Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

Post by sq_ » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 3:55 PM UTC

FridgeSeal wrote: post #66

josefresco wrote: post #18

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I dropped the mobile app because it was occupying over 200MB of space, and my inadequately equipped iPhone ran out of space. I switched to the mobile site, but now avoid that as well due to the constant, in-your-face app promotion. Every website with a mobile app these days: "I get it, you have an app, I don't want the app, stop telling me to download it." Edit: Thanks for the helpful replies - however staying comple…

If you're on iOS, use Apollo instead: https://apolloapp.io/ Hands down the best Reddit app for iOS.

Post by inapis » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 4:19 PM UTC

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bluedevil2k wrote: post #84

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It's 2018 and you're criticizing a site for not running well with JS disabled. You're the one actively deciding to make websites harder to use, why should they design the site for you?

It's 2018 and web developers are still not competent enough to build simple websites (blogs, news, reddit) without forcing visitors to use JS. JS is the technology responsible for most of the malware infections and spyware ad-tracking. It's not like people disable it just to piss off developers, there are very good reasons to turn it off.

Post by crowbahr » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 4:41 PM UTC

Redoubts wrote: post #149

All I wanted to see is what the comments section now looks like. It's literally the only thing I'm there for, and preview photos never show it. (My biggest complaint with many HN app previews too) Of course, when I try the preview myself, I'm greeted with this: https://imgur.com/a/PvRhk

Post by teddyfrozevelt » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 4:47 PM UTC

Aoyagi wrote: post #33

jacques_chester wrote: post #31

Mobile phones. Again. It's always mobile phones that ruin good websites these days. They optimise for swipe, scroll and tap. Look, like, emoji. They don't optimise for text. In fact they are increasingly hostile to it. The Tinderfication of online dating has been a depressing race to the bottom. The internet was never going to be as great as we thought it was. No other technology has been. Folks thought the telegraph…

And yet so few of the designers consider dark/black colour themes, which are not only more easier on the eyes, but also notably save the battery.

Post by beaconstudios » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 5:00 PM UTC

kiliantics wrote: post #146

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I'm with you on the JS stuff, the redesign screams "I want to be an app!" so desperately, I'm seriously considering leaving after a good 8 years on the site as well. Everything has that Javascript-delay on it, like it takes 0.5 seconds to click anything, scroll anything, etc. I gotta say though: >increased censorship That's ridiculous. They're "censoring" all kinds of bottom-of-the-barrel racist and disturbing shit w…

Personally, I think the censorship happens in a pretty biased way. There is still a lot of very problematic content in places like /r/The_Donald that just gets let slip because there are so many users and the mods are very influential. Other political subreddits like /r/socialism however, even if they have a lot of users, will get treated much more harshly by site admins if they are ever reported. Similar things happ…