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Often something made in the name of user engagement makes me less addicted instead Say we have something that shows all expanded comments immediately: keeps me

Often something made in the name of user engagement makes me less addicted instead Say we have something that shows all expanded comments immediately: keeps me on that site Then they do an "engaging" redesign where only 10% of the comments actually show and requires lots of clicking to expand them, and lots of unrelated animated images show below: makes me want to close that tab and do something else

user-the-name 6y ago
What you seem to be saying here is, "Imagine a thing that doesn't work. It doesn't work." That's... not an argument?
Ensorceled 6y ago
Do you have an actual example website/app that does this “less addictive” thing?
- Aardwolf 6y ago
  Reddit's redesign. 'Less addictive' for me. I'm sure there must be some target audience for whom this is more addictive, but I'm not the one, I just want to read the comments of the thread I choose myself in peace.
  - rhn_mk1 6y ago
    The page is so heavy now it makes it a chore to browse.
  - 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 6y ago
    Same here, also with Reddit refusing to show posts to me and trying to force me to install its App instead when browsing on mobile. I simply don't use it on mobile anymore.
    - dspillett 6y ago
      As well as not going there on mobile any more (or hitting back PDQ if I do end up following a link that goes there), I use it a lot less on desktop. If you are not logged in some things (just browsing comments) become a lot less convenient, for instance. So unless there is a link that sounds really compelling (I sometimes get sent links by friends - though usually I just bounce through reddit and on to the actual information which is probably one link away) I simply don't go. I certainly don't go to subreddits unprompted to look for content any more (which I used to). Yeah, old reddit still exists as some are fond of saying in these discussions. But other perfectly good information sources exist for what I want too (often better than reddit ever was - HN for instance). Youtube is heading the same way: I'm visiting it less and less. The more adverts they pile in, the less of their adverts I actually witness because I'm not there to see them at all. I should thank reddit, youtube, and their ilk, really, for saving me the time that I used to waste on their sites and can now enjoy wasting on other things instead!
  - Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
    I'm just glad that reddit still offers their old design through old.reddit.com, and that RES can force the old design. Honestly if reddit ever takes away the old design and a browser extension can't recreate it, my days at reddit would be over. The new design is awful.

user-the-name 6y ago

What you seem to be saying here is, "Imagine a thing that doesn't work. It doesn't work." That's... not an argument?

Ensorceled 6y ago

Do you have an actual example website/app that does this “less addictive” thing?

Aardwolf 6y ago
Reddit's redesign. 'Less addictive' for me. I'm sure there must be some target audience for whom this is more addictive, but I'm not the one, I just want to read the comments of the thread I choose myself in peace.
- rhn_mk1 6y ago
  The page is so heavy now it makes it a chore to browse.
- 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 6y ago
  Same here, also with Reddit refusing to show posts to me and trying to force me to install its App instead when browsing on mobile. I simply don't use it on mobile anymore.
  - dspillett 6y ago
    As well as not going there on mobile any more (or hitting back PDQ if I do end up following a link that goes there), I use it a lot less on desktop. If you are not logged in some things (just browsing comments) become a lot less convenient, for instance. So unless there is a link that sounds really compelling (I sometimes get sent links by friends - though usually I just bounce through reddit and on to the actual information which is probably one link away) I simply don't go. I certainly don't go to subreddits unprompted to look for content any more (which I used to). Yeah, old reddit still exists as some are fond of saying in these discussions. But other perfectly good information sources exist for what I want too (often better than reddit ever was - HN for instance). Youtube is heading the same way: I'm visiting it less and less. The more adverts they pile in, the less of their adverts I actually witness because I'm not there to see them at all. I should thank reddit, youtube, and their ilk, really, for saving me the time that I used to waste on their sites and can now enjoy wasting on other things instead!
- Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
  I'm just glad that reddit still offers their old design through old.reddit.com, and that RES can force the old design. Honestly if reddit ever takes away the old design and a browser extension can't recreate it, my days at reddit would be over. The new design is awful.