Eh, you may have just been visiting the wrong subreddits. This place, in my opinion, just seems like another version of /r/casualconversation. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, that's bit really what I'm looking for and the main reason I love Reddit so much. I personally like how specific Reddit is. If I want to look at Pokemon content, I can just visit /r/pokemon. /r/anime has discussion threads for just about every single show, every single week. If I wanted to visit the subreddit of a particular show I was watching and wanted to talk to people about that particular show, it was almost guaranteed that there was already a subreddit for that show with thousands of subscribers already there ready to welcome you with open arms. If these are the type of subreddit's you participated in frequently, you wouldn't have a single problem with the site. It was pretty much only the defaults who fit into the category that you described in your comment.

If you're just looking for new friends and just overall discussion in general, then yeah, this website is probably the right place for you! I may use this website a bit for that, but I primarily used reddit to enjoy, talk about, and share things with others. Reddit is huge, and honestly, the subreddits like the ones I mentioned above (/r/Pokemon for example) aren't affected too much by all of the drama going on over there and I think that I'll continue to spend most of my time in those places.