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Fair enough. I'm curious, what specific changes removed the simple minimalism of ol' reddit? We were very careful to not add elements superfluously. For inst

Fair enough. I'm curious, what specific changes removed the simple minimalism of ol' reddit? We were very careful to not add elements superfluously. For instance, the [browse] button had long been a scourge of mine. It was almost never clicked on and hid a great sort option (controversy) that was woefully underused as a result. Adding [controversial] to the horiz nav made a great feature (unique to reddit) more accessible and removed a crappy one (the browse button). That's just one example, but it's my favorite, because I really hated the browse button :)

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asimjalis 18y ago
The nav improvements are great. I was talking more about how each article link is rendered. The links (in the new reddit) take up too much vertical space. The way HN does it (and the way reddit used to do) was much better. Here is the reason: It makes it easy for me to quickly scan the article. Basically have one-line per link. Instead of multiple lines. Also I don't need to see the score in a larger font. Usually I don't pay attention to the score. The way I decide whether I want to read the article is: (a) the title, (b) where it is linked from (e.g. nytimes.com, etc). Almost everything else gets in the way.