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Their mistake was keeping the old interface around at all. If they had just killed it off we would have complained about it for a while and then just moved on.

nO0b 6y ago
ask Digg how well that worked out...
- klodolph 6y ago
  Digg was flooded with College Humor posts and XKCD comics before the redesign. For some reason, people think the redesign was the reason why people left.
  - novia 6y ago
    Genuine question: What's wrong with XKCD comics?
    - ReactiveJelly 6y ago
      A sign that there's nothing good on the site, just people reposting the same stuff, maybe with text macros. There's 3 new comics per week. It's not like you can sustain a whole website on that.
      - hhjinks 6y ago
        > It's not like you can sustain a whole website on that. I don't know, xkcd.com seems to be doing just that.
    - klyrs 6y ago
      Nothing, but I go to xkcd.com for that. IMO, the only valid use of reposting xkcd is when the thing you're posting is pertinent to the conversation. Like if somebody's among the lucky 10,000 who hasn't heard of nerdsniping until today.
alasdair_ 6y ago
Killing off the old interface and forcing users to use the new one is the reason Reddit still exists and Digg effectively does not.
- sergiomattei 6y ago
  Come on, are we really going to get this hyperbolic? The amount of people complaining about the interface is a vocal minority.
  - absolutelyrad 6y ago
    A very significant percentage of Reddit browses the old interface (I think 20% or 30%). These people are likely to leave and help create another viable competitor.
- LeoPanthera 6y ago
  I find it impossible to believe that at all. The new Reddit UI is essentially just a reskin. The Digg "redesign" was an entirely new concept that radically changed the purpose of the site. The two aren't comparable at all.
coldcode 6y ago
IF the old interface is replaced by the horrific one that shows like 5 articles I will never visit again.
- verroq 6y ago
  Maybe we’re just not the target audience for reddit anymore. I’ve spoken to spoken to zoomers who use reddit and their response is that the “new UI” is all they’ve used and they like it because everything is embedded in the same page and scrolls like their twitter/facebook/instagram feed.
  - ReactiveJelly 6y ago
    That's probably the case. I only use Reddit from behind Tor, on desktop, so I open a bunch of tabs to amortize the load time, then read them in sequence and close each one as I read it. If you have fast Internet and a short attention span, and faith in your web browser's back button, maybe that doesn't make sense.
- benhurmarcel 6y ago
  You can configure the view to "classic" or "compact", and it shows the same number or more posts than the old design.
arp242 6y ago
Considering the new UI regularly takes up literally takes up 100% of my laptop's CPU, it would mean I would have just stopped using Reddit. Last time I tried it I couldn't even scroll without all sorts of yanking.

nO0b 6y ago

ask Digg how well that worked out...

klodolph 6y ago
Digg was flooded with College Humor posts and XKCD comics before the redesign. For some reason, people think the redesign was the reason why people left.
- novia 6y ago
  Genuine question: What's wrong with XKCD comics?
  - ReactiveJelly 6y ago
    A sign that there's nothing good on the site, just people reposting the same stuff, maybe with text macros. There's 3 new comics per week. It's not like you can sustain a whole website on that.
    - hhjinks 6y ago
      > It's not like you can sustain a whole website on that. I don't know, xkcd.com seems to be doing just that.
  - klyrs 6y ago
    Nothing, but I go to xkcd.com for that. IMO, the only valid use of reposting xkcd is when the thing you're posting is pertinent to the conversation. Like if somebody's among the lucky 10,000 who hasn't heard of nerdsniping until today.

alasdair_ 6y ago

Killing off the old interface and forcing users to use the new one is the reason Reddit still exists and Digg effectively does not.

sergiomattei 6y ago
Come on, are we really going to get this hyperbolic? The amount of people complaining about the interface is a vocal minority.
- absolutelyrad 6y ago
  A very significant percentage of Reddit browses the old interface (I think 20% or 30%). These people are likely to leave and help create another viable competitor.
LeoPanthera 6y ago
I find it impossible to believe that at all. The new Reddit UI is essentially just a reskin. The Digg "redesign" was an entirely new concept that radically changed the purpose of the site. The two aren't comparable at all.

coldcode 6y ago

IF the old interface is replaced by the horrific one that shows like 5 articles I will never visit again.

verroq 6y ago
Maybe we’re just not the target audience for reddit anymore. I’ve spoken to spoken to zoomers who use reddit and their response is that the “new UI” is all they’ve used and they like it because everything is embedded in the same page and scrolls like their twitter/facebook/instagram feed.
- ReactiveJelly 6y ago
  That's probably the case. I only use Reddit from behind Tor, on desktop, so I open a bunch of tabs to amortize the load time, then read them in sequence and close each one as I read it. If you have fast Internet and a short attention span, and faith in your web browser's back button, maybe that doesn't make sense.
benhurmarcel 6y ago
You can configure the view to "classic" or "compact", and it shows the same number or more posts than the old design.

arp242 6y ago

Considering the new UI regularly takes up literally takes up 100% of my laptop's CPU, it would mean I would have just stopped using Reddit. Last time I tried it I couldn't even scroll without all sorts of yanking.