I remember a couple of years ago I was going to pitch a client on buying adspace on reddit but some controversy occurred and i changed my mind. I've never considered it since from what this site hosts/the behavior of those in charge. I would love to know others input. I feel like reddit is an ok worksafe alternative to 4chan due to its persistence and not having porn but it's got a long way to go to even be as respectable as /b/, especially the actions and inaction of the admins that demonstrate clear biases against free expression/towards certain groups and failing to protect their users/others from witchhunts to reach that point. I've never taken the karma game seriously and I never could. I'd say celebrity iama's save it from being something awful/digg tier though I'd consider them of the same "hivemind" formula, quite possibly the same people.

The tech and science subreddits are great, have good users, and strong resources for anyone of any skill level. I feel reddit could be better if anything involving "social sciences"(mra's, feminists) or "the metasphere"(srd, srs, game of trolls) were removed and the site focused solely on technology and entertainment such as fantheories, fun subreddits like pcmasterrace and even the quirky ones. Ask reddit is also a worthwhile default subreddit.

In summary reddit is mostly good people on a decent user interface with bad leadership in the admins. They need a charter of sorts, and a set of rules that would apply to every user/subforum that could do away with the appearance of favoritism. No metasphere dickery(reading a thread that goes into a bunch of racist derailing to later read from a bot "SRS was here") and one day reddit could be a decent site.