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From AMA (ask [Reddit sysadmins] anything) announcement 2019/09/19 https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/9ver7h/14nov_reddit_infrastructure_ama/ https://ol

by mtmail 7y ago

From AMA (ask [Reddit sysadmins] anything) announcement 2019/09/19 https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/9ver7h/14nov_reddit_infrastructure_ama/ https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/9ver7h/14nov_redd... "I can answer this! According to various sources (mainly, complaints on the redesign subreddit), the new.reddit interface is a lot less tolerant of timeouts and delays. Old.reddit was much more relaxed and would wait longer before throwing up errors (like logouts and such), but new.reddit is RESPONSIVE!, and the backend isn't playing nice with the new, tighter tolerances." Full AMA https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/9x577m/were_reddits_infrastructure_team_ask_us_anything/ https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/9x577m/were_reddi... Also a 2018 AMA summaryhttps://github.com/yanhan/notes/blob/master/reddit-sysadmins-ama.md https://github.com/yanhan/notes/blob/master/reddit-sysadmins...

wycy 7y ago
Wow, I didn't know there was actually more to dislike about "new" reddit.
zamadatix 7y ago
Even if it were truely the reason (it's just someone uninvolved who saw a lot of complaints about the new interface) it doesn't explain the rest of the decade where there was no "new interface" and it was still a meme that Reddit was constantly down.
xen0 7y ago
"Responsive" is not a word that comes to mind when thinking about reddit's new interface.
- TwoForOne 7y ago
  In my world (UX Designer) "responsive" means it responds to browser window size and accommodates all sizes from phone to desktop. Compare Old reddit and New reddit by shrinking your browser window in the x-axis on desktop.
  - catalogia 7y ago
    Is that the way 'responsive' is being used in this particular context? What does reflowing a webpage when the browser's window changes size have to do with these timeouts and delays in the backend?
    - basch 7y ago
      theres some ironic use of the word in the post above. they are mocking that the new and improved "responsive web" site isnt responsive in a speed context.

by mtmail 7y ago

wycy 7y ago

Wow, I didn't know there was actually more to dislike about "new" reddit.

zamadatix 7y ago

Even if it were truely the reason (it's just someone uninvolved who saw a lot of complaints about the new interface) it doesn't explain the rest of the decade where there was no "new interface" and it was still a meme that Reddit was constantly down.

xen0 7y ago

"Responsive" is not a word that comes to mind when thinking about reddit's new interface.

TwoForOne 7y ago
In my world (UX Designer) "responsive" means it responds to browser window size and accommodates all sizes from phone to desktop. Compare Old reddit and New reddit by shrinking your browser window in the x-axis on desktop.
- catalogia 7y ago
  Is that the way 'responsive' is being used in this particular context? What does reflowing a webpage when the browser's window changes size have to do with these timeouts and delays in the backend?
  - basch 7y ago
    theres some ironic use of the word in the post above. they are mocking that the new and improved "responsive web" site isnt responsive in a speed context.