But with Reddit, there are thousands of others who agree with you, who have created tons of subreddits that would be relevant to whatever your interests. Obviously some communities are more active and more interesting than others, but they're around if you look. Here are some great article-based reddits:

http://www.reddit.com/r/indepthstories/

http://www.reddit.com/r/literature/

http://www.reddit.com/r/longtext/

http://www.reddit.com/r/offbeat/

http://www.reddit.com/r/TrueReddit/