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I think most people that use reddit are using it for specific sub-reddits, not for memes or 'shitposting'. Apollo app makes reddit a really nice experience for

I think most people that use reddit are using it for specific sub-reddits, not for memes or 'shitposting'. Apollo app makes reddit a really nice experience for me on iOS, but I'm not sure what Android has on that front. Problem is that 3rd party apps that provide a front-end to Reddit need to be in active development. Once the dev steps back for a couple months, everything is going to go to shit.

rkangel 6y ago
Android has "Sync for Reddit" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.laurencedawson.reddit_sync https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.laurenceda...) which is an excellent app. One of the best designed and engineered Android apps that I use.
- nirav72 6y ago
  Seconded - love sync's offline capabilities. Especially on long flights. I commented above that android seems to have better options than IOS when it comes to third-party reddit apps. (I use devices from both platforms).
- stjohnswarts 6y ago
  Yeah I used to use a couple other ones (reddit is fun?) and sync is far above them.
viraptor 6y ago
> I'm not sure what Android has on that front. "Reddit is fun" has a very decent interface.
ragnese 6y ago
> I think most people that use reddit are using it for specific sub-reddits, not for memes or 'shitposting'. Perhaps. But the shear size of r/pic or r/jokes makes me doubt that most people are there for "serious business". Yes, I understand that you can subscribe to many subreddits and that you can sub to r/jokes AND r/serious-topic-with-serious-people. I'm just skeptical. Reddit is trying to be for the masses. Most of the time people spend on their phone is to look at cat pictures. I'm not passing judgement necessarily. It's just what everyone I know does. They read news, check Facebook, and then pull up TikTok/Snapchat/Instagram and look at funny pictures. I still visit particular subreddits. I never visit the front page- not even "my" front page. I go to exactly whichever subreddit I want to read from at the moment. Maybe lots of people are using that way, but it's not what I see in my bubble. Again, I could be totally wrong.
- jpsalm 6y ago
  Do we really need to stare down our noses at people who just want to look at cat pictures?
  - ragnese 6y ago
    > I'm not passing judgement necessarily. It's just what everyone I know does. I like funny pictures, too. My point is that there are better sites than Reddit for it. So if that's who they're trying to retain, they're screwing it up.
    - bstar77 6y ago
      You also need to take into account that Reddit and Imgur had a symbiotic relationship for this type of stuff for many years. Reddit has always had meme posts, but it was through imgur for the longest time. Those posts were often the start of our most enduring memes. More recently that whole scene has been dumbed down to the lowest common denominator set by Facebook and others.
      - Swizec 6y ago
        Imgur has become a surprisingly good source of curated twitter and news content lately. It’s where I first learned of the Beirut explosion for instance. Only the most salient news/tweet/insta screenshots make it to the top of usersub. It’s great
- littlestymaar 6y ago
  > Perhaps. But the shear size of r/pic or r/jokes makes me doubt that most people are there for "serious business". Reddit is really big, there are really different people there and and there are many different ways you can use it.
  - ragnese 6y ago
    That's why I said "most". Is that incompatible with what you said?
bluntfang 6y ago
>I think most people that use reddit are using it for specific sub-reddits, not for memes or 'shitposting'. Reddit is #17 on Alexa topsites, surrounding by search engines like google and yahoo and video content providers like Netflix and Youtube. I can't imagine reddit being the bastion for intellectual discussions on specific topic as much as any of those other sites are.
- cptskippy 6y ago
  > I can't imagine reddit being the bastion for intellectual discussions on specific topic as much as any of those other sites are. Reddit doesn't claim to be the bastion of civil discourse and that's ok. HN is where pretentious pedantics go for intellectual masturbation, Reddit is more for casual engagement. Popular subreddits are like school, all discussion is dominated by the class clowns but there are plenty of subreddits where people ask questions about random hobbies and get help from random strangers. There's no strict rules for posting and people can offer as much or as little as they like.
- rdtwo 6y ago
  I use reddit as a google fix. Essentially I search for what I want + reddit then click the links in the posts. This has become harder due to the pile of shit that is google Amp but if it still works
  - boogies 6y ago
    Have you tried any other search engines?
    - heavyset_go 6y ago
      In particular Searx[1], which is a search engine aggregator with dozens of backends, including one for Reddit. You can self-host it or use one of the public instances[2]. [1] https://github.com/searx/searx https://github.com/searx/searx [2] https://searx.space/ https://searx.space/
      - 6y ago
strig 6y ago
There are lots of great apps for android, I use one called Relay. It's about as good as apollo, IMO.

