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.
r/gamingcirclejerk sounds like a unlikely place to find mods who are open to opinions. I'm at the point where I've conditioned myself not to comment on big subreddits because if I know not enough people will side with me about something it's pointless to say it. That I feel like a lot of people sense in intellectual debates. They think you're all on camera and this is for the front page of a newspaper or something and you have to have full time editors proof reading it. It never was meant to be like that though, and it creates an information suppressed community.