Every day I learn something I wish I could unlearn. Today, it was the "red pill." Nothing good seems to come from Reddit. I used to read it, until I found Hubski. Nostalgic backward glances to date: 0.0.
I would wager that 60-80% of Hubski users originally found us through reddit and therefore, in my opinion MANY good things come from reddit. In fact, I've made some good friends via that migration.
Yeah. It's important to note that the things some people use reddit for (e.g. 'the red pill') are things that other people who use reddit are just as incredulous at - and that no groups on reddit are indicative of all the individuals who use it.
As I noted in response to caelum19, there are a couple of great communities on reddit as well - they tend to be the smaller and lesser-known ones. That said, I'm finding it comfortable here.
reddit is 4chan. There is no longer a separation in my opinion.
Honestly I think that circlejerk complaining won't always work well, because people need to accept there are some things people agree on so heavily that it will be repeated, and its natural sociologically, not on reddit, 4chan, 9gag, xbox live, everywhere. People love to surround themselves by people who share the same opinion as you, and that tends to entail circlejerking. I don't think circlejerks should always be viewed as negative things, as often they are just naturally produced.
In the darkest, deepest cracks of hell lie tiny bits of heaven.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon/ Is a very kind community which basicly just chuck gifts at each other constantly. http://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch A bunch of awesome redditors helping out other's in very bad times, expecting no reward and comments rarely get more than 20 points. http://www.reddit.com/r/TheBluePill/ A hillarious subreddit dedicated to making fun of the red pill EDIT: Found http://xkcd.com/800/ in /r/TheBluePillNothing good seems to come from Reddit
Yeah. It's sometimes said around there that reddit isn't worth it unless you're subscribed to the smaller subs. It can take some time looking for ones that you like, but there are pockets of good communities/nice people there too.
Even some of the larger subs aren't that bad. /r/AskScience has a set of tireless moderators that have managed to maintain the subreddit's quality despite its popularity.
/r/AskScience doesn't have moderators. it has heroes who rise to action when needed.
Protectors that stalk new, slicing through crap posts and puns, making the sub safer for everyone like a mother cat carrying it's kittens through a raging fire of trolls and rule breakers, to emerge completely unscaved and alert for the next threat. AskScience is love.
AskScience is life.