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Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by gldalmaso »

slap_shot wrote: post #64
MikkoFinell wrote: post #62

I had no idea there was "discussion subreddits" on reddit. I always thought it was a site for hoarding karma by posting memes and puns.

I can't down vote your comment, but if I could, I would. It isn't constructive to the conversation at hand. But on a personal note, if you can't find interesting, intelligent content on Reddit, that is a criticism of yourself, not Reddit. Reddit houses some fascinatingly talented, smart, engaging people across a vast array of subject matter.

In order to find that interesting content, you need to learn about it. I can imagine many new users coming to reddit, seeing just the front page and drawing their conclusions, turning around and not look back.

Should they be criticized by that?

Maybe take the time to share some of that interesting content here to parent to change his view instead of denouncing him. (https://xkcd.com/1053/)

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by josteink »

vesinisa wrote: post #4

Sadly, the reddit website has become a travesty - especially on mobile. A huge "DOWNLOAD THE REDDIT APP" banner obscures literally 30% of the page. There is a teeny-tiny "view on mobille site" link in small, low-contrast text that can be used to dismiss the annoying banner. Due to its size and user-hostile design, the Reddit banner is even worse than most news sites that try to push their newsletter/app/subscription…

> the reddit website has become a travesty - especially on mobile. A huge "DOWNLOAD THE REDDIT APP" banner obscures literally 30% of the page.

Somewhere under preferences you can disable this bullshit forever.

The website is still a travesty though.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by thomasz »

ploggingdev wrote: post #44
s_dev wrote: post #35

As long as redditors can choose between the designs I don't see a problem. Once this choice is removed though they've veered in to Digg territory. All the power users and influencers will use the old design because they're used to it. I can see why reddit wants a redesign -- reddit is ugly but people are used to it that way and grew to like it. The redesign is for new users. Reddit has already been down this path wit…

Any good tl;dr on what happened between Ellen Pao and reddit? I didn't follow the story when it was playing out.

She closed some long running hatefests like fatpeoplehate and took the fall for the very controversial firing of an employee, which later turned out to be Ohanian's decision.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by bluedevil2k »

superkuh wrote: post #70

I started using reddit in 2008. Although I doubt it was intentional reddit was a refuge from the "Best viewed with Javascript" modern web for many years. It worked just fine to browse and read with no JS enabled and was very snappy and low resource usage that way. Sure, you had to toggle JS back on to vote or post but that was easy enough. I left just before they pushed out the redesign due their increased censorship…

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?

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by Aoyagi »

rwnspace wrote: post #77
Aoyagi wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Easier on the eyes surely, but I understood it that dark themes only save battery for OLED/AMOLED screens. For LCD/TN dark themes use slightly more. I am not an Electrical Engineer though.

Well yes, that's what I meant. I keep forgetting there are still mobile devices with LCD screens...

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by nopressure »

FridgeSeal wrote: post #66
josefresco wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Does it show ads?

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by bdefore »

wor3q wrote: post #20
josefresco wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

It actually has a switch to turn nagging about app off. It's 'ask to open in app' in menu. No banners or popups about the app since I've flipped it.

Which not useful if you prefer to lurk rather than login or use incognito/firefox focus to browse.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by josefresco »

bdefore wrote: post #87
wor3q wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It actually has a switch to turn nagging about app off. It's 'ask to open in app' in menu. No banners or popups about the app since I've flipped it.

Which not useful if you prefer to lurk rather than login or use incognito/firefox focus to browse.

This is why I never saw the setting to disable the app prompt. Reddit tracks every single action on their site (no duh) and I don't feel like being monitored when I'm on the toilet looking for LULZ

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by akvadrako »

vesinisa wrote: post #4

Sadly, the reddit website has become a travesty - especially on mobile. A huge "DOWNLOAD THE REDDIT APP" banner obscures literally 30% of the page. There is a teeny-tiny "view on mobille site" link in small, low-contrast text that can be used to dismiss the annoying banner. Due to its size and user-hostile design, the Reddit banner is even worse than most news sites that try to push their newsletter/app/subscription…

It's a lot worse than that; m.reddit.com hasn't displayed anything except a white blank page on Safari on iOS for over a year.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by nunez »

liotier wrote: post #9
vesinisa wrote: post #4

Sadly, the reddit website has become a travesty - especially on mobile. A huge "DOWNLOAD THE REDDIT APP" banner obscures literally 30% of the page. There is a teeny-tiny "view on mobille site" link in small, low-contrast text that can be used to dismiss the annoying banner. Due to its size and user-hostile design, the Reddit banner is even worse than most news sites that try to push their newsletter/app/subscription…

On Android, use the "Reddit if fun" application - classic Reddit, fit for mobile: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewshu....

Huge fan of Relay
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