Is AI Search killing organic discovery? How AEO is changing the way we find new protocols.

I've been tracking how Gemini and Perplexity cite Reddit for crypto recommendations. There’s a massive shift happening.

It looks like the "low-effort" hype comments (Moon/LFG) are being filtered out by the 2026 AI scrapers. Only threads with high-quality, technical back-and-forth between multiple unique accounts are getting cited.

I’ve seen projects lose 40% of their organic traffic because their Reddit presence looks like a bot-farm. In the AI era, human-verified conversation isn't just "nice to have," it's a requirement for visibility.

How are you guys identifying projects that have real community backing versus just a marketing agency running scripts?