Yeah. It's sometimes said around there that reddit isn't worth it unless you're subscribed to the smaller subs. It can take some time looking for ones that you like, but there are pockets of good communities/nice people there too.
Even some of the larger subs aren't that bad. /r/AskScience has a set of tireless moderators that have managed to maintain the subreddit's quality despite its popularity.
/r/AskScience doesn't have moderators. it has heroes who rise to action when needed.
Protectors that stalk new, slicing through crap posts and puns, making the sub safer for everyone like a mother cat carrying it's kittens through a raging fire of trolls and rule breakers, to emerge completely unscaved and alert for the next threat. AskScience is love.
AskScience is life.