What are you opinions on reddit?

The general consensus about reddit seems to be negative on this site and for good reasons. I joined reddit pretty late in life, and I was appalled by what I saw there. I was under the impression that reddit was where one goes for good, intelligent discussions etc but honestly I have seen much more nuanced discussions on mggo than reddit. The cognitive dissonance was major at the time. It's like NPC world over there, people are so far removed from reality, it's crazy. The echo chamber effect overpowers everything else, I am suspecting some of it is due to bots. But even apart from that, reddit is freaky. I got downvoted for sharing my experience with a disease on that disease's 'support group', what's the point of a support group then? Reddit is social media's version of uncanny valley. What's your experience been like?