Reddit was always this, you were just out of the know when you were underneath somebody else's shoe. There's a reason why all the communities Redditors reposted

Reddit was always this, you were just out of the know when you were underneath somebody else's shoe. There's a reason why all the communities Redditors reposted from grew to vehemently hate the site and its community. But, that being said, I really have to agree that it has degraded. The last time (years ago now) I asked a question on a tech related subreddit, almost all of the answers I got were upvote farming in some way. Some were commenting for the sake of commenting even if it didn't answer the question. Some were telling me outright lies and stories that were not possible with with both what I and they were describing. This attitude was always prevalent, but its spread to every part of the site except for the smallest and most policed communities, at which point you may as well just stop using it and speak to your friends.