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The reddit redesign was far from pointless. It turned the site in to the perfect data extracting, ad showing, engagement boosting site. They redesign was a mass
by Polylactic_acid 6y ago
The reddit redesign was far from pointless. It turned the site in to the perfect data extracting, ad showing, engagement boosting site. They redesign was a massive success for reddit the corporation.
- cblconfederate 6y agoi get plenty of ads using the old site too. How do you know they increased engagement?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoThe site is significantly clumsier and more frustrating to use than it once was, thus you have to spend more time on it for the same amount of information, thus "engagement" is increased.
- bogdanoff_2 6y agoThey didn't have to do a complete redesign and make the site slow in order to add the features that increased engagement. Both infiniscroll and automatically expanded images were possible with the old reddit by using a browser extension and the site still felt lightweight and kept the same look.