I find Reddit useful for a lot. It just depends what people are looking for.
The news and politics are fine so long as you don't get into the comments section.
There are subreddits for fragrances, memes, animal videos, nutrition and other things.
The ones who complain the most about Reddit tend to be the ones who seek out the worst parts of it. Even on the coli there are "toxic" areas but then you have things like the Film Room, which I think is fairly positive and respectful. There's almost no hate or bickering in the Cologne Game thread.
People will see what they want to see. Positive or negative
You see it, I feel the same way about instagram and dudes talking about how all they see is big booty thots.