Reddit for iOS and Android

Post by dang » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 7:14 AM UTC

ilyanep wrote: post #136

dang wrote: post #133

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Not sure what you mean by hard-coded penalty but there are two classes of sites (called lightweight and midweight) whose submissions get penalized by default because of too many lightweight stories in the past. Not necessarily bad content, just content that doesn't fit the HN guidelines. Reddit's great of course—it's just that sometimes (well, usually maybe) HN isn't the best vessel for its greatness. Most major medi…

Thanks for the response! What I meant by "hard-coded" penalty, is there is a list of domains somewhere and "reddit.com" is on it. I was wondering if that was the case, or if these domains were discovered automatically somehow. Based on your description, it sounds like it's the former and then occasionally the penalty is negated automatically?

Post by iLoch » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 7:16 AM UTC

ProAm wrote: post #122

iLoch wrote: post #106

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Zero on average every 3 months is a lot different than zero ever. Reddit is a website most of its users use long term, not some random app you might use once a week or once a month. Their app will be downloaded a lot, and having tens of millions of downloads on unofficial apps is proof of that.

16% of people use an app more than twice [1] 26% of apps are only opened once [2] [1] http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/16-percent-of-mobile-use... [2] http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/03/21/app.engagement.gah...

Post by eloisant » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 7:54 AM UTC

ihuman wrote: post #10

With the purchase of AlienBlue over a year ago, I had high expectations for an official Reddit app. Seeing how hyped Jase (the developer behind AlienBlue) was about this app, I was expecting a less buggy version of AB with more features. Instead, what we got was a reddit app with less features. Here are my main issues with it: 1. No moderator support. With AlienBlue, we could read all of the Mod Mail, and remove post…

Post by girvo » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 7:57 AM UTC

germanier wrote: post #90

chroma wrote: post #49

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Their concerns seem grounded in reality, as Germany does censor Reddit[1]. 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/ChillingEffects/comments/3gw9g1/201...

To make this clear: Nobody in Germany requested a takedown of that subreddit. A German agency (BPJM) sent Reddit a letter with a few questions about that subreddit. Reddit then blocked the site for German IPs but it was not requested to do so. The BPJM does not have authority to block foreign websites. They do maintain a (non-public) list of websites deemed harmful to the youth which e.g Google uses to not show certa…

Post by bitserf » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 8:19 AM UTC

alexis wrote: post #6

zamalek wrote: post #4

> This item isn't available in your country. It's an app for Reddit. Go figure. I'll be sticking with Sync (Android), which doesn't have this bewildering region restriction, has tons of features and faithfully follows Material.

We're now available in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. Launching apps in other countries requires a little bit more diligence than just making a website available globally. I'm sorry it's not available in your country -- we're planning on getting it out everywhere.