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Re: Reddit raises $200M at a $1.8B valuation

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Post by am1988 »

uncoder0 wrote: post #23
afro88 wrote: post #18

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So they're doing a Digg. End of an era. What's the "reddit" that everyone will migrate to when they change the UX?

Voat ( https://voat.co/ ) is also an option I've heard of before but never used. However I just looked at their front page and the number 2 post is titled 'How to solve the Voat's antisemitism problem' and the image contains an antisemitic slur so that's not very promising.

Isn't Voat where The_Donald threatened to go when they finally got slapped around for their antics?

Re: Reddit raises $200M at a $1.8B valuation

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Post by onion2k »

baldfat wrote: post #48
afro88 wrote: post #18

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So they're doing a Digg. End of an era. What's the "reddit" that everyone will migrate to when they change the UX?

If it ain't broke don't fix it. I miss the early days of Digg before people starting getting concerned about their points and front page drama started.

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

What 'broke' looks like for a business like Reddit is a question about generating revenue rather than design (though the two things are intrinsically linked). If the company can't make money with the current design then it has to change.

Re: Reddit raises $200M at a $1.8B valuation

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Post by am1988 »

therobotking wrote: post #104
sebtoast wrote: post #79

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Some alternative's I have bookmarked: https://hubski.com/ https://lobste.rs/ https://snapzu.com https://soylentnews.org/ and Voat. I don't really use them so I can't do a good review. I had some more bookmarked but can't find them at the moment.

Would you be able to send me an invitation to signup to lobste.rs please? mail at-symbol therobotking dotcom

Any site which requires this type of thing to signup sounds like one I don't want to be a part of. Seems like a recipe for a hive mind.

Re: Reddit raises $200M at a $1.8B valuation

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Post by am1988 »

sidlls wrote: post #76
celticninja wrote: post #32

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I think it is starting to happen already. A few too many jokey comments appearing, puns and the like.

HN takes itself too seriously. This site isn't brimming with intellectuals having significant, deep discussions. It's a bunch of hackers, nerds, and interested people who aren't either of those things kibbitzing about things (sometimes only marginally) related to technology. I find the resistance to even a little humor to be hilarious (and embarrassing, for them).

> This site isn't brimming with intellectuals having significant, deep discussions

If you stomp out humour you can pretend it's exactly that.

Re: Reddit raises $200M at a $1.8B valuation

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Post by kdamken »

stevenj wrote: post #3

>the company is literally re-writing all of its code Wow. >An early version of the new design, which we saw during our interview, looks similar to Facebook’s News Feed or Twitter’s Timeline: A never-ending feed of content broken up into “cards” with more visuals to lure people into the conversations hidden underneath. >“We want Reddit to be more visually appealing,” he explained, “so when new users come to Reddit the…

FUCK.

The design of reddit is one of their biggest assets. It's perfect for what the site is there to do. You can quickly and easily skim through and look at what's interesting to you. It sets them apart from the garbage design of a majority of sites out there. I don't want facebook, and I don't want digg.

This is really sad to hear.

Re: Reddit raises $200M at a $1.8B valuation

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Post by sebtoast »

therobotking wrote: post #104
sebtoast wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some alternative's I have bookmarked: https://hubski.com/ https://lobste.rs/ https://snapzu.com https://soylentnews.org/ and Voat. I don't really use them so I can't do a good review. I had some more bookmarked but can't find them at the moment.

Would you be able to send me an invitation to signup to lobste.rs please? mail at-symbol therobotking dotcom

I sent you the invite.

For some reason I can't reply to am1988 but maybe he's right, I don't know.

Re: Reddit raises $200M at a $1.8B valuation

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Post by am1988 »

autokad wrote: post #88
sidlls wrote: post #76

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HN takes itself too seriously. This site isn't brimming with intellectuals having significant, deep discussions. It's a bunch of hackers, nerds, and interested people who aren't either of those things kibbitzing about things (sometimes only marginally) related to technology. I find the resistance to even a little humor to be hilarious (and embarrassing, for them).

what bothers me the most is: people downvoting an opinion that differs from their own. In a contrived example, if someone says jobs was nothing without wozniak, I dont think a person should be downvoted for voicing their opinion.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171

Re: Reddit raises $200M at a $1.8B valuation

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Post by xiaoma »

dageshi wrote: post #78
xiaoma wrote: post #52

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>content broken up into “cards” with more visuals to lure people The reasons I left Digg for Reddit were the information density and the ease of rapid browsing. Eliminating those in favor of "cards" is incredibly short-sighted.

I would not be surprised if they shift everyone to the new view but allow users to switch back to the old style via preferences.

But most users aren't even logged in.

Customization can help prevent a short-term backlash from the most engaged users, but whatever they choose as the default is what they will live or die by.

Re: Reddit raises $200M at a $1.8B valuation

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Post by SomeStupidPoint »

mobilethrow wrote: post #103
pmoriarty wrote: post #92

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I can't think of a single popular site redesign that actually made the site better. They're almost inevitably worse, usually much worse. A common failing is trying to make the design more shiny and pretty while decreasing functionality, dumbing the site down, adding bloat, and slowing the site down to a crawl. I really hope Reddit does not go down this road, because they really have a good thing going now. It would b…

So many comments here and not a single mention of "Slashdot Beta". It was a huge disaster, every single article had complaints about it while it was in effect. They changed owners shortly after and it's still a running joke years later.

I was going to quip that reddit has gone full-Digg.
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