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Re: Please stop asking me to use the app

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Post by tomjen3 »

Rapzid wrote: post #62
minimaxir wrote: post #4

Reddit's recent tactics have incidentally topped /r/assholedesign lately, such as using a fake loading screen for the app-pushing ( https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/8k10c7/not_g... ), a Facebook-esque obfuscation of ad-posts in the app ( https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/85liof/how_r... ), and mobile notifications for subreddits you don't follow ( https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/co…

I've had to start disabling notifications on just about everything due similar tactics across the app-o-system. Facebook spam was getting nuts; phone vibrating at 2AM because somebody I haven't had contact with in years has updated a picture? Google has even been getting really bad with TV show episode availability updates for shows I have never watched or searched for? Or is that some other app? I think the shark is…

At this point I don't know why anybody would have the Facebook app installed. You can't even read messages on it.

But yeah notifications in general needs a strong enforcement from Google if we don't have to turn them off completely.

Re: Please stop asking me to use the app

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Post by megaremote »

Rjevski wrote: post #23
Ancalagon wrote: post #3

And please go back to the old reddit, before the redesign. I can't stand it.

The redesign completely kills my 12-inch MacBook by freezing Safari’s UI for a good second or two while it’s loading all that shit JavaScript. I can load actual apps faster than their content-focused website.

You can switch it off. And supposedly they will support the old design for a long time.

Re: Please stop asking me to use the app

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Post by goostavos »

kirubakaran wrote: post #10

I'm thankful for their new design, actually. After many years of trying, I have now managed to successfully kick my Reddit habit completely and have gained precious hours in my day.

I've been trying to pin down _why_ I've had the same reaction as you, but I really can't put my finger on it.

Something about the new site just somehow puts me off. While I could mindlessly browse the old site endlessly, something about the new actively makes me want to close the tab.

Either way, a good thing.

Re: Please stop asking me to use the app

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Post by vonseel »

Kind of ironic how this immediately opens the Reddit app on iOS.

Edit: just saw post is about reddit. I had assumed it was about the practice in general, since it is not uncommon to open a website and immediately be redirected to the App Store for some random site, article, etc. medium is one that comes to mind. Imgur. It’s a common thing.

Re: Please stop asking me to use the app

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Post by Nicksil »

e40 wrote: post #93
minimaxir wrote: post #4

Reddit's recent tactics have incidentally topped /r/assholedesign lately, such as using a fake loading screen for the app-pushing ( https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/8k10c7/not_g... ), a Facebook-esque obfuscation of ad-posts in the app ( https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/85liof/how_r... ), and mobile notifications for subreddits you don't follow ( https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/co…

If RES goes, so do I. It makes reddit bearable for me.

Reddit Enhancement Suite

https://redditenhancementsuite.com

Re: Please stop asking me to use the app

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Post by go1dfish »

ajross wrote: post #39

At this point I'm genuinely wondering if they're about to Digg themselves into a amusingly-recursive grave. All it would take is one great, open forum site to absorb the refugees from a terrible management mistep, and they're toast. Just like Digg.

> All it would take is one great, open forum site to absorb the refugees from a terrible management mistep

This is the goal of https://notabug.io it's a p2p fork of reddit based on GUNdb. Still very early; but my hope is that there will be enough interest in lifeboats that people will be interested in helping to construct one.

Re: Please stop asking me to use the app

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Post by iamdave »

Rapzid wrote: post #62
minimaxir wrote: post #4

Reddit's recent tactics have incidentally topped /r/assholedesign lately, such as using a fake loading screen for the app-pushing ( https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/8k10c7/not_g... ), a Facebook-esque obfuscation of ad-posts in the app ( https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/85liof/how_r... ), and mobile notifications for subreddits you don't follow ( https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/co…

I've had to start disabling notifications on just about everything due similar tactics across the app-o-system. Facebook spam was getting nuts; phone vibrating at 2AM because somebody I haven't had contact with in years has updated a picture? Google has even been getting really bad with TV show episode availability updates for shows I have never watched or searched for? Or is that some other app? I think the shark is…

I've come to loathe this about social networking sites. Twitter (which I use for sports buffoonery and hot takes from the community) is the absolute worst about this.

"Hey your friend did a thing, go congratulate them"

"Hey, a friend knows this person. Go follow them too"

"Hey, your friend just posted a picture of spaghetti, go signal your approval"

Hey.

How about I check in and interact with my friends on my time in a manner I want to?

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