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Re: Image Hosting on Reddit
#2This is the announcement for the full rollout on the Web.
Access to the Reddit image host was formerly app-only. When the partial rollout occurred on test subreddits (including defaults like /r/pics), the number of submissions from the Reddit Image Host doubled. However, the market share of Imgur submissions remained unchanged, and in the weeks since then, the market share of both services has not changed at all: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f73AWzKsYrK7vFdJ3yJN...
It will be interesting to see how the full rollout affects Reddit globally, particular as Imgur's redirects are becoming non-user-friendly.
Re: Image Hosting on Reddit
#3This is the announcement for the full rollout on the Web. Access to the Reddit image host was formerly app-only. When the partial rollout occurred on test subreddits (including defaults like /r/pics), the number of submissions from the Reddit Image Host doubled. However, the market share of Imgur submissions remained unchanged, and in the weeks since then, the market share of both services has not changed at all: htt…
is a week a meaningful amount of time to mention whether market share has changed
Re: Image Hosting on Reddit
#4This is the announcement for the full rollout on the Web. Access to the Reddit image host was formerly app-only. When the partial rollout occurred on test subreddits (including defaults like /r/pics), the number of submissions from the Reddit Image Host doubled. However, the market share of Imgur submissions remained unchanged, and in the weeks since then, the market share of both services has not changed at all: htt…
is a week a meaningful amount of time to mention whether market share has changed
The original test started on 5/24 (https://reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/4kuk2j/reddit_change...) which is why the chart starts a few days before that.
It has been a month since then.
Re: Image Hosting on Reddit
#5This must be the first actual meaningful change to the site since the whole "we're a startup again" and "tripling our headcount" episodes.
And it only took a year!
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#6This must be the first actual meaningful change to the site since the whole "we're a startup again" and "tripling our headcount" episodes. And it only took a year!
Not the only change, the mobile site got bloated and slow in the last year.
All community/social changes aside, the site has gotten worse from a usability perspective as they increased their headcount.
This is the most predictable pattern in our industry.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
is a week a meaningful amount of time to mention whether market share has changed
The original test started on 5/24 ( https://reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/4kuk2j/reddit_change... ) which is why the chart starts a few days before that. It has been a month since then.
Yes, but that test only applies to official apps... Do we have usage data on those? Especially taking into account very good apps already existed and most users probably couldn't be arsed to switch to the official one.
Those official apps have lots of downloads, but don't be fooled: I bet most people downloaded them because of the free three months of reddit gold you got when you logged into them.
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#8This must be the first actual meaningful change to the site since the whole "we're a startup again" and "tripling our headcount" episodes. And it only took a year!
Not the only change, the mobile site got bloated and slow in the last year. All community/social changes aside, the site has gotten worse from a usability perspective as they increased their headcount. This is the most predictable pattern in our industry.
You can still access the old site by using i.reddit.com or adding .compact to any url: https://www.reddit.com/.compact
Re: Image Hosting on Reddit
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
The original test started on 5/24 ( https://reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/4kuk2j/reddit_change... ) which is why the chart starts a few days before that. It has been a month since then.
Yes, but that test only applies to official apps... Do we have usage data on those? Especially taking into account very good apps already existed and most users probably couldn't be arsed to switch to the official one. Those official apps have lots of downloads, but don't be fooled: I bet most people downloaded them because of the free three months of reddit gold you got when you logged into them.
The 16 subreddits in the 5/24 test were for the Web UI (the primary Reddit platform), not the App UI, which was available to all subreddits at launch.
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#10It's really unfortunate that Imgur took such a turn for the worse.
Originally it seemed like Imgur was a benevolent gift to Reddit users... a clean, simple, easy to use image hosting service that everyone could use for free. I guess it was too good to be true, because now it's tricky to link to a direct image (though not impossible), and the standard landing page is filled with unnecessary clutter.
As an aside: if you're looking for an amusing read, the "IgnorantImgur" subreddit[0] is filled with examples of people from the Imgur community who seem to be oblivious to Imgur's origin as an image hosting site for Reddit users.