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Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by acid__ »

dredmorbius wrote: post #54
ZephyrBlu wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a lot lower than I expected. I can't stand the new UI. I guess most traffic is from people without accounts though.

One of the most important lessons about mass-use computer tools is that overwhelmingly people use defaults . I first realised this back in the 1990s when shitty default monitor resolution and refresh rate would literally inflict pain (headaches and eyestrain). MS Windows 95 / 98 shipped with a default of 800x600@60Hz. This was on CRTs, many viewed under office flourescent lighting, which gave rise to a bloody awful f…

Yeah, 10-15% of users opting out of anything is incredibly high.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by greenknight »

paxys wrote: post #47

Content aside, Reddit is possibly the worst performing large commercial website I have ever seen. Like half of all page loads and requests end with “something went wrong”. Search has been unusable from day 1, and somehow getting worse. Their new video player makes me want to throw my computer across the room. I have been using it on and off for a decade now and I can’t think of one aspect of the site (whether in term…

This is the thing, i hate their new ui... and if ever they get rid of their 'old' ui I would leave reddit. Their "New UI" was brought in in 2018, and to me was like a digg moment.

To me, Hackernews is what Reddit was 10 years ago, just without subreddits. Clean top quality content.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by sergiotapia »

thundergolfer wrote: post #64
paxys wrote: post #47

Content aside, Reddit is possibly the worst performing large commercial website I have ever seen. Like half of all page loads and requests end with “something went wrong”. Search has been unusable from day 1, and somehow getting worse. Their new video player makes me want to throw my computer across the room. I have been using it on and off for a decade now and I can’t think of one aspect of the site (whether in term…

I use Reddit daily, and for the last ~week their UI has added multiple things to click and be taken to my 'Reddit recap', which I think is supposed to be like Spotify's 'your year in review' feature. Reddit's product managers very much want me to check out my 'Reddit Recap'. Well I've navigated to my recap about 30 times now in the last week, from multiple links, in app and desktop, and it's still totally broken. On…

The second old.reddit.com goes offline, I'll probably never visit the website again. I haven't used the new version once (what is it 4 years old now?) - they toyed with literally the perfect UX for what? For a PM to have something to do?

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by egypturnash »

thundergolfer wrote: post #64
paxys wrote: post #47

Content aside, Reddit is possibly the worst performing large commercial website I have ever seen. Like half of all page loads and requests end with “something went wrong”. Search has been unusable from day 1, and somehow getting worse. Their new video player makes me want to throw my computer across the room. I have been using it on and off for a decade now and I can’t think of one aspect of the site (whether in term…

I use Reddit daily, and for the last ~week their UI has added multiple things to click and be taken to my 'Reddit recap', which I think is supposed to be like Spotify's 'your year in review' feature. Reddit's product managers very much want me to check out my 'Reddit Recap'. Well I've navigated to my recap about 30 times now in the last week, from multiple links, in app and desktop, and it's still totally broken. On…

Oh god the recap is hilariously broken. Doesn’t work on my iPad or my iPhone browser. Haven’t tried the app because fuck the app. Sorta works on my desktop browser. Kinda.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by sva_ »

charcircuit wrote: post #31
thrwy_918 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I honestly don't understand how people use reddit using the new UI, or even using the old UI with custom subreddit styles enabled.

I think it's fine on desktop. On mobile while logged out reddit is cancer.

https://i.reddit.com/ isn't too bad

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by toomuchtodo »

plasticsoprano wrote: post #78

Reddit has me on some sort of ban that causes accounts to be permanently suspended within 24 hours of account creation regardless of what I do with that account, even if it's just make it and leave it alone. Also, anyone that comes to my home and connects to my wifi and then their reddit account will find their account permanently suspended within 24 hours. I've reached out to them multiple times to see what is happe…

Have your ISP cycle/release->renew your IP address. Don’t attempt to sign in to any of the previous accounts from the new IP. Should avoid their anti evil team’s tooling as long as you’re not causing trouble.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by plasticsoprano »

post_break wrote: post #34

Will they be banning porn like tumblr? I know they removed it from "All" and then I believe they hid it in other ways. Just wondering when the Digg 4.0 / Tumblr will happen to Reddit. So far it's been a slow burn but I'm waiting for the great purge to bring down the house. It always seems to happen around an IPO.

The funny thing about the r/all porn removal is it's only gone if you ARE logged in. If you aren't logged in and hit r/all the porn will appear once you get to the 4th or 5th page. It isn't nearly as prevalent as it was and I haven't seen it hit the front page as it did years ago but it's certainly there, I suspect to entice people to make accounts.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by satellite2 »

gruez wrote: post #62
satellite2 wrote: post #11

Now it makes sense why they implemented all those user hostile strategies recently. To grow the user count. Hopefully, they'll be able to remove it after they go public.

"recently"? They were doing it for years.

I feel it started with the redesign. But yeah, it's been 3 years already.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by ohCh6zos »

bmitc wrote: post #50
beeskneecaps wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

old.reddit.com with redditenhancementsuite.com extension is still the best way to browse. I'm impressed that they've kept the old UI for so many years. The usage must be significant to keep it around.

They keep it around, but I've noticed recently I just randomly get opted back into the new design. When I go to settings to opt back out, it shows that I'm already opted out. Then I just click it, which going by the button state would opt me in, but it opts me back out again. It's weird, and it seems clear that they're just auto opting me in on the back end and hoping I'll just deal with it, which I can't because the…

If they decide to give you Reddit coins it does this behavior exactly. You can fix it for a time by claiming the coins.

Re: Reddit files to go public

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Post by gentleman11 »

post_break wrote: post #34

Will they be banning porn like tumblr? I know they removed it from "All" and then I believe they hid it in other ways. Just wondering when the Digg 4.0 / Tumblr will happen to Reddit. So far it's been a slow burn but I'm waiting for the great purge to bring down the house. It always seems to happen around an IPO.

Didn’t they start requiring you to be logged in? I can’t imagine how awkward that must be. “Please log in to watch your embarrassing porn so we can track you and sell the data and connect it to your real identity”
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