[mikestew]

I don't have a Reddit account, and every time I use it I am reminded why. Their patterns have taken me from "I should create an account one of these days" to "there is nothing on the Internet that I need to see so badly that I would let Reddit see anymore about me than my IP address." It's almost as if they are taunting users: "give up and create an account, or go home. Oh, and use the fucking mobile app while you're at it, or the suffering will continue."

OTOH, once I get there, a lot of Reddit content makes me wonder why I bothered. :-)

[bserge]

Sadly, it's a humongous amalgamation of forums that has taken all the users from niche forums I used to frequent.

[visarga]

Reddit is diverse, there still are some good corners here and there. You need to know where to look.

[teawrecks]

Appending "reddit" to google searches still produce better results than the alternative of 100% autogenerated listicles. For now, at least.

[def_true_false]

For what it's worth, google search understands the /r/ part of the URL as well, e.g. site:reddit.com/r/linux . It still gets the time of posting completely wrong, though...

To make this more ergonomic, you can add the URL as a search engine with a keyword, e.g.

URL: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:reddit.com+%s

Keyword: red

In Firefox you most likely want to use a bookmark with a keyword instead of their new search engine crap.

[jalgos_eminator]

Use the old interface available at old.reddit.com. Its mostly fine. There are some really good corners of reddit, though the popular subs have been infected with the well washed masses.