Reddit is enormously variable. Yeah, stay far away from the most popular subs. The traffic is insane and there's no time to form any kind of community. But yo

Reddit is enormously variable. Yeah, stay far away from the most popular subs. The traffic is insane and there's no time to form any kind of community. But you can find very good quality subreddits. Small subs are often better, because the mods haven't burned out yet and people know each other. And there's gems like /r/AskHistorians. Moderated with an iron fist, quality content is the only thing to be found there.