isn’t considered “quality”.

I mean, look at this shining beacon of quality: “Reddit, what’s the sexiest sex you’ve ever sexed? [Serious]”

See quality original content.

Copy original content to a post of your own.

Report original post as SPAM, CSAM, or otherwise abuse.

Profit

Since now that there is a straight up monetary profit motive, would stealing someone else’s original content actually make the thief open to a civil suit? Does that mean you could subpoena Reddit for the thief’s contact info?

They already botfarm and karmawhore everywhere. This is just going to amplify that problem.