rkangel 6y ago

Android has "Sync for Reddit" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.laurencedawson.reddit_sync https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.laurenceda...) which is an excellent app. One of the best designed and engineered Android apps that I use.

nirav72 6y ago
Seconded - love sync's offline capabilities. Especially on long flights. I commented above that android seems to have better options than IOS when it comes to third-party reddit apps. (I use devices from both platforms).
stjohnswarts 6y ago
Yeah I used to use a couple other ones (reddit is fun?) and sync is far above them.

viraptor 6y ago

> I'm not sure what Android has on that front. "Reddit is fun" has a very decent interface.

ragnese 6y ago

> I think most people that use reddit are using it for specific sub-reddits, not for memes or 'shitposting'. Perhaps. But the shear size of r/pic or r/jokes makes me doubt that most people are there for "serious business". Yes, I understand that you can subscribe to many subreddits and that you can sub to r/jokes AND r/serious-topic-with-serious-people. I'm just skeptical. Reddit is trying to be for the masses. Most of the time people spend on their phone is to look at cat pictures. I'm not passing judgement necessarily. It's just what everyone I know does. They read news, check Facebook, and then pull up TikTok/Snapchat/Instagram and look at funny pictures. I still visit particular subreddits. I never visit the front page- not even "my" front page. I go to exactly whichever subreddit I want to read from at the moment. Maybe lots of people are using that way, but it's not what I see in my bubble. Again, I could be totally wrong.

jpsalm 6y ago
Do we really need to stare down our noses at people who just want to look at cat pictures?
- ragnese 6y ago
  > I'm not passing judgement necessarily. It's just what everyone I know does. I like funny pictures, too. My point is that there are better sites than Reddit for it. So if that's who they're trying to retain, they're screwing it up.
  - bstar77 6y ago
    You also need to take into account that Reddit and Imgur had a symbiotic relationship for this type of stuff for many years. Reddit has always had meme posts, but it was through imgur for the longest time. Those posts were often the start of our most enduring memes. More recently that whole scene has been dumbed down to the lowest common denominator set by Facebook and others.
    - Swizec 6y ago
      Imgur has become a surprisingly good source of curated twitter and news content lately. It’s where I first learned of the Beirut explosion for instance. Only the most salient news/tweet/insta screenshots make it to the top of usersub. It’s great
littlestymaar 6y ago
> Perhaps. But the shear size of r/pic or r/jokes makes me doubt that most people are there for "serious business". Reddit is really big, there are really different people there and and there are many different ways you can use it.
- ragnese 6y ago
  That's why I said "most". Is that incompatible with what you said?

bluntfang 6y ago

>I think most people that use reddit are using it for specific sub-reddits, not for memes or 'shitposting'. Reddit is #17 on Alexa topsites, surrounding by search engines like google and yahoo and video content providers like Netflix and Youtube. I can't imagine reddit being the bastion for intellectual discussions on specific topic as much as any of those other sites are.

cptskippy 6y ago
> I can't imagine reddit being the bastion for intellectual discussions on specific topic as much as any of those other sites are. Reddit doesn't claim to be the bastion of civil discourse and that's ok. HN is where pretentious pedantics go for intellectual masturbation, Reddit is more for casual engagement. Popular subreddits are like school, all discussion is dominated by the class clowns but there are plenty of subreddits where people ask questions about random hobbies and get help from random strangers. There's no strict rules for posting and people can offer as much or as little as they like.
rdtwo 6y ago
I use reddit as a google fix. Essentially I search for what I want + reddit then click the links in the posts. This has become harder due to the pile of shit that is google Amp but if it still works
- boogies 6y ago
  Have you tried any other search engines?
  - heavyset_go 6y ago
    In particular Searx[1], which is a search engine aggregator with dozens of backends, including one for Reddit. You can self-host it or use one of the public instances[2]. [1] https://github.com/searx/searx https://github.com/searx/searx [2] https://searx.space/ https://searx.space/
    - 6y ago

strig 6y ago

There are lots of great apps for android, I use one called Relay. It's about as good as apollo, IMO.