Reddit has been mixed for me, but overwhelmingly positive. I'm a part of industry subs that have incredibly high signal-to-noise ratios and counts founders and

Reddit has been mixed for me, but overwhelmingly positive. I'm a part of industry subs that have incredibly high signal-to-noise ratios and counts founders and executives as some of its members. I've gotten amazingly deep answers quickly, and for free, for some of the most challenging and technical problems in my space. And for hobbies, it is now my goto place for really deep dive info. I've received consulting opportunities, and also just connected with people IRL (including someone who ended up working literally around the corner from my office). If I had to summarize my negative experiences, it would come down primarily to being made increasingly aware of how broken the world is with places like /r/politics and /r/worldnews, and the sheer amount of my free time Reddit ends up consuming that is, let's face it, mindless scrolling and brain candy. To help with the negativity I've found adding more positive subs to my list helps balance it (like /r/uplifitingnews). It really is a balancing act though and I'm constantly aware of the self-imposed filter bubble I'm cultivating, so it is important to step outside of that.