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I don't normally comment, but as a (formerly) heavy Reddit user I feel compelled to chime in: I absolutely loathe the new redesign. Infinite scrolling: ye Gods,
by digikazi 8y ago
I don't normally comment, but as a (formerly) heavy Reddit user I feel compelled to chime in: I absolutely loathe the new redesign. Infinite scrolling: ye Gods, why? It makes my fairly beefy laptop grind to a halt. Plenty of very eloquent posters before me have stated in great detail just why they hate it, so I won't bore everybody by repeating everything.
I used to love the very simplicity of old Reddit; by making it more Facebook-like, they infantilised a great site, and the moment they take away the ability to visit "old Reddit" my usage will drop right down. But I suppose this infantilisation is just right for the social media generation. Sigh.
Some commenters have mentioned the great Digg redesign fiasco; here's a link from August 2010 that talks about it. The internet was a very different place in 2010.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/pda/2010/aug/31/digg-redesign-revolt https://www.theguardian.com/technology/pda/2010/aug/31/digg-...
- jtriangle 8y agoWhen, not if, they take away the old site, I'm done with reddit for good. I have plenty of alternatives at this point and I imagine that I'm not the only one who's jumping ship at that point.
- Crinus 8y ago> by making it more Facebook-like, they infantilised a great site And Facebook itself used to have a very simple and lightweight layout.