Reddits "new UI" is so bad, surprised they're still trying to save it.
Try https://teddit.net
It's like the old reddit UI, but... broken (at least on Safari on Mac OS)
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#12Bring back text only services! Everything should be accessible in some simple text UI that's simple and clean. I don't think that's possible by stripping back websites, maybe layers on RSS feeds, APIs with a new UX, etc, etc.
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#13Reddits "new UI" is so bad, surprised they're still trying to save it.
Yep, absolutely horrible. Thank god they still allow old.reddit.com
The iphone app is even worse. The swiping UX is seemingly random, video player is terrible etc etc
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#14Agreed, I wish more sites were like HN, fast, free and ad-free, text only and no bullshit algorithmic garbage shoved in my face. All it needs is dark mode and it's perfect.
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#15As others will be quick to point out, HN does have ads in the form of job postings for YCombinator startups that are delivered inline with the links on the front page. That said, it's relatively unobtrusive. And of course, the existence of HN is a large part of the marketing for YCombinator itself. Personally, I'll commend dang for doing a high-effort job at moderation, and tolerating all the dunking on Paul Graham that we do.
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#16Ad free? This is all part of one big ad. Ads are not evil though.. tracking might be.
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#17Well, actually, it's not "ad-free". There are fairly regular job ads for YCombinator companies on the home page.
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#18I know what you are saying and I agree and am grateful for it's existance but keep in mind that HN is a marketing tool of a big VC fund. It has money to pay a moderator and doesn't need to directly make money from it by putting ads or tracking scripts up like other sites.
Yes, and there are often YC company job postings on the front page, which are technically ads.
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#19I know what you are saying and I agree and am grateful for it's existance but keep in mind that HN is a marketing tool of a big VC fund. It has money to pay a moderator and doesn't need to directly make money from it by putting ads or tracking scripts up like other sites.
Appropriately motivated and principled patronage ... is a fairly good media model.
Far superior to naked advertising. On par with public or membership sponsorship.
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#20Reddits "new UI" is so bad, surprised they're still trying to save it.
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