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May I ask what you think is wrong with Reddit's UI? In my opinion, it's one of the best out there and I've never had problems with it. HN is better, but mainly

May I ask what you think is wrong with Reddit's UI? In my opinion, it's one of the best out there and I've never had problems with it. HN is better, but mainly because it offers far less functionality. Facebook is for me the prototypical example of a bad UI with lots of dark patterns, confusing navigation, different settings scattered all over the place, and frequent technical glitches.

retox 6y ago
Here are my annoyances as someone without an account that dips in from time to time via links or news stories. The large "this experience is better in the app" on mobile visits Only having one or two levels of responses visible without completely reloading the page, seemingly all the way down the reply chain Sides of the page taking you back to the index on clicking (why?) Having to expand a discussion thread that you clicked into (just to tell me how many replies there are, why?) Not scrolling correctly when clicking threads, meaning I end up somewhere in the infinite 'other threads' list at the bottom of the page The updating and flashing number of upvotes constantly drawing my attention while trying to read As an outsider reddit is a disgusting mess, and every minute I spend reading it is mental harassment.
ryanbrunner 6y ago
Have you used Reddit on a phone without using the app? It constantly berates you to use the app, even when you've clearly stated your preference for using the site before. There's also the problem that the new UI is clearly more buggy than the old one, and requires manually refreshing to fix glitches far too often, but that's more of a technical problem and not a UX issue.
Thorrez 6y ago
When I click on a post it only shows 4 comments by default, and I have to click again to see more. To be honest, they actually seem to have improved new reddit a lot since I last looked (a few months ago). Now once you do that second click it shows a decent number of comments, whereas previously even then it would still not show many.
handoflixue 6y ago
> May I ask what you think is wrong with Reddit's UI? Worth noting that the mobile experience is VERY different from the desktop website, and the desktop website is very different if you're using the Reddit Enhancement Suite plugin (and if you haven't used the site in a while, that difference is even starker now that RES uses "old.reddit.com" while everyone else is stuck on the new redesign) I love the RES / old.Reddit experience, but the new desktop redesign and the mobile experience are both pretty annoying.

retox 6y ago

Here are my annoyances as someone without an account that dips in from time to time via links or news stories. The large "this experience is better in the app" on mobile visits Only having one or two levels of responses visible without completely reloading the page, seemingly all the way down the reply chain Sides of the page taking you back to the index on clicking (why?) Having to expand a discussion thread that you clicked into (just to tell me how many replies there are, why?) Not scrolling correctly when clicking threads, meaning I end up somewhere in the infinite 'other threads' list at the bottom of the page The updating and flashing number of upvotes constantly drawing my attention while trying to read As an outsider reddit is a disgusting mess, and every minute I spend reading it is mental harassment.

ryanbrunner 6y ago

Have you used Reddit on a phone without using the app? It constantly berates you to use the app, even when you've clearly stated your preference for using the site before. There's also the problem that the new UI is clearly more buggy than the old one, and requires manually refreshing to fix glitches far too often, but that's more of a technical problem and not a UX issue.

Thorrez 6y ago

When I click on a post it only shows 4 comments by default, and I have to click again to see more. To be honest, they actually seem to have improved new reddit a lot since I last looked (a few months ago). Now once you do that second click it shows a decent number of comments, whereas previously even then it would still not show many.

handoflixue 6y ago

> May I ask what you think is wrong with Reddit's UI? Worth noting that the mobile experience is VERY different from the desktop website, and the desktop website is very different if you're using the Reddit Enhancement Suite plugin (and if you haven't used the site in a while, that difference is even starker now that RES uses "old.reddit.com" while everyone else is stuck on the new redesign) I love the RES / old.Reddit experience, but the new desktop redesign and the mobile experience are both pretty annoying.