&gt; While I definitely enjoy more nuanced and interesting discourse, I don&#x27;t actually think that reddit has any problem.<p>You might not think it&#x27;s a problem, but it&#x27;s still a problem for Reddit: the conversation is generally inferior to the standards required for it to see mass adoption.<p>A lot of people want to create and consume low quality content. I don&#x27;t dispute that. But a lot of people <i>don&#x27;t</i> want to and the way Reddit is organized unfortunately pushes the low quality to the top.<p>Over the years, I have frequently tried to get into Reddit. I&#x27;ve found smaller subreddits and interesting communities, but even in them I&#x27;m confronted with low-effort comments too often. Structurally, the site just doesn&#x27;t do enough to incentivize high quality contributions.<p>It&#x27;s fine for there to be places for low quality content. There&#x27;s plenty of them on every social network. The problem for Reddit is that they&#x27;re front and center, not at the fringes.