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Re: Reddit files to go public

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old.reddit.com with redditenhancementsuite.com extension is still the best way to browse. I'm impressed that they've kept the old UI for so many years. The usage must be significant to keep it around.

I'm still using .compact for mobile browsing

Don't mention it! If you remind them it exists they'll destroy it.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Don't worry, we're next.

Strongly agree. Those who are skeptical and have recently joined HN just need to rewind, read a few threads from 2015, let alone 2010. The quality of discussion, the disagreements, the back and forth, the deep respect for each other - all those are eroding away on HN, albeit slowly. Still there is good discussion, especially on deep technical topics (e.g. Semiconductors). It may not be the fault of HN - today's inter…

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> Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.

The actual quote has a bunch of links that I worth looking at. People were echo'ing your comment 7 years ago.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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A strange choice of time, to me. With such intense market volatility, it's easy to both leave money on the table by setting the IPO price too low, or to have trouble selling stock by by setting it too high. OTOH the freshly printed money look for returns, so the stock market is more likely to be bullish even in relatively near term; maybe they are trying to catch this trend?

My first thought was that the interest rate hikes coming next year may have spurred it, but I'm guessing this sort of thing has been in the works for quite awhile now.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Strongly agree. Those who are skeptical and have recently joined HN just need to rewind, read a few threads from 2015, let alone 2010. The quality of discussion, the disagreements, the back and forth, the deep respect for each other - all those are eroding away on HN, albeit slowly. Still there is good discussion, especially on deep technical topics (e.g. Semiconductors). It may not be the fault of HN - today's inter…

Mandatory guideline quote: > Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills. The actual quote has a bunch of links that I worth looking at. People were echo'ing your comment 7 years ago.

I’ve been here for a while. Maybe we can break the rule in a thread about Reddit going for an IPO? :-) Also, I am not saying HN is turning into Reddit. We are just degrading.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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it’s 10-15%. if you moderate a sub you see where people come from

All of the moderators I know of, use old.reddit and Mod toolbox. Not the slow as hell redesign.

Redesign also loses your place when you tap back. Unusable.

Re: Reddit files to go public

#47
Content aside, Reddit is possibly the worst performing large commercial website I have ever seen. Like half of all page loads and requests end with “something went wrong”. Search has been unusable from day 1, and somehow getting worse. Their new video player makes me want to throw my computer across the room. I have been using it on and off for a decade now and I can’t think of one aspect of the site (whether in terms of performance, reliability, UI, usability, features) that hasn’t degraded in quality.

Happy about the IPO, but PLEASE invest in some engineering and infrastructure work.

(Edit: weird that this comment was sitting at the top of the page for an hour and then suddenly moved to the very bottom. Someone on the HN team must really like Reddit.)

Re: Reddit files to go public

#48

Will they be banning porn like tumblr? I know they removed it from "All" and then I believe they hid it in other ways. Just wondering when the Digg 4.0 / Tumblr will happen to Reddit. So far it's been a slow burn but I'm waiting for the great purge to bring down the house. It always seems to happen around an IPO.

The day they shut down old.reddit.com will be the day the site dies for me. I feel like it's inevitable that it will happen at some point.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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old.reddit.com with redditenhancementsuite.com extension is still the best way to browse. I'm impressed that they've kept the old UI for so many years. The usage must be significant to keep it around.

it’s 10-15%. if you moderate a sub you see where people come from

It varies greatly by sub. For desktop users, I see closer to 45% using old reddit.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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At least Reddit had it's massive downward spiral years ago, no one can blame their current website layout on this.

old.reddit.com with redditenhancementsuite.com extension is still the best way to browse. I'm impressed that they've kept the old UI for so many years. The usage must be significant to keep it around.

They keep it around, but I've noticed recently I just randomly get opted back into the new design. When I go to settings to opt back out, it shows that I'm already opted out. Then I just click it, which going by the button state would opt me in, but it opts me back out again. It's weird, and it seems clear that they're just auto opting me in on the back end and hoping I'll just deal with it, which I can't because the new design is impossible to navigate.
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