Did Reddit just destroy mobile browser access?
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#2That's so lame. It's an ass move to have a web app but deny access on certain platforms. But whatever gets the numbers up for an IPO I guess.
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#3There is only one appropriate, effective response to disrespect, and that is to not reward the offending party.
I made it a matter of principle to not use the Reddit app. Even if they removed all ads and made it an acceptable user experience, I'll never use the app as long as they are harassing me about it.
It's simple. Don't reward bad behavior.
Sometimes, denying obnoxious people something they want means denying yourself something you want.
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#4One month old, but still very interesting. The admin confirmation is here: https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/comment/jim40...
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#5That's so lame. It's an ass move to have a web app but deny access on certain platforms. But whatever gets the numbers up for an IPO I guess.
Its so stupid that this is all "for" an IPO. I can't imagine huge investing houses, retirement funds, analysts and such investigating Reddit, and missing the massive user retention issues these changes precipitate.
Its not like the stock market is littered with social media website corpses or anything...
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#6That's so lame. It's an ass move to have a web app but deny access on certain platforms. But whatever gets the numbers up for an IPO I guess.
Its so stupid that this is all "for" an IPO. I can't imagine huge investing houses, retirement funds, analysts and such investigating Reddit, and missing the massive user retention issues these changes precipitate. Its not like the stock market is littered with social media website corpses or anything...
That's ok, if it doesn't work out they will just use it as a shell for a massive loan then abandon it with the repayment burden
Re: Did Reddit just destroy mobile browser access?
#7There is only one appropriate, effective response to disrespect, and that is to not reward the offending party. I made it a matter of principle to not use the Reddit app. Even if they removed all ads and made it an acceptable user experience, I'll never use the app as long as they are harassing me about it. It's simple. Don't reward bad behavior. Sometimes, denying obnoxious people something they want means denying y…
The issue is for every person like you and me, there are 10 or 100 others who put up with this crap, and reddit attracts people, centralizing communities, giving you little option for alternatives. It drains activities from forums, etc, toward itself as it is presented as a more convenient solution. I for one will try to undo my past contributions to accelerate its decline. The blackout is unlikely to work, but I hope it can be longer (a month or something) to encourage people to find alternatives.
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#8I was part of this test - I've refused to install the app for years (I prefer websites and the option to open tabs for later browsing).
It was extremely annoying for a site I've used for 12+ years to treat me like that. It did massively cut my usage of Reddit (which I would consider to be quite high), I primarily access it from my phone and I all but stopped using it for the week or so I was in the "experiment".
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#9Facebook messenger did this too.
Re: Did Reddit just destroy mobile browser access?
#10That's so lame. It's an ass move to have a web app but deny access on certain platforms. But whatever gets the numbers up for an IPO I guess.
Its so stupid that this is all "for" an IPO. I can't imagine huge investing houses, retirement funds, analysts and such investigating Reddit, and missing the massive user retention issues these changes precipitate. Its not like the stock market is littered with social media website corpses or anything...
The IPO brokers just care if they can pass the bags to the general public.
And that includes retirement funds and such, especially the general ones that follow indexes of various types.