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For political subreddits, sure. But I'd argue there aren't really any great places on the internet to actually have nuanced political discussion anyways. It's dominated by folks with too much time on their hands... either radically far left or radically far right. And each group ostracizes members that don't subscribe to their brand or level of extremism.

Bottom line is it depends what kind of content you're looking for. For niche interests/hobbies, Reddit is very hard to beat.

>>alfalf+(OP)
I think you are looking for the old forum culture that used to exist before Reddit came along. Reddit is weak because it is either segregating people into subreddits and echo-chambers (making it just an over-moderated monopolistic forum killer), or it is a tool to force you to read political stuff that you don't want to get into, or it is an over-moderated amphitheater for far-left chauvinism. What exactly is the point of the "Reddit system" if you're basically trying to mimic what used to exist in the forum culture pre-reddit?