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i.reddit.com also works amazingly better than the redesign on mobile, it loads easily 10x as fast, has better usability and doesn't force you to log in to brows

by simias 6y ago

i.reddit.com also works amazingly better than the redesign on mobile, it loads easily 10x as fast, has better usability and doesn't force you to log in to browse by subreddits. Given how far they're willing to go with dark patterns to con people into installing an app I'm actually amazed that they still bother to maintain this legacy versions. Seems like it would've been easy to let them bitrot into being unusable.

executive 6y ago
Interesting that quarantined subs cannot be used on i.
- corobo 6y ago
  I imagine that's more through lack of maintenance than deliberate choice
  - MagnumPIG 6y ago
    I imagine lack of maintenance is a deliberate choice.
- DarthGhandi 6y ago
  All quarantined subs have been banned now though?
  - scottmcf 6y ago
    Not all quarantined subs got caught in the banwave. I'm aware of MGTOW still existing, I'm sure there are others.
pantalaimon 6y ago
Opening posts with videos will redirect you to the new design unfortunately
bionoid 6y ago
> I'm actually amazed that they still bother to maintain this legacy versions. According to my traffic stats (moderating ~400k subscribers), old + mobile web frontends make up about twice the traffic of new frontend. Apps are by far the most popular, about ~3x of all web frontends combined. I do not know a single person that moderates a 100k+ subreddit using the redesign, everyone still seems to be using old + modtools + enhancement suite. Personally, I believe this is the only reason they didn't kill it already. Edit to add: The new frontend is the default for logged-out users, and it still makes up half of old. If that isn't a failed redesign project, I don't know what is.
- rurp 6y ago
  Wow, those numbers are astonishing. I think "defaults matter" has been one of the biggest themes in modern tech. Countless inferior products have won out simply by being the most discoverable and least friction option. That the new design is still failing despite that massive advantage is damning.

by simias 6y ago

executive 6y ago

Interesting that quarantined subs cannot be used on i.

corobo 6y ago
I imagine that's more through lack of maintenance than deliberate choice
- MagnumPIG 6y ago
  I imagine lack of maintenance is a deliberate choice.
DarthGhandi 6y ago
All quarantined subs have been banned now though?
- scottmcf 6y ago
  Not all quarantined subs got caught in the banwave. I'm aware of MGTOW still existing, I'm sure there are others.

pantalaimon 6y ago

Opening posts with videos will redirect you to the new design unfortunately

bionoid 6y ago

> I'm actually amazed that they still bother to maintain this legacy versions. According to my traffic stats (moderating ~400k subscribers), old + mobile web frontends make up about twice the traffic of new frontend. Apps are by far the most popular, about ~3x of all web frontends combined. I do not know a single person that moderates a 100k+ subreddit using the redesign, everyone still seems to be using old + modtools + enhancement suite. Personally, I believe this is the only reason they didn't kill it already. Edit to add: The new frontend is the default for logged-out users, and it still makes up half of old. If that isn't a failed redesign project, I don't know what is.

rurp 6y ago
Wow, those numbers are astonishing. I think "defaults matter" has been one of the biggest themes in modern tech. Countless inferior products have won out simply by being the most discoverable and least friction option. That the new design is still failing despite that massive advantage is damning.