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I don't get it. What exactly is changing? From the screenshots from the reddit post about it, it looks.... like reddit. There's posts and the posts have upvote/

by joemi 9y ago

I don't get it. What exactly is changing? From the screenshots from the reddit post about it, it looks.... like reddit. There's posts and the posts have upvote/downvote buttons, and there's a link to the comments that shows how many there are. Am I missing something? The OP article doesn't actually have any screenshots of changes, and I made it several paragraphs into the article still not understanding what is changing.

strifey 9y ago
You should be able to interact with the redesign directly at https://new.reddit.com https://new.reddit.com. The main complaints I've seen leveled at the redesign are: user profiles becoming more like Facebook profiles, the new chat functionality missing core features, and the newly created "best" ranking becoming the default.
- joemi 9y ago
  Not sure why, but that link just brings me to the normal homepage (as it's looked for years).
  - Fifer82 9y ago
    This confused me as well. See Izkata below your comment with a wired link to screenshots. But I see the old reddit as well.
    - joemi 9y ago
      I wonder if you have to be logged in for that link to work? I'm at work right now and I never log in to reddit from here.
      - gizmo686 9y ago
        Nope. I'm logged in and still getting redirected to the original.
  - strifey 9y ago
    Strange, yeah if I open it in an incognito window I'm shown the old reddit homepage. Maybe it only works for signed-in users?
- eduren 9y ago
  "Best" has been the default comment ranking for years. I'm not surprised that it eventually worked its way into the front page posts. How it differs from "Hot" though is not clear to me. Maybe they try harder to show you fresh posts.
  - Bekwnn 9y ago
    A while ago they made subs that a large number of people had blocked show up on the front page less. The change came about because certain small vocal communities would boost content to the front page that the rest of reddit hated.
- Avery3R 9y ago
  Best is the new default on the old UI too.
- tzs 9y ago
  My main complaint is that I still don't see any way to do subscripts or mathematical expressions. Some subreddits recommend browser extensions that allow embedding some kind of TeX variant and render it, but that only helps if you use one of the browsers that has one of those extensions.
- dosethree 9y ago
  I just get regular reddit when I click that, did they turn it off?
Izkata 9y ago
Not sure what reddit post you're referring to, but the images on Wired make it look like Facebook, not Reddit: https://www.wired.com/story/reddit-redesign/ https://www.wired.com/story/reddit-redesign/
- joemi 9y ago
  The reddit post I meant was this announcement from 10 or so days ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/891stx/starting_today_more_people_will_have_access_to/ https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/891stx/start... Thanks for the Wired link. That actually shows it. Yeah, I agree it looks quite facebook-like.

by joemi 9y ago

strifey 9y ago

You should be able to interact with the redesign directly at https://new.reddit.com https://new.reddit.com. The main complaints I've seen leveled at the redesign are: user profiles becoming more like Facebook profiles, the new chat functionality missing core features, and the newly created "best" ranking becoming the default.

joemi 9y ago
Not sure why, but that link just brings me to the normal homepage (as it's looked for years).
- Fifer82 9y ago
  This confused me as well. See Izkata below your comment with a wired link to screenshots. But I see the old reddit as well.
  - joemi 9y ago
    I wonder if you have to be logged in for that link to work? I'm at work right now and I never log in to reddit from here.
    - gizmo686 9y ago
      Nope. I'm logged in and still getting redirected to the original.
- strifey 9y ago
  Strange, yeah if I open it in an incognito window I'm shown the old reddit homepage. Maybe it only works for signed-in users?
eduren 9y ago
"Best" has been the default comment ranking for years. I'm not surprised that it eventually worked its way into the front page posts. How it differs from "Hot" though is not clear to me. Maybe they try harder to show you fresh posts.
- Bekwnn 9y ago
  A while ago they made subs that a large number of people had blocked show up on the front page less. The change came about because certain small vocal communities would boost content to the front page that the rest of reddit hated.
Avery3R 9y ago
Best is the new default on the old UI too.
tzs 9y ago
My main complaint is that I still don't see any way to do subscripts or mathematical expressions. Some subreddits recommend browser extensions that allow embedding some kind of TeX variant and render it, but that only helps if you use one of the browsers that has one of those extensions.
dosethree 9y ago
I just get regular reddit when I click that, did they turn it off?

Izkata 9y ago

Not sure what reddit post you're referring to, but the images on Wired make it look like Facebook, not Reddit: https://www.wired.com/story/reddit-redesign/ https://www.wired.com/story/reddit-redesign/

joemi 9y ago
The reddit post I meant was this announcement from 10 or so days ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/891stx/starting_today_more_people_will_have_access_to/ https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/891stx/start... Thanks for the Wired link. That actually shows it. Yeah, I agree it looks quite facebook-like.