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.
That was an interesting downfall to witness that taught me a lot about how Reddit really operates. I’m the beginning, it was actually a quality alternative to the generic front page repost subs like /damnthatsinteresting.
Then the instant it hit 1 million subscribers, the whole mod team changed, people like Turtle suddenly appeared in the name of “helping out with a sub that grew too fast for existing mods,” and within a few days it was just another trash repost sun.