tbh with you i think reddit has always been pretty fuckin shit. the best way, in my opinion to use reddit is to actually block a large amount of the default subs and other content farming subs. you can always just browse with r/all if you feel like checking out that slop. but if you curate your feed and join smaller communities it can be still okay. Reddit is a melting pot afterall, and there will always be shitheads and fascists and bigots everywhere on the internet. Obviously without a central place for big tent leftists to hang out and just shitpost seriously cripples the enjoyment a lot of us can have on the site. But I just stick with maybe 5-6 subs I actually read comments in and sometimes participate. I don't usually end up closing the site in disgust like I would without serious curation and just avoiding the popular slop. DEFINTELY avoid all political subs that are specifically leftist. I hardly even check stuff like r/ShitLiberalsSay and all the socialism subs, but i'll occasionally go and check the top posts of the week there and see if there is anything worth reading. If you curate it well enough your feed is disgusting and just don't read comments on most posts unless it's something cool. If you like debating obviously this outlook may not suit you but this is how i use reddit