I think my overall mistake was going there hoping for some different viewpoints that were meaningful.
I got nothing useful in over one month of daily usage.
I made some joke comments which were well received. I accumulated around 1800 karma but that was a meaningless social media clout carrot dangling in front of me.
It was like "Hey, check this out, more karma means you get a higher number displayed on your profile, ohhhh shiny badge"
The other side was, "Don't you dare make comments that might be sensible but not appealing to the majority or we will downvote you and you will lose precious karma"
The whole thing is just silos and echo chambers.
I have nothing to gain from Reddit that I cannot gain from Google. Even if I google something tomorrow and that information is available through Reddit, I can just view it in my browser without having to install or use the Reddit app.