Twitter is like this also. I want to reduce my Twitter usage so I delete the app and sometimes I just want to see what Elon or somebody like that has been up to. Can I go use their website without logging in? Hell no I can’t. Just sucks
Reddit’s disrespectful design
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#162Why aren’t they pivoting into a marketplace instead?
I'm just gonna guess this is because "supporting and policing a marketplace" is its own special kind of hell; supporting and policing a discussion forum is bad enough without adding on all the way monetary transactions can go awry.
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#163I once encountered an online streaming employee who was told by their manager to post organic submissions to a movie related subreddit. They were open to their activity when challenged.
I think Reddit knows that it's basically a huge marketing platform . To them they are the real users, even if these users are not paying them.
The stealth marketing is good enough that other users don't mind or actually like them, creating the content for paid advertisements. Indeed when challenged about this activity with clear proof, most users still see nothing wrong.
Way back in the 1990s i worked in a company that did the same thing in the early web so it's clear the industry is bigger than ever.
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#164Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's atrocious that their main interface is like this, but have you tried i.reddit.com?
Not grandparent commenter, but I don’t. I switched to the logged out, default experience recently. It’s so user hostile it’s been pretty effective at curbing my Reddit addiction and making me waste less time on that site.
Haha, I did the same on my phone to reduve my Reddot useage.
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#165Does 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…
I've tried alternatives, and I keep going back to i.reddit.com for mobile. I've also installed extensions to deal with the bullshit on desktop.
My number one gripe right now is when using Google to search for stuff on reddit and use the time filter ("last week"), Reddit does not accurately report dates, and you get 4 year old threads showing up as "last week".
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#166It baffles me that nobody eats Reddit’s lunch. Their user experience is abysmal.
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#167It 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 fo…
Seconded. The old.reddit.com UI is still pretty bad on mobile, but it's the only remotely usable one. The default mobile site goes out of its way to make it difficult to read the thread, while also confusingly merging other threads into the page.
Try i.reddit.com
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#168On top of these design issues, I'm surprised by how buggy the core experience can be. The home page repeatedly failing to load on many different occasions. The site suddenly acting like you're logged out and needing a refresh. It's very surprising.
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#169Earlier 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).
If you are just a lurker, try http://teddit.net It works well on mobile and desktop.
Unfortunately, I really rely on my particular subreddit subscriptions to deliver the frontpage experience I want.
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#170I found myself several times this morning to reach a search result on Reddit (from ddg, mind you), only to immediately change the address to reddit.net after being unable to view nested comments at best (get the app or log in to view!) or be unable to browse the page outright at worst (“please browse anonymously with the app to view this page!)