Reddit files to go public • Hacker News Board

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by vlunkr » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 4:10 AM UTC

paxys wrote: post #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 term…

They've also made some (or most?) subreddits unavailable on the mobile site. It's obviously a hostile attempt to force people into the mobile app.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by JonathanMerklin » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 4:10 AM UTC

andreareina wrote: post #61

JonathanMerklin wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.reddit.com/.compact There's also https://i.reddit.com which is a similar but slightly different experience. EDIT: per commenters below correcting my mistake, this is "the same" experience AFAWCT

They're the exact same for me. In fact links on i.reddit.com are for www.reddit.com/...[/].compact

Oh, so they are! So what happened here, IYI: I did a paranoiac double-check that both domains resolved and showed content before commenting, but my (...)/.compact result was with smaller text/more "squeeze". I thought it odd but it made sense because, y'know, "compact."

Turns out I had at some point set an 80% zoom while visiting there on this particular browser. Sorry for the confusion!

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by fourstar » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 4:11 AM UTC

It's a shame that none of the subreddit creators that helped their success (made subreddits and grew/foster them) never were rewarded.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by yannoninator » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 4:11 AM UTC

paxys wrote: post #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 term…

After this exit, expect engineering to go way down.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by pyronik19 » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 4:12 AM UTC

They better get rid of the scores of woke power mods pushing users off onto alternate platforms.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by halfmatthalfcat » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 4:12 AM UTC

It's sad what Reddit has become and I only believe IPO-ing will accelerate that demise.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by Kye » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 4:12 AM UTC

Trasmatta wrote: post #48

post_break wrote: post #34

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.

The new design gets worse every time I try it. There's always a new thing trying to lure me into a conversion funnel. Latest attempt: I had to ad block the little bouncing coin thing in the top right just to focus. Then I was hit with auto-playing ads on the main page. That was as far as I got.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by plasticsoprano » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 4:13 AM UTC

Reddit has me on some sort of ban that causes accounts to be permanently suspended within 24 hours of account creation regardless of what I do with that account, even if it's just make it and leave it alone. Also, anyone that comes to my home and connects to my wifi and then their reddit account will find their account permanently suspended within 24 hours. I've reached out to them multiple times to see what is happening and what can be done about it but get a boilerplate "your ban will be upheld" message from them with a link to the content rules so I can "prevent future bans".

I had over 40k useless internet points on that site before the ban and an 11 year old account but they refuse to help. Oh well.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by yalogin » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 4:13 AM UTC

This is not good. The only reason I am still using Reddit is because of the old.reddit.com interface. Feels like an IPO will make them retire it at some point.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by seattle_spring » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 4:14 AM UTC

iratewizard wrote: post #26

asdfasgasdgasdg wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Market volatility doesn't seem to be extraordinarily high right now: https://www.google.com/finance/quote/VIX:INDEXCBOE?safe=off&...

Market predictability is at an extreme low. Rug pulls are happening on a regular basis, and spy is regularly being propped up by a few random, overvalued stocks.

What are some examples of rug pulls? All of the ones I can think of are ICOs, not IPOs. I can, however, think of dozens of IPOs that have gone gangbusters.