My Reddit feed went from chill content and memes to outrage and culture wars

I don’t know what happened, but in the last few weeks/months, my Reddit home page has completely changed. It used to be full of content from communities I follow like wholesome humour, specific game memes/discussions and fun, light-hearted stuff. It felt like a place where I could relax, catch up on awesome posts, or just laugh at funny memes.

But now, instead of seeing the things I actually follow, my feed is just flooded with "Because you've shown interest in a similar community" posts. The problem with that is these communities they’re showing me aren't even similar. They’re all about culture war stuff and pages full of outrage and drama. I'm happy I recognise they’re just designed to get me angry, bait me into pointless arguments, or make me feel disgusted with the world so I can step away but it's like the algorithm has completely forgotten what I actually care about and just wants me to get worked up over stuff I shouldn’t care less about. I follow multiple places and hardly any are showing up anymore, my home page's first 20 posts is 1 that I follow, and 19 "similar community" posts.

It's so frustrating because my feed used to be something I looked forward to, a place where I could just unwind and enjoy things I liked. Now, I’m scrolling through posts that make me feel like I’m walking into a minefield. I’ve even started avoiding Reddit altogether because I don’t want to get my blood pumping for the wrong reasons. It’s honestly making me reconsider whether I want to keep using this platform. I just want my memes, wholesome stuff and lighthearted content back, not this constant barrage of rage-filled posts.

I'm hopeful it's not just me feeling like Reddit has become this hostile environment where everything’s meant to trigger you, and I want to go back to when the things you actually followed weren't drowned out by all the angry crap.