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Reddit’s disrespectful design

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Re: Reddit’s disrespectful design

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Post by ishiz »

throwaway284534 wrote: post #82

Does anyone else want to rant about Reddit’s AMP pages that show up on Google? Oh I could go on about it… The managers at Reddit, in their infinite wisdom, decided that the preferred experience of a Google user searching for content on reddit should redirected to their wonky app. And if they don’t have the app, they should be punished with modals upon modals. “Reddit looks better in the app!” Oh, you disagree? Well p…

There is also a bug with the AMP pages such that the submission dates for the threads are often wrong. For example you're searching for threads that have been posted in the last month, some of the results will say something like "7 days ago" until you click and see it is actually 5 years old.

Re: Reddit’s disrespectful design

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Post by system16 »

ahtihn wrote: post #85
WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #78

There was a time when Google search would punish sites like this… enable competition… reward smaller sites… I really wish Google would start de-ranking behavior like this.

Does anyone end up on reddit through google searches?

Absolutely. Aside from programming problems, “product/service reddit” is probably my most commonly used Google search query.

Whenever I’m looking for information about a product, service, restaurant, etc. one of the first things I look for is a discussion on Reddit. As much as I hate what Reddit has become, it still is the best place I’ve found for discussion from locals or enthusiasts that provide a much more accurate description of a product/restaurant/etc. than user reviews or ad filled blogs.

I use Google for this since Reddit’s search is garbage.

Re: Reddit’s disrespectful design

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Post by OminousWeapons »

wongarsu wrote: post #40
jonplackett wrote: post #23

Surely the most annoying thing is the endless requests to download the app. So irritating! I refuse to download it just because they insist so hard. Reddit is the most basic site ever, there is absolutely no need for me to have an app.

old.reddit.com is not mobile optimized at all, but still infinitely better than reddit.com. Alternatively, get one of the non-official apps (on Android I use rif).

old.reddit.com with javascript turned off is largely fine if you just lurk and don't want to go 20 layers deep into the comments.

Re: Reddit’s disrespectful design

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Post by TulliusCicero »

BusTrainBus wrote: post #74

Reddit is an absolutely grotesque website, both for these UI issues and the toxic hate it engenders on all the subreddits. It’s magnitudes worse than any other social network. I have a genuine question: do people openly say they work for this company or is it workplace where people have to hide that they are part of it?

> the toxic hate it engenders on all the subreddits.

I always see people saying this and I have to wonder what subreddits they're subscribed to. My experience is basically fine, sure there's some shitty discussions or a few hostile idiots lurking about, but it's no worse than message boards generally, and most conversations seem rather good.

Part of me wonders whether some posters are just extraordinarily sensitive, and intentionally dive into the most downvoted top level comments so they can get their daily dose of outrage at the things trollS say.

Re: Reddit’s disrespectful design

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Post by PenguinCoder »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #63
tbrake wrote: post #54

I've long thought about making a thread like this so I'm happy to see it. Fed up with this actively user-hostile web experience to try and drive people to the app. My main gripe is definitely expanding comments - > First of all, only the top comment will be shown. Then you can tap view more which will load another two. But you cannot open all the comments. Because the "create an account to continue" toast pictured is…

It's atrocious that their main interface is like this, but have you tried i.reddit.com?

old.reddit.com is usable too. But for some reason it keeps logging me out, recently.

Re: Reddit’s disrespectful design

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Post by rognjen »

n4bz0r wrote: post #90

Not a power Reddit user here. I only stumble upon random posts that search engines throw my way when I'm looking things up so I might very well be missing something. The main questions: Considering all the bad practices, why people keep using Reddit and what makes it so great? Why people make custom clients instead of looking for a full-fledged alternative? The questions are genuine, not a sarcasm. The following is j…

> Considering all the bad practices, why people keep using Reddit and what makes it so great?

I think it's the sheer amount of content they have and the fact that the average user is much less tech and privacy savvy so they just register.

Re: Reddit’s disrespectful design

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Post by tfsh »

It constantly amazes me how bad Reddit's interface is, videos either don't play or randomly start playing despite them not being in the viewport. They run random A|B experiments which add unnecessary components such as avatars next to peoples comments. Random acts of monetization are shoved down my throat at every turn. I honestly think the Reddit team are on a purpose built mission to design the most user hostile forum.

I've tried browsing Reddit in incognito on my phone before and it wouldn't let me without installing their app, thankfully old.reddit.com exists. From clicking on a search result to viewing an image post took ~8 clicks. The flow was analogous to:

    -> Click on search result 

    -> ending on an AMP page and clicking the bottom sheet exit button to view the post in the browser rather than the app

    -> clicking on the title to view the actual post in the non AMP format

    -> ending up on the actual post and being told I need to view it in the app (which completely removes the point of using incognito)

    -> changing the URL to old.reddit.com which is tedious with a phone keyboard 

    -> finally load the page and click on the image

Re: Reddit’s disrespectful design

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Post by RajBhai »

BoorishBears wrote: post #52
wongarsu wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

old.reddit.com is not mobile optimized at all, but still infinitely better than reddit.com. Alternatively, get one of the non-official apps (on Android I use rif).

Is reddit.com mobile optimized? There's a bug where opening a post from a subreddit's main page always results in a weird border, like it's opening the post as a floating dialog. (Just to confirm tried it logged and out, same result: https://imgur.com/a/6yK9D8V ) That results in comments being squished down to a few characters wide and many many lines long I used to think it was a "me" bug, but it's followed me acros…

Looks like the desktop site, but somehow being responsive to the mobile screen.

Try m.reddit.com

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