Pretty much this - at least it was while I still used reddit. The default large communities were crap, not because of any "-ism" as the article states, but bec

Pretty much this - at least it was while I still used reddit. The default large communities were crap, not because of any "-ism" as the article states, but because people were just plain disagreeable, non-contributing assholes, up to and including the moderation staff. It's the YouTube comments problem, writ large.