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I'm thankful for their new design, actually. After many years of trying, I have now managed to successfully kick my Reddit habit completely and have gained pre

I'm thankful for their new design, actually. After many years of trying, I have now managed to successfully kick my Reddit habit completely and have gained precious hours in my day.

superkuh 8y ago
Same here, although I left because of the massive increase in censorship and gentrification right before the big redesign.
- mimimihaha 8y ago
  I actually switched to Hackernews and forced myself to read at least two paragraphs of any article before I read the comments. I’ve learned so much more from this website and wasted so much less time. I’ve went from several hours a day on reddit to about 30 minutes on HN on various times on the toilet everyday.
  - randycupertino 8y ago
    Yes- I recently realized I was wasting several hours of my life per week on Reddit. This new redesign helped me kick that habbit. Hurrah- time to get in shape and learn Polish!!
geofft 8y ago
Yeah - the redesign had a fantastic feature that it wouldn't let me log in successfully, so I'm gone now.
- kup0 8y ago
  Similar issue for me, redesign kept logging me out over and over again
chapium 8y ago
Same here! After repeatedly getting redirected to an app and mobile version of their site, i began asking myself why i put up with this on Reddit and not elsewhere.
megaremote 8y ago
I hope no one tells you that you can turn of the new design then.
goostavos 8y ago
I've been trying to pin down _why_ I've had the same reaction as you, but I really can't put my finger on it. Something about the new site just somehow puts me off. While I could mindlessly browse the old site endlessly, something about the new actively makes me want to close the tab. Either way, a good thing.
- noja 8y ago
  You see more content at once on the old site (same as on HN). You know that there is always something interesting coming up.
- ovulator 8y ago
  When I've scrolled down for a while and realized I haven't reached the end of the page I kind of get disgusted then close the site.
- NiceOneBrah 8y ago
  I've been wondering the same thing. For me, I think the new site feels slightly sluggish and the design and/or implementation feels clunky. I switched back to classic though so no productivity gains for me.
  - tartrate 8y ago
    Indeed, the new site is extremely sluggish (for what it is).
- marmshallow 8y ago
  I think it's because in the new design, you do not get to choose which content to view or click on. All images are auto-expanded, leaving you with a fb-like feed rather than suggested content you can choose to dive into.
- eksemplar 8y ago
  The new design made me leave as well, it had been s long time coming though. Most discussions are dumb, I can’t remember the last time I had a conversation on reddit where I wasn’t the most knowledgeable person in the thread, and that’s just a waste of time. It’s not that people are stupid, sometimes you’re simply talking to a teenager with no life experience. Often it is because people are kind of stupid. My national (r/Denmark) subreddit has devolved into a vile place for instance, I’d compare it to t_d, it’s the best “quick” comparison there is, but it’s obviously not as bad, at least not yet. I think /r/space is the only major subreddit that I don’t dislike, and most of the smaller ones have been abandoned. The new design being horrible was just what tipped the iceberg.
paidleaf 8y ago
> I'm thankful for their new design, actually. After having to click "visit old reddit" a few times, I just got sick of it. > After many years of trying, I have now managed to successfully kick my Reddit habit completely and have gained precious hours in my day. It stopped being fun. Reddit has turned into the infowars of the left. It's just spiteful and angry leftist politics 24/7. I suppose it was inevitable when reddit sold itself to a news media company, but still sad to see reddit die a slow and painful death. Was once a great site for open ideas, discussions and jokes.
- wilsonnb2 8y ago
  > It's just spiteful and angry leftist politics 24/7. Unless you're specifically visiting r/politics, r/latestagecapitalism, r/socialism, or similar subreddits, this just isn't true.
- slantaclaus 8y ago
  It’s infowars on both sides. /r/anarchycringe vs /r/latestagecapitalism
randycupertino 8y ago
Hi Kirubakaran, I don't know if you'll see this comment because the thread is off the front page, but I came back to thank you. Your comment set off a lightbulb in my head and really helped me make a positive change to my life. I'd been wallowing in a major (3+ hours a night) reddit addiction and my productivity was way, way down and I wasn't accomplishing stuff I wanted to do (learn another language, work out, clean the house...) because of it. I also HATE the redesign (so ugly, so spaced out, way less "sticky" to me as a user because what I really love about reddit is the discussion subreddits and the conversations. I'd always been turning the "new reddit" off and using old reddit view. When I saw your comment above, it was like an epiphany. A-ha! Just leave the ugly terrible redesign activated on all the time!! I am so thankful I saw that- I changed all my reddits to the new design and successfully accomplished a ton of stuff I'd been procrastinating on over the last few weeks. Cheers and thanks so much for the great idea.

