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Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by blub »

bluedevil2k wrote: post #84
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?

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.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by andybak »

cup-of-tea wrote: post #80

Reddit is terrible for discussion anyway. You can't have a discussion when people can "downvote" your post. Nothing of value has been lost here. I say that as someone who used reddit heavily until about a month ago when I kicked the addiction.

Weirdly enough, I just downvoted you because I disagree. Not sure what to deduce from that.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by TeMPOraL »

bluedevil2k wrote: post #84
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?

Bad engineering in 2018 is still bad engineering.

JS can be used to enhance the experience, and even build things otherwise impossible in the browser, and it's totally justified. But taking the newest, shinest web application framework and turning what's a tree of regular web documents into a web application, with data unaccessible if you don't run the entirety of its JS? That's just wrong.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by senectus1 »

FridgeSeal wrote: post #67
liotier wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Shoutout to Sync as well: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.laurenceda...

thats my personal fav.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by TeMPOraL »

Aoyagi wrote: post #85
rwnspace wrote: post #77

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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...

Which makes AMOLED still not old enough to enter the general consciousness of the designers. They're optimizing for the screens they (and everyone they know) are used to.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by atonse »

blub wrote: post #91
bluedevil2k wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Running content blockers have solved this problem for me while keeping JavaScript enabled.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by MikkoFinell »

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.

I upvoted your comment because it's so constructive, telling me I'm an idiot because I don't find reddit interesting.
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