Reddit is still good by me if we can just get the political stuff out of there. I don't mind a few good stories here and there, but it's become completely overpowering, especially in the Hot list. If you use programming.reddit.com you're in good shape. Still good stories, and any submission you make can still get some traction if people like it. General stories though get clobbered by the relentless Iraq/Iran/Bush/Anna-Nicole/Cheney/RandomGayPastor element.