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I'm not parent, but the very fact that they keep degrading the UI and implementing dark patterns and doing crap like requiring login to read comments is exactly

I'm not parent, but the very fact that they keep degrading the UI and implementing dark patterns and doing crap like requiring login to read comments is exactly what gives the impression that reddit is dying. It is hard to assume that people on top care about their users when every single news about any kind of change looks like to a downgrade to my Reddit experience.

asdfman123 7y ago
I'm still baffled about the UI "improvement." It's comically bad. It's so busy and I can't find anything I want. I have never, ever seen a site anywhere near as big as Reddit with such a bad redesign. It seems they could have hired one UX guy and one graphic guy... I could probably pay some people on Fiverr $100 total to create a better design for the entirety of Reddit. The old design was boring and out of date, but it was everything I needed so I was fine with it. But I'm mainly a mobile user so I don't really care.
- cal5k 7y ago
  You can still opt out of the redesign, which I do. I find the new desktop design to be intolerable.
  - asdfman123 7y ago
    I worry that eventually they're going to force everyone onto the new design, though.
  - olyjohn 7y ago
    old.reddit.com, my account is even set up to redirect me to it automatically. It still wasn't enough to make me stick around. The popups on my phone to use the app on every page load are infuriating. Especially when I use Firefox on my phone, and it tells me to "Continue with Safari." I guess because Google started doing that bullshit on their apps, it's okay for everybody else to copy it.
  - bdcravens 7y ago
    My presumption is the choice of name ("old.reddit.com") says something about the permanence of the original design (I'd feel better about "classic" or similar)
- sgarman 7y ago
  They are just following the Digg roadmap. We all know how that turned out.
- digikazi 7y ago
  I'm mainly a desktop user, so for me the new design is, how shall I put it politely, utter shite? One of the things the new design has made much harder is the discovery of new subs; in the old reddit you could generally speaking find a list of related subreddits on the right side of the screen. Not anymore (sometimes they're buried in the wiki, but not always). It's a shame, because discovering new and interesting (and weird) topics was one of the best things about it. Also, to echo many users here, my usage of the site has dropped right down after the redesign. It's a shame because it was for many years one of my favourite places on the Internet.
- stevehawk 7y ago
  The only thing I can find in my reddit feed is a bunch of annoying ass TripleByte ads.
- travisporter 7y ago
  On my todo list is a HN style reddit PWA

asdfman123 7y ago

I'm still baffled about the UI "improvement." It's comically bad. It's so busy and I can't find anything I want. I have never, ever seen a site anywhere near as big as Reddit with such a bad redesign. It seems they could have hired one UX guy and one graphic guy... I could probably pay some people on Fiverr $100 total to create a better design for the entirety of Reddit. The old design was boring and out of date, but it was everything I needed so I was fine with it. But I'm mainly a mobile user so I don't really care.

cal5k 7y ago
You can still opt out of the redesign, which I do. I find the new desktop design to be intolerable.
- asdfman123 7y ago
  I worry that eventually they're going to force everyone onto the new design, though.
- olyjohn 7y ago
  old.reddit.com, my account is even set up to redirect me to it automatically. It still wasn't enough to make me stick around. The popups on my phone to use the app on every page load are infuriating. Especially when I use Firefox on my phone, and it tells me to "Continue with Safari." I guess because Google started doing that bullshit on their apps, it's okay for everybody else to copy it.
- bdcravens 7y ago
  My presumption is the choice of name ("old.reddit.com") says something about the permanence of the original design (I'd feel better about "classic" or similar)
sgarman 7y ago
They are just following the Digg roadmap. We all know how that turned out.
digikazi 7y ago
I'm mainly a desktop user, so for me the new design is, how shall I put it politely, utter shite? One of the things the new design has made much harder is the discovery of new subs; in the old reddit you could generally speaking find a list of related subreddits on the right side of the screen. Not anymore (sometimes they're buried in the wiki, but not always). It's a shame, because discovering new and interesting (and weird) topics was one of the best things about it. Also, to echo many users here, my usage of the site has dropped right down after the redesign. It's a shame because it was for many years one of my favourite places on the Internet.
stevehawk 7y ago
The only thing I can find in my reddit feed is a bunch of annoying ass TripleByte ads.
travisporter 7y ago
On my todo list is a HN style reddit PWA