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I don't see why this is bad. Even now, it's still a major forum of incredible human wisdom and knowledge that you can't easily find anywhere else—not even here quite yet, I think. It's the leadership that sucks but the users are mostly amazing (in specific subreddits, at least), and those are the awesome people I refer to and am grateful for interaction with.
It's funny you say this, because nowadays it's hard to actually find stuff on Reddit. So many comments are collapsed and so few are loaded that it's really difficult to actually follow conversations. Add in NSFW posts and posts in small communities not even being viewable outside of the app (at least on mobile).
I actually Google what I'm looking for+Reddit. It almost always brings up answers I'm looking for, eg: Best breweries in "X" state?
Yeah, but then actually seeing the comments on those posts is a hassle. It wasn't like this a few years back.
What exactly are you searching for, though? I do subreddit-specific searches to begin with. If people happen to have not discussed the topic, then I simply make a new post about it, either here or there.
I'm not talking about how easy it is to find topics, I'm talking about the amount of comments that load. Look at this from r/LifeProTips about oil changes. All that loaded is the auto mod sticky response about voting if it's a good post and two comments. They make it very difficult to read conversations. This thread has 121 comments. Three are shown. Even pressing show more barely shows any responses down the tree.
Oh, that's because Reddit must never be browsed using anything other than:
Avoid New Reddit (www) at all costs! It's a life-changing experience.