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Dragoniel t1_jbduxf4 wrote

They talk a lot about all the new features and user-centric design and all that and here I am still using old.reddit.com mode, because every time I resolve to get used to the "new" fancy design, I give up and return to the original within an hour. It's fucking godawful. If they ever discontinued the old mode, I'd just quit reddit altogether the same day.

So, all this talk sounds empty to me.

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ShyElf t1_jbdzahv wrote

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Javerage t1_jbdzo89 wrote

I use Infinity For Reddit since the actual reddit app loves popping ads in every 2/3 posts.

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Gargenville t1_jbe07xi wrote

Yeah there’s plenty of great third party mobile apps, I like Apollo on iOS and Sync on Android.

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Javerage t1_jbe0dnz wrote

I've not heard of Sync but I'll check it out thanks! (Sometimes Infinity bugs out remembering what you've viewed)

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Sporesword t1_jbhmt3i wrote

Wait... I can use Reddit on my phone through a third party app?!

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SIGMA920 t1_jbhswqr wrote

You can also just use a webbrowser with desktop mode.

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SwagginsYolo420 t1_jbe4kom wrote

The bare-bones lightweight format of OG reddit was a major part of why the site took off over other message/image boards in the first place.

Nowadays it has the near-monopoly on web forum content to retain users despite newer horrendous layout design.

Companies hire a bunch of people who then need to find busywork to do all day to keep their jobs relevant. That results in continually redesigning UI that wasn't broken in the first place, usually for the worse.

Then you get "Make it look more modern" which ends up translating to "make the usability worse", by aping other companies' bad design that was generated by that very ludicrous process of unnecessary design worsening.

Sites and services that became popular in part or whole due to UI success, have a tendency to destroy that UI once they have achieved critical mass. The users become a captive audience and are stuck with it, and whoever runs the company by then time is usually completely clueless as as to how the site/service attracted users to gain any value in the first place.

It's a cancer that infects almost all of computing.

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flaagan t1_jbgcaea wrote

>Nowadays it has the near-monopoly on web forum content to retain users
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>despite newer horrendous layout design.

The funny thing about that is that I would likely never use Reddit for something that I would typically go to an existing forum for, you're not going to find the same type of community and interactions here you would find on a topic-dedicated forum, much less the granular level of discussion and information you'd likely be looking for.

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SwagginsYolo420 t1_jbhlo7b wrote

I agree with that generally. Though a big part of that reason I think is most mainstream special interest communities established their main forum sites/communities long prior to the existence of reddit and "web 2.0" social media.

I would say that newer communities tend to coalesce around reddit / twitter / discord first now, because it's the path of least resistance. Communities focused on newer technologies / fandoms / arts from only the last decade or so seem much less likely to have dedicated high-traffic old-school forums now.

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whatistheformat t1_jbdwaye wrote

agreed. I check out the new layout occasionally and encounter multiple issues within minutes. From a usability standpoint it's a nightmare. Clearly they feel the pressure to compete in the doomscrolling marketplace, but If they force reddit to be just another tiktok, it will lose what makes it unique and worth going to. Searching the web with the term "reddit" is probably their biggest marketing coup rn, if they bust up communities they will be losing massive value.

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BronzeHeart92 OP t1_jbdxo16 wrote

Yeah, I'm with you when it comes to using the old Reddit as well. It's honestly a miracle that they're able to succesfully maintain the two versions to this day like this.

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Dragoniel t1_jbe4yq9 wrote

Indeed. Makes me anxious that eventually it will go the way of the dodo. Even now uploading multiple image posts already requires switching over to the new design, multiple tables formatting is broken - the new features are not getting implemented in the classic mode anymore. Just a matter of time until something critical kills it off, imo.

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DogsRNice t1_jbf4lbr wrote

I can't comprehend how people can use anything other than old reddit

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BronzeHeart92 OP t1_jbfaiai wrote

You could say it's like a lightning in a bottle type deal when it comes to the sheer usability factor.

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HanaBothWays t1_jbe10xs wrote

I use a third-party app rather than the official app or the desktop interface so…yeah.

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AdditionalBar86 t1_jberxpk wrote

i.reddit.com user here 😅

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Dragoniel t1_jbes7d1 wrote

Huh. This looks weird. I should try this on my tablet later. I typically just browse in desktop mode.

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AdditionalBar86 t1_jbettnc wrote

Yes this is for mobile mode. However it loads seamlessly in low bandwidth situations.

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NaBUru38 t1_jber7tq wrote

/r/unpopularopinion: I like the new Reddit web interface, though it does have a few things to improve.

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t0ny7 t1_jbgfszh wrote

I just loaded up the new Reddit. On my 1440p monitor I can see 3 stories.

On old Reddit I can see 20 stories.

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