This might be an unpopular opinion, but I left reddit due to the shitstorm that's currently going on that needs no introduction from me. But I left not because the CEO went mad with Paoer, whilst I strongly agree with the importance of freedom of speech and reddit being a sacred avenue for it. I personally believe that reddit's hive reaction has exposed the worst side of reddit. I'd been tiring of it for some time now but this was the last straw. The pure childishness was unbearable. Sure the censorship doesn't help, but what pushed to leave the site was the community, not the people in charge.
tl;dr: cbf using reddit anymore, hivemind can be v childish
note: I try not to take myself too seriously, sorry if the title is click baity, I'm not trying to be dramatic, I'm only posting this to find out if other people feel the same way.
This is far from an unpopular opinion! Not only is the userbase there thoroughly juvenile, they've collectively been branded officially as the most hateful place on the Internet by the Southern Poverty Law Center. I think it has a lot to do with the way the site is designed itself; the highly segregated subreddits and confrontational voting system promote groupthink, breed radicalism, and enhance hatred of those one disagrees with. It was inevitable that the aggressive hate would eventually get so bad that the admins would have to intervene heavy-handedly.
Specialized communities like the academic subs are pretty much the only reason why I go on there anymore.