At first it was all about presenting data in an original looking way. In the end it was about pushing political ideas in your throat using a plain bar graph. It was not about sharing something interesting you found but about taking advantage of a captive audience.
Askreddit has gotten awful. Just constant reposting of the same dozen or so questions, all of which were just “<profession> what is your job like?”, “what’s your take on <current event>?”, or “<incoherent horny nonsense question>”