For now at least, reddit doesnt seem to have all those dark patterns you see on say FB (forced refresh if you turn your screen off on mobile, minimum and deliberately bad moderating).
Reddit is one of the worst offenders for rage bait, algorithmic feeds, content farming, and vacuous content.
> (forced refresh if you turn your screen off on mobile, minimum and deliberately bad moderating).
Reddit absolutely refreshes your feed under certain circumstances depending on the platform, such as hitting the back button.
Your claims about moderation are also completely backward. People complain about Facebook being too sensitive about moderation, but Reddit is basically the wild west. Nearly anything goes on Reddit and the mainstream subreddits are frequently full of highly upvoted misinformation.
reddit is 95% bots echoing the sentiments of a few liberal elites and the 5% of real users are childless aged women. No sexism, this is facts.