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Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making me use their app?

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Re: Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making me use their app?

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Post by throwaway4220 »

mft_ wrote: post #235
throwaway4220 wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Both true! Don't force it, but also don't spend more than 10 minutes there. (Source: med school, personal experience :\ )

If one isn’t actively forcing, what’s the difference between sitting on the loo and sitting on a chair? Is there evidence that lingering on the loo in a relaxed state causes problems?

I can't find a good article, but my (albeit anecdotal) understanding is that the hole pulls down your butt muscles while the ring compresses the veins responsible for blood return.

Re: Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making me use their app?

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Post by sixo »

Timpy wrote: post #633
sixo wrote: post #331

It is pretty offensive that they say "reddit works better on the app" when the only reason for that is that they broke everything on mobile (on purpose?) in a series of badly-implemented redesigns. I'm never going to install it, and I have all but stopped reading it because these prompts are so obnoxious. That's probably +$ for Reddit though. I don't understand why companies constantly do stuff that serves only _them…

> Users are able to identify when something is valuable to them. I strongly disagree with this. Users are just responding to dopamine sensors that have triggers that they don't understand. "Value" extracted can be detrimental to a person's well-being, even if they chose it for themselves. Gambling addicts at casinos, obese people at fast food restaurants, pay-to-win whales and the newest version of Candy Crush. Reddi…

That's not what "valuable" means in this argument. Reddit is huge because Reddit's diverse and novel content is valuable to people, as in, it's valued by them, that is what that phrase means. Doesn't matter if _you_ think it is _actually good for them_ or if it "produces value" economically. Yeah, it hits dopamine buttons, so what.

Using the same sense of value, Reddit's _app_ is not valuable to people relative to reddit-on-mobile which is why so many people in this thread agree with the claim.

Re: Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making me use their app?

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Post by gt565k »

Even on web I keep using old.reddit.com, as the new layout is just a waste of screen real-estate and looks more like dig.

I loved reddit's original UI, similar to HN, you can quickly scan the headlines, not stare at empty space into the oblivion.

Bad UX all over reddit...

Re: Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making me use their app?

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Post by flamtap »

cynoclast wrote: post #493
cik2e wrote: post #418

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I learned from working in marketing is you have to let go of your biases and assumptions about user behavior. In the beginning I found myself constantly thinking "why would anyone in their right mind click on this ad", but we know people click on ads. Most of us in tech are very different from your typical internet user at large. We have to assume that smart people are working at Reddit, that they have tested the liv…

>We have to assume that smart people are working at Reddit, Debatable. My guess would be it's meant to annoy you into submission.

> My guess would be it's meant to annoy you into submission

No reason to believe that this is not considered to be optimal by the company.

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