They should have bought Shine and called it a day. Amazing how poorly their new UI works compared to a Chrome extension.
Please stop asking me to use the app
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Re: Please stop asking me to use the app
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
The redesign completely kills my 12-inch MacBook by freezing Safari’s UI for a good second or two while it’s loading all that shit JavaScript. I can load actual apps faster than their content-focused website.
You can switch it off. And supposedly they will support the old design for a long time.
> supposedly they will support the old design for a long time
Just like supposedly they weren’t gonna do the user-hostile stuff described in this thread?
Re: Please stop asking me to use the app
#123What made reddit so great is that it was an underfunded company. What will probably be its ruin is that it is now an overfunded company.
It should be run like a public service, for the benefit of society. It's now being run like a business with VCs that want to see a return. Exactly the problem that ruined Digg.
Trying to turn reddit into a big profitable business will corrupt it. Hopefully the replacement will be a more decentralized phenomenon. But even if not, it will be replaced by something better shortly after it becomes bad enough. What reddit was is too important to not exist.
Re: Please stop asking me to use the app
#124I'm thankful for their new design, actually. After many years of trying, I have now managed to successfully kick my Reddit habit completely and have gained precious hours in my day.
I've been trying to pin down _why_ I've had the same reaction as you, but I really can't put my finger on it. Something about the new site just somehow puts me off. While I could mindlessly browse the old site endlessly, something about the new actively makes me want to close the tab. Either way, a good thing.
You see more content at once on the old site (same as on HN). You know that there is always something interesting coming up.
Re: Please stop asking me to use the app
#125apps suck
Maybe so, but please don't post unsubstantive comments to HN.
Re: Please stop asking me to use the app
#126This is actually one of the reasons why I prefer to comment on hackernews instead of reddit. If they keep pestering users about its ad-filled, personal information-collecting apps, people will probably stop using it and just leave. If they really care about reddit, they might make a browser plugin that edits the page and gets rid of all the annoyances.
I've actually completely stopped using Reddit since migrating to HN. The content is better, the comments are far better, and the overall user experience is massively superior.
Re: Please stop asking me to use the app
#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've had to start disabling notifications on just about everything due similar tactics across the app-o-system. Facebook spam was getting nuts; phone vibrating at 2AM because somebody I haven't had contact with in years has updated a picture? Google has even been getting really bad with TV show episode availability updates for shows I have never watched or searched for? Or is that some other app? I think the shark is…
If you are on iOS, I recommend scheduling Do Not Disturb at night.
I agree this is great and I use it on Android, but it is not a good solution to the spammy notification problem.
Apps get one chance. One instance of spam and they are banned from ever notifying again.
Re: Please stop asking me to use the app
#128I'm thankful for their new design, actually. After many years of trying, I have now managed to successfully kick my Reddit habit completely and have gained precious hours in my day.
I've been trying to pin down _why_ I've had the same reaction as you, but I really can't put my finger on it. Something about the new site just somehow puts me off. While I could mindlessly browse the old site endlessly, something about the new actively makes me want to close the tab. Either way, a good thing.
When I've scrolled down for a while and realized I haven't reached the end of the page I kind of get disgusted then close the site.
Re: Please stop asking me to use the app
#129I'm thankful for their new design, actually. After many years of trying, I have now managed to successfully kick my Reddit habit completely and have gained precious hours in my day.
I've been trying to pin down _why_ I've had the same reaction as you, but I really can't put my finger on it. Something about the new site just somehow puts me off. While I could mindlessly browse the old site endlessly, something about the new actively makes me want to close the tab. Either way, a good thing.
I've been wondering the same thing. For me, I think the new site feels slightly sluggish and the design and/or implementation feels clunky. I switched back to classic though so no productivity gains for me.
Re: Please stop asking me to use the app
#130Kind of ironic how this immediately opens the Reddit app on iOS. Edit: just saw post is about reddit. I had assumed it was about the practice in general, since it is not uncommon to open a website and immediately be redirected to the App Store for some random site, article, etc. medium is one that comes to mind. Imgur. It’s a common thing.
Not that ironic, since opening in apps is a user setting. You, at one point, said "yes" to opening reddit links in their associated app.