I have been on reddit for just about 12 years now. Something I’ve noticed over time is just how hateful the place has become. A complete outrage machine. Every single sub became filled with it. I’ve filtered so many subreddits over the last few years, it’s insane. I don’t know enough about this place to be sure, but I do hope it doesn’t become the same type of echo chamber of anger.
I’m inclined to believe it’s the internet. You do have a lot of people who are definitely awful people and have come out of their shells some, but I guarantee that they were like that before and now you just hear them more because it’s accepted to just say what you want without consequences.
Most of these people probably wouldn’t say these things to others faces unless they were backed up by a huge crowd.
This is all anecdotal from my experiences though.