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It's just awful, and has hardly improved since launch. It loads way slower (sometimes seconds vs. consistently hundreds of milliseconds), scrolling feels sluggi

It's just awful, and has hardly improved since launch. It loads way slower (sometimes seconds vs. consistently hundreds of milliseconds), scrolling feels sluggish, and old.reddit.com shows significantly more content and comments in less space - not to mention the content width maxes out at 740px when my viewport is ~1920px. On top of this, despite obviously being designed for it, the mobile experience is borderline unusable and still obviously trying to push you towards the app. If I want to read a comment thread on new reddit, half of the comments will be hidden behind "x more replies" or "continue this thread". When I click that link, it might scroll me to a random ass article suggestion rather than the actual comment. Then, when I click back, it will scroll me to the top again, and it will reload all of the comments. Or, alternatively, it'll beg me to make an account and not even let me view the comments. Yuck.

giantrobot 6y ago
https://i.reddit.com https://i.reddit.com You can also append ".compact" to the end of a normal Reddit URL. I think Reddit's UX anti-patterns need to be taught alongside the Digg v4 follies as ways to ruin a website.
- thatswrong0 6y ago
  On desktop I just use "Old Reddit Redirect" extension :) But yup, I wholly agree with your point. The redesign feels like a mix of product managers trying to get promoted + boosting "engagement" numbers at the expense of all else. Or perhaps we are the odd ones out - I'm sure there's been a huge growth in new users Reddit since the redesign and I doubt that new users are hankering for a different experience now that they're used to it.
  - solveit 6y ago
    I'm convinced that most people just hate text and that everything we're complaining about is just part of a larger move of the entire internet away from text.
    - giantrobot 6y ago
      I don't know if it's so much a move away from text but instead an addition of other media. Short form text (tweets) and images enable "snacking" and infinite scroll just feeds the dopamine machine. That's what a lot of people want out of the web. I don't think there's any less demand for long form text content on the web. It's growth just isn't ever going to eclipse the snack sized content. In the case of Reddit, there's still plenty of long form text links and discussions in the comments. The current UX doesn't make that as prominent by default but it's there. The Reddit snackers make more money because they see way more ads. As long as there's an affordance for long form text content Reddit has utility for me. If they go full TweetBook and kill the likes of i/old Reddit then I'm out. I guess I'll try to get a lobste.rs invite or something.

giantrobot 6y ago

https://i.reddit.com https://i.reddit.com You can also append ".compact" to the end of a normal Reddit URL. I think Reddit's UX anti-patterns need to be taught alongside the Digg v4 follies as ways to ruin a website.

thatswrong0 6y ago
On desktop I just use "Old Reddit Redirect" extension :) But yup, I wholly agree with your point. The redesign feels like a mix of product managers trying to get promoted + boosting "engagement" numbers at the expense of all else. Or perhaps we are the odd ones out - I'm sure there's been a huge growth in new users Reddit since the redesign and I doubt that new users are hankering for a different experience now that they're used to it.
- solveit 6y ago
  I'm convinced that most people just hate text and that everything we're complaining about is just part of a larger move of the entire internet away from text.
  - giantrobot 6y ago
    I don't know if it's so much a move away from text but instead an addition of other media. Short form text (tweets) and images enable "snacking" and infinite scroll just feeds the dopamine machine. That's what a lot of people want out of the web. I don't think there's any less demand for long form text content on the web. It's growth just isn't ever going to eclipse the snack sized content. In the case of Reddit, there's still plenty of long form text links and discussions in the comments. The current UX doesn't make that as prominent by default but it's there. The Reddit snackers make more money because they see way more ads. As long as there's an affordance for long form text content Reddit has utility for me. If they go full TweetBook and kill the likes of i/old Reddit then I'm out. I guess I'll try to get a lobste.rs invite or something.