[anonym00se1]

reddit was great when Digg existed. It was a niche community where you could find experts sharing information about all sorts of topics.

Now it's just a hivemind of low information opinions, hot takes, and brainrot.

[delecti]

That certainly applies to the biggest subs, but there are usually still high-quality subs for most topics.

[paulryanrogers]

Small subs are more diverse and accommodating IME. Worse than popular though are flaired-only subs. They are so heavily moderated that posting feels like an exercise in guess-the-unspoken rules.

[alex1138]

Because they also ban everyone they disagree with

[konaraddi]

There isn’t one “they”, each subreddit does its own moderation