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Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian will “appcast” the new Reddit app at 5pm PT

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Re: Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian will “appcast” the new Reddit app at 5pm PT

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Post by sgk284 »

mrmondo wrote: post #9

IMO it has nothing on Alien Blue and they've now pulled Alien Blue from the app store, it's quite sad really. It feels like going from a well designed, highly configurable application that really took UX into account to an app that feels like a web frame and wants you to use the website instead.

The likely reason that they've pulled Alien Blue is because they're monetizing the new app with large obnoxious ads inserted into the timeline that look like stories (though, in fairness, are clearly marked sponsored).

If monetizing the mobile client becomes a main source of revenue for them you can expect them to pull a move like Twitter did and disable every 3rd party client to force you to use theirs.

Re: Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian will “appcast” the new Reddit app at 5pm PT

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Post by jgoewert »

So, for anyone who missed this:

They talked about what they were drinking for 10 minutes. Did a poll on how to drink whiskey. He scrolled through a few pages on the Reddit App, clicked on 1 /r/aww/ link. Demo lasted all of like 30 seconds. And then they snapchatted with some fro-ed out guy for 30 minutes.

I didn't learn a single thing about the app other than it looks like a bad Reddit Blue. Gonna stick with RIF myself.

Re: Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian will “appcast” the new Reddit app at 5pm PT

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Post by nailer »

sgk284 wrote: post #31
mrmondo wrote: post #9

IMO it has nothing on Alien Blue and they've now pulled Alien Blue from the app store, it's quite sad really. It feels like going from a well designed, highly configurable application that really took UX into account to an app that feels like a web frame and wants you to use the website instead.

The likely reason that they've pulled Alien Blue is because they're monetizing the new app with large obnoxious ads inserted into the timeline that look like stories (though, in fairness, are clearly marked sponsored). If monetizing the mobile client becomes a main source of revenue for them you can expect them to pull a move like Twitter did and disable every 3rd party client to force you to use theirs.

AB already has story-like ads

Re: Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian will “appcast” the new Reddit app at 5pm PT

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Post by homero »

nadis wrote: post #20
pboutros wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm assuming it's like Twitch, but for less interesting content.

Disagree, I'd rather watch someone stream dating apps or snapchat than video games.

Yeah maybe I can learn from someone on match.com

Re: Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian will “appcast” the new Reddit app at 5pm PT

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Post by dandandan »

sgarman wrote: post #19
mrmondo wrote: post #9

IMO it has nothing on Alien Blue and they've now pulled Alien Blue from the app store, it's quite sad really. It feels like going from a well designed, highly configurable application that really took UX into account to an app that feels like a web frame and wants you to use the website instead.

I think there is a lesson here about company/app development. Alien Blue did NOT look it does today when it first launched. That app was a few years of feedback and iteration. There is no way that Reddit could nail it on the first version. I'm not trying to give them a pass but I don't see a way for them to have succeed using the replacement strategy.

They're able to take those lessons and apply them to the new reddit app though.
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