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Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by function_seven » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:11 AM UTC

toper-centage wrote: post #113

romwell wrote: post #98

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I don't know what you're talking about. Reddit is lightning fast, and is very stable... ...oh. I got it! You might be trying to use the dumpster fire that's https://reddit.com Ignore that, and head over to the actually functional Reddit at https://old.reddit.com It's like HackerNews in terms of performance. You can still set it as default. The "new" UI they have is unusable, and may God have mercy for the poor souls…

And at least for now, there's a multitude of third party parties with all the features one could care about, minus all the bloat. But who knows how long the api will last?

> But who knows how long the api will last?

The clock is ticking on that. I'd wager we see it shut down within the next 2 years. There will be insane pressure to increase ad revenue now, even more pressure than was already there. 3rd-party clients are a "leak" in this regard.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by Misdicorl » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:11 AM UTC

systemvoltage wrote: post #17

DaiPlusPlus wrote: post #7

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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…

Since you're getting a lot of contrary viewpoints, I'll be the one to echo your opinion. I'm seeing a lot more people more interested in "winning" an argument/discussion than in engaging in a discussion.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by raphlinus » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:11 AM UTC

Bilal_io wrote: post #154

romwell wrote: post #145

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Note: you don't have to be logged in to use https://old.reddit.com All you have to do is learn to type "old" instead of "red" in the address bar, and your browser will do the rest. Kind of like typing "n " probably brings you here, and typing "p " brings up, erm, Pinterest.

P didn't bring up Pinterest. Something went wrong..

I was curious. play.rust-lang.org here. Figures. "n" on the other hand, exactly where you'd expect.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by TylerE » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:13 AM UTC

seattle_spring wrote: post #80

iratewizard wrote: post #26

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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.

It never actually IPOed, but Theranos?

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by JamesAdir » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:14 AM UTC

Reddit in the last 2-3 years was ruined by itself. The homepage became more and more polarized and I'm sure it's by tweaking the algorithm to create more traffic and clicks. The killing of Secret Santa and Reddit gifts showed that the company doesn't care about the community at all, but it's focused on maximizing revenue for the future IPO. Really sad about this as the site was being able to stay out of the toxic environment of the social media giants for a long time.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by cbozeman » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:14 AM UTC

CamelCaseName wrote: post #164

Half the comments in here boil down to "I would stop using Reddit if they discontinued old.reddit.com" and it really rubs me the wrong way. It's like saying "Facebook will die if they start charging users to post to their wall". Like, okay, sure. But Reddit has repeatedly said that they will not depreciate old.reddit.com. They have zero reason to, as many of their powerusers rely on it. In fact, I don't think Reddit…

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Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by randmeerkat » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:19 AM UTC

I keep wondering, why hasn’t someone made a new Reddit that’s pretty much just the old Reddit? It seems like there’s a ton of demand for it. Disrupt what Reddit has become by creating what it used to be.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by Gigachad » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:19 AM UTC

0x0nyandesu wrote: post #115

kingcharles wrote: post #95

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It's weird. I was a huge user of Reddit from its launch to 2013 when I fell off the Internet. I didn't use it again until 2021, so I had a big jump in UI. As a UX designer I really don't get all the hate about the current interface. It works great for me.

It's just a small amount of actual content in the space compared to the old interface (still up at old.reddit.com)

The actual visuals and layout are fine imo. I don’t need to see a billion posts at once. The problem is it runs like shit, gives errors all the time, and has a billion nag popups.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by mr_toad » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:19 AM UTC

dredmorbius wrote: post #54

ZephyrBlu wrote: post #28

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That's a lot lower than I expected. I can't stand the new UI. I guess most traffic is from people without accounts though.

One of the most important lessons about mass-use computer tools is that overwhelmingly people use defaults . I first realised this back in the 1990s when shitty default monitor resolution and refresh rate would literally inflict pain (headaches and eyestrain). MS Windows 95 / 98 shipped with a default of 800x600@60Hz. This was on CRTs, many viewed under office flourescent lighting, which gave rise to a bloody awful f…

> This on systems which could easily be bumped to 1024x768 or better.

Well, on a 14 inch CRT with no DPI scaling it’s debatable whether a higher resolution was ‘better’.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by henning » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:19 AM UTC

The Reddit of 2006 where tutorials on generating HTML in Lisp rocket to the top of the homepage is long gone. I can't imagine investing in an ad company that is fueled by clickbait and outrage the way Reddit is. Plus, some percentage of the userbase will always run aggressive ad blockers and be impossible to effectvely monetize. However, my brain works very differently from other people's, so I could be wrong.