Update for Day 19:
Total number of articles posted: 40 (increased by 2)
I wrote two more articles today. For one of them, I simply ran it through Quillbot, resulting in just 500 words. I want to see how Google reacts to articles with zero competition, low word count, and duplicate content. I don't expect it to rank, but most of the articles I post have similar traits and still rank in the top 10 very quickly. So, who knows?
I strongly believe that if we don't keep pushing the limits and testing our theories, we won't progress in our understanding, and that's pretty boring.
Now, I have over 30 keywords out of approximately 55 in the top 100. Many have moved up into the top 30 and top 10. I even have two keywords in the top 3 now!
Despite having one keyword ranked top 1, I'm hardly getting any traffic from Google—only about 5-15 clicks daily. But then again, the related search terms probably aren't ranking yet.
I ran the Reddit bot again and only got 2 replies. I made the settings too strict. Honestly, I'll just undo the changes and stop worrying about non-contextual links I build. If my account gets banned, I'll just make a new one. Besides, I still receive far more positive comments than negative ones.