Honestly, kind of.

Imo, reddits peak was vaguely around 2010. The fun vibes can still be found today, but its steadily been going downhill. Divisive politics used to be contained to subs where people look for politics, but now you can barely go to hobby or niche subreddits without people railroading the conversation to anger and name calling every day over whatever is going on in the news, which is very un-fun.

You can still find a few good subs, usually smaller ones. Once they hit a certain size, its kinda doomed.

Its like you could get into some niche shit like /r/gothknitting (or just goofy niche memes) and it be awesome, have its own inside jokes, meta humour, people would be positive, wholesome, helpful, and awesome, so it grows, and then it hits x# of subscribers...suddenly the conversation is you being accosted and being called a bigot for not making your life completely centered around being angry all the time amd making calls to action to fight tariffs over the price of yarn or some shit.

Imagine spring break on south padre island, but its the last few days, and suddenly several times a day your just doing beach party shit, and boom, some squad of religious fruitcakes from a youth church is minglling around lecturing people about alcohol, sex before marriage, and getting angry at chicks in bikinis telling them to cover up.

You CAN do your best to ignore it, walk the other direction, find the crowds where those people arent...but the party poopers are literally seeking those spaces out, and now using bots and AI tools, like Karen Sentinels and Ultra-Woke Agent Smiths from the Matrix, so eventually they'll catch up. If you just keep moving, and keep an exit nearby, you can stay ahead of them...but unfortunately, you'll always be on the move and not totally able to get comfortable like ~2010.