I've been on reddit for seven years now. When I started, I moved over from 4chan because it was much less toxic, had nice discussions, and still had memes (sometimes we called them image macros!). 

There were some pretty stupid reddit-exclusive memes like "the narwhal bacons at midnight," which has rightfully been sent to internet hell. Arrested Development was hugely popular; people would always post "there's always money in the banana stand" in the comments. I remember advice animals and rage comics were pretty popular. /r/atheism was on the list of default subreddits for one reason or another.


There's a huge difference in content: this website used to be very, very techy and most commenters were helpful.

Reddit used to be a pretty small, somewhat niche site. Now, as more users have joined, it's just like the rest of the internet.