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The is a big generation of lots of pictures = good. I am sure it is better to those users. Think pinterest uses and Etsy shoppers. Old reddit is more like BBS

The is a big generation of lots of pictures = good. I am sure it is better to those users. Think pinterest uses and Etsy shoppers. Old reddit is more like BBS or old school message boards. People who grew up on this are a dying breed... probably also worth less to advertisers as we use adblock.

nextaccountic 6y ago
I mean, you can just install RES... What reddit should have done is to ship the RES UI with the old reddit interface.
sethhochberg 6y ago
With any online community the group who consumes is far larger than the group who contributes, and I suspect with Reddit the people who are looking for community (especially those participating in mostly text-based subs) are few and far between compared to the huge number of users who browse big subs / the front page casually for memes, entertainment news, and cat pics. The things which drive me nuts about the redesign are mostly things that drive me nuts because I comment far more than I post, and participate in a lot of discussion-heavy subs. Navigating comment trees is more difficult, lots more is hidden by default. Far fewer topics fit on a screen with the card-style layout that has huge previews. The old layout is information-dense, readable with minimal clicking to expand things, and fast. But those are exactly the kind of changes that someone just browsing would be indifferent to, or even appreciate. The images/videos they're scrolling through are now big, front, and center. Many probably don't ever venture into the comments to begin with, of if they do, they're just seeing if the top comment is a good joke or not. Wildly different use cases.
- ardy42 6y ago
  > But those are exactly the kind of changes that someone just browsing would be indifferent to, or even appreciate. The images/videos they're scrolling through are now big, front, and center. Many probably don't ever venture into the comments to begin with, of if they do, they're just seeing if the top comment is a good joke or not. It really depends on the type of consumer. I don't post to reddit anymore, but I'm not looking to consume memes and videos. When I go there I'm almost always looking to consume a comment thread about something (say some weird feature of some motherboard), and the new UI is atrocious for that. I either switch to old or I don't bother with it.
abc-xyz 6y ago
old.reddit.com still have image thumbnails, and next to each thread you have an expand button allowing you to easily see the image in same size as the new reddit layout without leaving the page. I definitely don’t think people preferring this layout are a dying breed, but I do agree that it’s easier for them to monetize the new layout.
- canofbars 6y ago
  Depends what you use reddit for. If you are just looking at news links then the thumbnails work best. On my ipad I only use reddit for searching for reference images/art so the big pictures work best for me.

nextaccountic 6y ago

I mean, you can just install RES... What reddit should have done is to ship the RES UI with the old reddit interface.

sethhochberg 6y ago

With any online community the group who consumes is far larger than the group who contributes, and I suspect with Reddit the people who are looking for community (especially those participating in mostly text-based subs) are few and far between compared to the huge number of users who browse big subs / the front page casually for memes, entertainment news, and cat pics. The things which drive me nuts about the redesign are mostly things that drive me nuts because I comment far more than I post, and participate in a lot of discussion-heavy subs. Navigating comment trees is more difficult, lots more is hidden by default. Far fewer topics fit on a screen with the card-style layout that has huge previews. The old layout is information-dense, readable with minimal clicking to expand things, and fast. But those are exactly the kind of changes that someone just browsing would be indifferent to, or even appreciate. The images/videos they're scrolling through are now big, front, and center. Many probably don't ever venture into the comments to begin with, of if they do, they're just seeing if the top comment is a good joke or not. Wildly different use cases.

ardy42 6y ago
> But those are exactly the kind of changes that someone just browsing would be indifferent to, or even appreciate. The images/videos they're scrolling through are now big, front, and center. Many probably don't ever venture into the comments to begin with, of if they do, they're just seeing if the top comment is a good joke or not. It really depends on the type of consumer. I don't post to reddit anymore, but I'm not looking to consume memes and videos. When I go there I'm almost always looking to consume a comment thread about something (say some weird feature of some motherboard), and the new UI is atrocious for that. I either switch to old or I don't bother with it.

abc-xyz 6y ago

old.reddit.com still have image thumbnails, and next to each thread you have an expand button allowing you to easily see the image in same size as the new reddit layout without leaving the page. I definitely don’t think people preferring this layout are a dying breed, but I do agree that it’s easier for them to monetize the new layout.

canofbars 6y ago
Depends what you use reddit for. If you are just looking at news links then the thumbnails work best. On my ipad I only use reddit for searching for reference images/art so the big pictures work best for me.