The thing is with reddit, people don't really use it beyond the front page subreddits, and opinionated subreddits. Since I removed the funny, atheism and similar subreddits from my feed, it became a useful tool. Basically I kept only science, books, technology, startup and psychology subreddits. I get a lot of interesting articles that way, without the drama.

Until now I was turned off by the hubski design. It just felt overwhelming. Today I visited after quite some time, and was pleasantly surprised. So pleasantly, that I actually joined. :)