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Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

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Post by Crinus »

CamelCaseName wrote: post #62
pjc50 wrote: post #37

Yes, but I eventually realised what it's optimised for: image posts. For some insane reason they're competing with Instagram and Reddit's co-evolved site Imgur, on which people read comments much less often. They also really, really want you to use the mobile app, which presumably means it does something privacy-violating.

I think the push to mobile is to increase lock in and engagement, not to gather sensitive data. From my in person discussion with some of the admins, they seemed to genuinely care about privacy. With regard to the layout, the head of the redesign really emphasized that user choice was important, and that they will never deprecate old.reddit (in fact, they still have .compact from their very early days!). In a way, it…

> casuals will be pushed to new.reddit, which may be a better fit for them.

Why would new.reddit be a better fit for "casuals" when it is worse is pretty much every way?

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

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Post by Crinus »

nexuist wrote: post #126
notadev wrote: post #38

>It boggles my mind that a redesign could be implemented so poorly on such a popular site. The irony of this statement is that Reddit _really_ became popular when Digg, who was the top link sharing site at the time, rolled out a new clunky ad-friendly redesign that caused a mass exodus of users to Reddit.

...which makes me wonder if this could ever happen again today, given that all of our data is being pushed into tighter and tighter silos with less integration than ever before (I'll admit Reddit has been better in this regard with its API and abundance of 3rd party clients). It seems like a lot of social networks rely on the network effect more than their actual features, and in the worst case they can just e.g. imp…

A difference is that Digg didn't keep the old design around. With Reddit you can simply use old.reddit and forget about the redesign while being in the same communities you were already (no need to wait for the entire community to move). Considering that Reddit already has two mobile interfaces (i.reddit.com - which i personally prefer due to it being very fast - and m.reddit.com) and two desktop interfaces, i doubt they'll drop old.reddit at any point.

It is a form of backwards compatibility on a UX level.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

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Post by dorchadas »

Phillipharryt wrote: post #129
dorchadas wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to mention, with RES on old reddit you can turn the Javascript for specific subs off. Not sure if that's even possible on New, which I hate. The JS is often just overcrowded and too much, so I'd prefer it off.

Subs only have control over CSS, no JS. But yes it can get overcrowded.

Complete brainfart moment. I totally knew that! Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

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Post by Retroity »

jedmeyers wrote: post #105
Retroity wrote: post #104

It is the worst redesign I've ever seen on a major website like this for a number of reasons. It's needlessly heavy on resources, it's slow, it's difficult to navigate, it's filled to the brim with ads, it's uninspired and takes away all of the charm of the old design in favor of making Reddit look like a more generic social media, it doesn't work with the wayback machine, and that's just scratching the surface. It's…

Why aren’t you using old.reddit when you are signed in?

I opted out of the redesign on my account. That way, I use the old design on my account, even if I'm not using old.reddit.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

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Post by MrMember »

Infernal wrote: post #49
50656E6973 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I swear it's almost like web designers are trying to make things worse. They are, because the business wants you to download the app.

Then why provide old.reddit.com?

They remember what happened to Digg.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

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Post by ehonda »

OtterEcho wrote: post #145

Has anybody else noticed the complete conversion from generalized subreddits on r/all to oddly specific ones focused around calling people out from a placae of "moral high ground"? I really hate it now.

Yes I have noticed. Perhaps they are catering to the tastes of the majority of their user base (whatever generates a flurry of clicks). And this is the... result.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

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Post by [deleted] »

hlandau wrote: post #14

The new design is godawful and unusable, especially without JavaScript. Switching to old.reddit.com is a breath of fresh air. The juxtaposition seems like an ideal case study in how bad modern web design is. I swear it's almost like web designers are trying to make things worse.

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