This is a key consideration. Reddit is pretty frakkin big and yet still remains relatively well balanced depending on your subreddits. What I've been impresse

This is a key consideration. Reddit is pretty frakkin big and yet still remains relatively well balanced depending on your subreddits. What I've been impressed with on many occasions is the community keeping in check the over-the-top commentators who are just being douches, regardless of which side of the debate they are on. The community really does moderate itself quite well considering its size. If you hang out in r/wtf or some such, you kinda get what you would expect, but select your subreddits well and you can be part of some pretty interesting discussions and occasionally learn some really cool things. Reddit ftw in my opinion.