The niche interest groups are what I miss from reddit - I'm out of the loop for several things now I don't lurk in the respective subs any more. I think I'll start using their RSS feeds so I don't miss out too much.
Memes are just easy to consume and upvote, so I understand them becoming popular. I've got multiple duplicate accounts with different communities added/blocked so can get the memes only when I choose.
Arguably, the fix should be to "it" since anon is a utility account, not a user.