I've never really used reddit, except when google searches have led me to particular posts.
From what you're saying, it doesn't sound like it's healthy to get deep into it.
(The Porcupine From Purgatory Tom Cruise piss films, Fri 26 Jun 2026, 10:58, archived)

I've never used Reddit. Seemed like hard work

( mongychops, Fri 26 Jun 2026, 12:12, archived)

Yyyyyyup.
I used to use it a lot from basically the beginning, and I modded a couple of very big subs back in the day. I retreated from that because it was a time sink, but even now it is just not worth the effort to engage on there.

They have made it more difficult to prune out the crap. Now, users can hide their post/comment history so it is harder to identify bad actors. Human modding has been decimated, so mostly it is done by ai and somewhere between inconsistent and ignoring all but the most illégal stuff. And as it has appealed to a broader audience, with fewer controls, the quality of content has gone down enormously.

Plus, lots of UI and API changes to reduce the user's choice in the matters (API keys for mods and other clients shut down, promotion of brainrot content in other subs, for instance) which is what lead me to make my own client. But this is all effort, and for what?

There is no cost, social or otherwise, to being an asshole or racist or whatever there, so the behaviour is not disincentived.

It sucks, shame to see another place go the way of others, just because the admin wants to see himself up with meta, Google etc as being big and important. But, hey ho, not my circus, not my monkeys.
( fross Read your email on, Fri 26 Jun 2026, 12:20, archived)

I was lead mod on a subreddit for years, I think there's a tipping point where after a certain size people start posting because it's popular, rather than because they love the subject
Then it turns into the same thing as everything else on reddit; pointless confrontations and karma farming.
( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 26 Jun 2026, 12:30, archived)

Generally, I only end up there when I post an *extremely* niche work-related question into Google to see what's out there.
Sometimes it turns out there's a subreddit dedicated to that subject, but even then the information isn't usually that useful.
(The Porcupine From Purgatory Tom Cruise piss films, Fri 26 Jun 2026, 12:37, archived)

Exactly
Places like r/askhistorians have kept a fantastic place going through thorough application of their own rules, and the content shows. But this is th corn kernel in the poop nugget now.
( fross Read your email on, Fri 26 Jun 2026, 12:47, archived)

agreed, askhistorians is a perfect example of how good clear rules and unrelentingly strict modding can make reddit worthwhile.
It's in a tiny minority of subs at this point though. It's a shame, reddit is a good idea.
( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 26 Jun 2026, 13:05, archived)