I'm thankful for their new design, actually. After many years of trying, I have now managed to successfully kick my Reddit habit completely and have gained precious hours in my day.

superkuh 8y ago

Same here, although I left because of the massive increase in censorship and gentrification right before the big redesign.

mimimihaha 8y ago
I actually switched to Hackernews and forced myself to read at least two paragraphs of any article before I read the comments. I’ve learned so much more from this website and wasted so much less time. I’ve went from several hours a day on reddit to about 30 minutes on HN on various times on the toilet everyday.
- randycupertino 8y ago
  Yes- I recently realized I was wasting several hours of my life per week on Reddit. This new redesign helped me kick that habbit. Hurrah- time to get in shape and learn Polish!!

geofft 8y ago

Yeah - the redesign had a fantastic feature that it wouldn't let me log in successfully, so I'm gone now.

kup0 8y ago
Similar issue for me, redesign kept logging me out over and over again

chapium 8y ago

Same here! After repeatedly getting redirected to an app and mobile version of their site, i began asking myself why i put up with this on Reddit and not elsewhere.

megaremote 8y ago

I hope no one tells you that you can turn of the new design then.

goostavos 8y ago

I've been trying to pin down _why_ I've had the same reaction as you, but I really can't put my finger on it. Something about the new site just somehow puts me off. While I could mindlessly browse the old site endlessly, something about the new actively makes me want to close the tab. Either way, a good thing.

noja 8y ago
You see more content at once on the old site (same as on HN). You know that there is always something interesting coming up.
ovulator 8y ago
When I've scrolled down for a while and realized I haven't reached the end of the page I kind of get disgusted then close the site.
NiceOneBrah 8y ago
I've been wondering the same thing. For me, I think the new site feels slightly sluggish and the design and/or implementation feels clunky. I switched back to classic though so no productivity gains for me.
- tartrate 8y ago
  Indeed, the new site is extremely sluggish (for what it is).
marmshallow 8y ago
I think it's because in the new design, you do not get to choose which content to view or click on. All images are auto-expanded, leaving you with a fb-like feed rather than suggested content you can choose to dive into.
eksemplar 8y ago
The new design made me leave as well, it had been s long time coming though. Most discussions are dumb, I can’t remember the last time I had a conversation on reddit where I wasn’t the most knowledgeable person in the thread, and that’s just a waste of time. It’s not that people are stupid, sometimes you’re simply talking to a teenager with no life experience. Often it is because people are kind of stupid. My national (r/Denmark) subreddit has devolved into a vile place for instance, I’d compare it to t_d, it’s the best “quick” comparison there is, but it’s obviously not as bad, at least not yet. I think /r/space is the only major subreddit that I don’t dislike, and most of the smaller ones have been abandoned. The new design being horrible was just what tipped the iceberg.

paidleaf 8y ago

> I'm thankful for their new design, actually. After having to click "visit old reddit" a few times, I just got sick of it. > After many years of trying, I have now managed to successfully kick my Reddit habit completely and have gained precious hours in my day. It stopped being fun. Reddit has turned into the infowars of the left. It's just spiteful and angry leftist politics 24/7. I suppose it was inevitable when reddit sold itself to a news media company, but still sad to see reddit die a slow and painful death. Was once a great site for open ideas, discussions and jokes.

wilsonnb2 8y ago
> It's just spiteful and angry leftist politics 24/7. Unless you're specifically visiting r/politics, r/latestagecapitalism, r/socialism, or similar subreddits, this just isn't true.
slantaclaus 8y ago
It’s infowars on both sides. /r/anarchycringe vs /r/latestagecapitalism

randycupertino 8y ago

Hi Kirubakaran, I don't know if you'll see this comment because the thread is off the front page, but I came back to thank you. Your comment set off a lightbulb in my head and really helped me make a positive change to my life. I'd been wallowing in a major (3+ hours a night) reddit addiction and my productivity was way, way down and I wasn't accomplishing stuff I wanted to do (learn another language, work out, clean the house...) because of it. I also HATE the redesign (so ugly, so spaced out, way less "sticky" to me as a user because what I really love about reddit is the discussion subreddits and the conversations. I'd always been turning the "new reddit" off and using old reddit view. When I saw your comment above, it was like an epiphany. A-ha! Just leave the ugly terrible redesign activated on all the time!! I am so thankful I saw that- I changed all my reddits to the new design and successfully accomplished a ton of stuff I'd been procrastinating on over the last few weeks. Cheers and thanks so much for the great idea.