As a compromise reddit could require that 3rd party apps to show ads from reddit (so they get the money from clicks)
Third-party Reddit apps are being crushed by price increases
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Re: Third-party Reddit apps are being crushed by price increases
#102As long as old.reddit.com still exists for desktop, the site is semi-usable, although the insane moderation policies and narrow ideology makes the site basically useless except for niche reddits. Though I have gone from a daily user years back to maybe once a month. It's that bad. On mobile, I can still read direct links to reddit posts that crop up on HN using Firefox for Android. Can't say same for the Twitter, whi…
This post seriously changed my life. I had no idea old was working. Thanks.
There's also teddit.net
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#103Reddit is past its expiration date anyway and I'm surprised no one has created a challenger site. Perhaps this was due to Reddit's friendliness toward programmatic access but it seems they are taking that away. This is a good opportunity to create a new community, and essentially take back messaging from the corporations (let's be real about what reddit is) and put it back into the hands of the people.
I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily past it’s expiration date. It’s ranked 6th most trafficked sites in the US. I do think that Reddit could do with a massive overhaul. If I was ceo tomorrow I would; - Install a bunch of new teams to focus on solving real problems for users - understand user pain points with the UX. why were people using third party apps? And fix the experience. Invest in better mobile apps - invest in s…
> I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily past it’s expiration date. It’s ranked 6th most trafficked sites in the US.
I don't think traffic is indicative of whether a site has outstayed its cultural relevance (or efficacy).
I imagine HN readers can list off any number of sites that were in the top 10 traffic-wise and then suddenly were gone.
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#104Serious question, possibly naive: how many of Reddit’s UX decisions come back to pressure from investors to make good on the $1.3B they’ve raised? Is every web product with users and influence obligated to raise as much as possible and grow to a size where they start chasing ad revenue no matter what it does to their product and its users? I’m sure that running a product at Reddit’s scale requires serious money, mone…
Yes. Reddit's only goal is to make money. If you think they care about the users you are a fool. The only really question is will they aim to make long-term sustainable money by creating a great product or will they try to cash out now by wringing every cent they can from users? It looks like they are going full-tilt towards option 2.
Re: Third-party Reddit apps are being crushed by price increases
#105As long as old.reddit.com still exists for desktop, the site is semi-usable, although the insane moderation policies and narrow ideology makes the site basically useless except for niche reddits. Though I have gone from a daily user years back to maybe once a month. It's that bad. On mobile, I can still read direct links to reddit posts that crop up on HN using Firefox for Android. Can't say same for the Twitter, whi…
This post seriously changed my life. I had no idea old was working. Thanks.
The Old Reddit Redirect browser extension is good because old links to new a lot.
Re: Third-party Reddit apps are being crushed by price increases
#106As long as old.reddit.com still exists for desktop, the site is semi-usable, although the insane moderation policies and narrow ideology makes the site basically useless except for niche reddits. Though I have gone from a daily user years back to maybe once a month. It's that bad. On mobile, I can still read direct links to reddit posts that crop up on HN using Firefox for Android. Can't say same for the Twitter, whi…
This post seriously changed my life. I had no idea old was working. Thanks.
Wait till you discover teddit.
Re: Third-party Reddit apps are being crushed by price increases
#107Serious question, possibly naive: how many of Reddit’s UX decisions come back to pressure from investors to make good on the $1.3B they’ve raised? Is every web product with users and influence obligated to raise as much as possible and grow to a size where they start chasing ad revenue no matter what it does to their product and its users? I’m sure that running a product at Reddit’s scale requires serious money, mone…
It’s not the only path it’s just the easiest in the short term.
One concept that tech companies seem to have completely forgotten is brand equity. They will squander long-term reputation for short term gains due to, as you said, downward pressure from investors - which in itself isn’t a bad thing, but they’re sacrificing long term gains for short term ones.
The solution here would be to have mature/smarter/more savvy CXOs/founders who know how to manage expectations for growth. There’s plenty of organizations who are capable of setting multi-year growth plans in place and getting their investors in line.
This is probably nigh on impossible if you’re venture-backed because most of these guys are looking for sugar, not complex carbs.
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you use HN on mobile?
I do, using a 3rd party app which has an excellent user-friendly UI. Due in part to the excellent UI and user-friendly reading experience, both on that mobile app and in a browser on my laptop, HN is the site I visit most often every day for a pleasant break to learn new things. Reddit on the other hand is something I look at maybe once a month, where I'm reminded each time it's disorienting and hard work to use, so…
What app do you use?
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#109Back to USENET (which Reddit is a weird copy of) again, I suppose. The best part about Reddit are the small, topically-focused communities — those are going to have a hard time finding new homes, given how anti-community, anti-user-generated-content, & resistant to discovery (and much of that is on the search engines) most sites are these days.
I never really got in to USENET, being a child trapped in the Prodigy and AOL and CompuServe Internet a little too long, but as an adult who is planning for Reddit to hit the fan, I am unsure of the best way of discovering newsgroups that would interest me. I have a handful of subs that I follow, but I wouldn't know how to find the equivalent of r/homelab.
I would add quickly that I am aware of the ability one would have to discover other kinds of content on USENET, but rule one forbids talking about it. So barring that, what is the best way to discover interesting newsgroups and participate in them?
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's the enshittification [1] process. There is no going back. [1] https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
ahem, the original link is here: https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
Could you apply this to Discord currently? As in they are in the beginning phase of the enshittifcation metamorphism?
With the new soundboards, change of usernames and the likes, it's feels like it's starting the cycle.