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Re: Tell HN: Thank you for being fast, almost ad-free and text-only

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Post by sbayeta »

flanbiscuit wrote: post #51

IMO, Reddit is still usable but only via https://old.reddit.com . I still use Reddit daily, but I can't stand the horrific new design. I also highly curate my subscribed subreddits and use multireddits to combine subject matters. On Android I use Reddit Sync[1] (which has an ad-free pro version I paid a one-time $5 fee for). I worry about the day they discontinue old.reddit.com, or decide to cripple third-party apps…

I've been browsing Reddit using Reddit is Fun on android and it's a delight to use.

Re: Tell HN: Thank you for being fast, almost ad-free and text-only

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Post by mopsi »

dredmorbius wrote: post #19
dewey wrote: post #9

I know what you are saying and I agree and am grateful for it's existance but keep in mind that HN is a marketing tool of a big VC fund. It has money to pay a moderator and doesn't need to directly make money from it by putting ads or tracking scripts up like other sites.

Appropriately motivated and principled patronage ... is a fairly good media model. Far superior to naked advertising. On par with public or membership sponsorship.

People often say that the internet would die without intrusive ad tracking. HN is a pretty good example of the opposite, and there are many others. An electronics store I frequent hosts old-school electronics forum, a nearby youth hobby center hosts news and forums for scale model building, and so forth.

Re: Tell HN: Thank you for being fast, almost ad-free and text-only

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Post by rchaud »

dredmorbius wrote: post #37
powera wrote: post #17

Well, actually, it's not "ad-free". There are fairly regular job ads for YCombinator companies on the home page.

But: 1. Not within articles or threads. Contrast, say, the Washington Post which is currently inserting ... four ... ad placements per story ... and that's just within the text of a story itself. That excludes other interstitial nags ("see also" which are often very thinly-related if at all items), sign-ups, pop-ups, etc. (I'd recalled this being higher, four is still a few too many, but less than I'd thought.) And i…

There is plenty of sensationalism in the comments, when the topics are similar to those that newspapers would discuss.

Take for example the recent spate of techco layoffs. I think you'll find the discussion is not nearly as polite and detached as those on regular nerd stuff would be (Rust, React, Static Site Generators etc).

Re: Tell HN: Thank you for being fast, almost ad-free and text-only

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Post by zamadatix »

amelius wrote: post #67
abraxas wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most visitors to HN are unlikely to have a significant voice in defining the UX of things they build for a living.

I thought this was a place for startup founders.

Sure, and a lot of other folks too.

Re: Tell HN: Thank you for being fast, almost ad-free and text-only

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Post by ptasci67 »

flanbiscuit wrote: post #51

IMO, Reddit is still usable but only via https://old.reddit.com . I still use Reddit daily, but I can't stand the horrific new design. I also highly curate my subscribed subreddits and use multireddits to combine subject matters. On Android I use Reddit Sync[1] (which has an ad-free pro version I paid a one-time $5 fee for). I worry about the day they discontinue old.reddit.com, or decide to cripple third-party apps…

Just as an alternate data point, I personally prefer the new design as I find it more inviting, and easier to browse on mobile. I think both should exist because there are enough people who prefer the old way but it does beg the question of whether it is worth supporting both from an engineering perspective. I'm sure it has a real cost to Reddit.

Re: Tell HN: Thank you for being fast, almost ad-free and text-only

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Post by radlad »

amelius wrote: post #67
abraxas wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most visitors to HN are unlikely to have a significant voice in defining the UX of things they build for a living.

I thought this was a place for startup founders.

Startup founders are certainly a minority of HN visitors.

Re: Tell HN: Thank you for being fast, almost ad-free and text-only

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Post by mschild »

flanbiscuit wrote: post #51

IMO, Reddit is still usable but only via https://old.reddit.com . I still use Reddit daily, but I can't stand the horrific new design. I also highly curate my subscribed subreddits and use multireddits to combine subject matters. On Android I use Reddit Sync[1] (which has an ad-free pro version I paid a one-time $5 fee for). I worry about the day they discontinue old.reddit.com, or decide to cripple third-party apps…

I'd highly recommend https://i.reddit.com for mobile. Significantly better experience for me.

Re: Tell HN: Thank you for being fast, almost ad-free and text-only

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Post by LLyaudet »

Jerrrry wrote: post #36

My only (primary, continuous, and ignored) complaint is that OP's text post's contrast matches the contrast of less-useful comments, making every Self-HN post seem subconsciously and automatically downvoted. It was "tradition,"? No, it's archaic and ironic for a site with so many A11y/accessibility advocates.

I thought the grey color for main post was to discourage us of reading it and to make us: - look only at the shared link when there is some, - or use the reader mode of our web-browser, - or make it harder to read and create a relief when we go back to our source code, ;)

Re: Tell HN: Thank you for being fast, almost ad-free and text-only

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Post by LLyaudet »

LLyaudet wrote: post #89
Jerrrry wrote: post #36

My only (primary, continuous, and ignored) complaint is that OP's text post's contrast matches the contrast of less-useful comments, making every Self-HN post seem subconsciously and automatically downvoted. It was "tradition,"? No, it's archaic and ironic for a site with so many A11y/accessibility advocates.

I thought the grey color for main post was to discourage us of reading it and to make us: - look only at the shared link when there is some, - or use the reader mode of our web-browser, - or make it harder to read and create a relief when we go back to our source code, ;)

But definitely, I would vote in favor of better contrast for main post.
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