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I hate custom css of reddit. It is just horrible 100% of the times. Super glad they have a feature to disable this.

dredmorbius 9y ago
There are notable exceptions. The theme used by /r/geopolitics is genius for its vertical thread collapse controls. That would be the Minimaluminiumalism Theme. https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/897qfo/saudi_crown_prince_recognizes_israels_right_to/ https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/897qfo/saudi_c... https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/about/stylesheet https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/about/stylesheet
- baud147258 9y ago
  I don't browse reddit anymore, but the thread collapsing in /r/geopolitics is great! Perhaps I would have continued to use reddit if more sub used it.
  - dredmorbius 9y ago
    AFAIU one RES feature is to specify your own preferred stylesheet for all subreddits. You can achieve a similar result via a browser CSS manager, say, Stylus.
zawerf 9y ago
You can just turn them off with RES. Reddit wants to limit CSS to appease people like you who want a functional but bland site. But reddit is just a place for memes. Letting users creatively break the site is a feature, not a bug. There are so many jokes that can only be implemented by purposefully ruining UX. Subs like /r/CrappyDesign/ will lose their personality. Fancy upvote animations like in /r/Megumin/ can't be done. Surreal subs like /r/ooer and /r/infiniteworldproblems can't exist entirely. Any unanticipated but functional features like comment faces, flairs, multiline block spoiler tags, hiding downvotes, link filters, dropdown/slideout menus, etc, will never arise organically. Some custom CSS (including some of the ones mentioned above) annoys me too. But I see it as a unique part of reddit culture and it won't be the same without it.
unethical_ban 9y ago
The option to disable is great, but /r/nfl and several other places used it to great advantage of the community.

There are notable exceptions. The theme used by /r/geopolitics is genius for its vertical thread collapse controls. That would be the Minimaluminiumalism Theme. https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/897qfo/saudi_crown_prince_recognizes_israels_right_to/ https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/897qfo/saudi_c... https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/about/stylesheet https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/about/stylesheet

baud147258 9y ago
I don't browse reddit anymore, but the thread collapsing in /r/geopolitics is great! Perhaps I would have continued to use reddit if more sub used it.
- dredmorbius 9y ago
  AFAIU one RES feature is to specify your own preferred stylesheet for all subreddits. You can achieve a similar result via a browser CSS manager, say, Stylus.

zawerf 9y ago

You can just turn them off with RES. Reddit wants to limit CSS to appease people like you who want a functional but bland site. But reddit is just a place for memes. Letting users creatively break the site is a feature, not a bug. There are so many jokes that can only be implemented by purposefully ruining UX. Subs like /r/CrappyDesign/ will lose their personality. Fancy upvote animations like in /r/Megumin/ can't be done. Surreal subs like /r/ooer and /r/infiniteworldproblems can't exist entirely. Any unanticipated but functional features like comment faces, flairs, multiline block spoiler tags, hiding downvotes, link filters, dropdown/slideout menus, etc, will never arise organically. Some custom CSS (including some of the ones mentioned above) annoys me too. But I see it as a unique part of reddit culture and it won't be the same without it.

unethical_ban 9y ago

The option to disable is great, but /r/nfl and several other places used it to great advantage of the community.