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I disagree strongly that new reddit brings improvements. For example cutting off the comment section under an article after just a few comments and forcing 're

I disagree strongly that new reddit brings improvements. For example cutting off the comment section under an article after just a few comments and forcing 'related' articles into your feed is a terrible user experience. Its designed only to keep you on the site and click more for more ad revenue.

ryanwhitney 6y ago
> some nice UI improvements Their responsive mobile design is for the most part, pretty good. It's a huge upgrade from the past when there was absolutely no mobile optimization. :) Agreed on that though, there's so so many dark patterns that have come along with it. The latest bummer for me was seeing usernames disappear from the landing page on mobile. Who cares about users anyways, not like they've ever contributed anything to the site…
- ewindal 6y ago
  > It's a huge upgrade from the past when there was absolutely no mobile optimization. It’s not. They went in trying to make a mobile first experience, and somehow made it worse than a desktop first experience browsed on mobile. Base reddit works fine on mobile. The redesign is absolutely trash, bloated, slow and ugly.
- AlchemistCamp 6y ago
  > It's a huge upgrade from the past when there was absolutely no mobile optimization. :) I preferred it then, especially when browsing from my mobile device! It used to be very easy to get the zoom I wanted just by tapping on my ipod touch. Now, it's both wasteful of space and cluttered with a bunch of things I don't want. It's become harder and harder to skim the feed.
  - SilasX 6y ago
    I still prefer Reddit desktop on mobile, but double tapping doesn’t work consistently on iOS anymore.
- hddu 6y ago
  >Their responsive mobile design is for the most part, pretty good. It's a huge upgrade from the past when there was absolutely no mobile optimization. :) I know this has been around for at least 5 years. https://www.reddit.com/.compact https://www.reddit.com/.compact
  - AlexandrB 6y ago
    Having only learned of .compact recently, I was shocked by how fast and mobile-friendly it is. "Reddit mobile" is a monstrosity by comparison. Why does it seem like mobile sites have regressed in the past 5 years?
    - Majromax 6y ago
      Because they have. Mobile designers are less focused on optimizing for poor processors and limited data budgets, instead preferring to target "responsive" and/or flashy designs that look impressive in screenshots.
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esperent 6y ago
That only happens if you're not logged in. So it's a dark pattern designed to frustrate you into logging in.
heroprotagonist 6y ago
I agree about disliking new reddit. I use Redirector extension for Firefox with a rule to always send me to the old version of reddit when following a link: Redirect: https://www.reddit.com/* to: https://old.reddit.com/$1 Example: https://www.reddit.com/bob → https://old.reddit.com/bob
- vondur 6y ago
  I wonder how long before they kill the old site off?
  - _-david-_ 6y ago
    They still have i.reddit.com so that is a good sign.

ryanwhitney 6y ago

> some nice UI improvements Their responsive mobile design is for the most part, pretty good. It's a huge upgrade from the past when there was absolutely no mobile optimization. :) Agreed on that though, there's so so many dark patterns that have come along with it. The latest bummer for me was seeing usernames disappear from the landing page on mobile. Who cares about users anyways, not like they've ever contributed anything to the site…

ewindal 6y ago
> It's a huge upgrade from the past when there was absolutely no mobile optimization. It’s not. They went in trying to make a mobile first experience, and somehow made it worse than a desktop first experience browsed on mobile. Base reddit works fine on mobile. The redesign is absolutely trash, bloated, slow and ugly.
AlchemistCamp 6y ago
> It's a huge upgrade from the past when there was absolutely no mobile optimization. :) I preferred it then, especially when browsing from my mobile device! It used to be very easy to get the zoom I wanted just by tapping on my ipod touch. Now, it's both wasteful of space and cluttered with a bunch of things I don't want. It's become harder and harder to skim the feed.
- SilasX 6y ago
  I still prefer Reddit desktop on mobile, but double tapping doesn’t work consistently on iOS anymore.
hddu 6y ago
>Their responsive mobile design is for the most part, pretty good. It's a huge upgrade from the past when there was absolutely no mobile optimization. :) I know this has been around for at least 5 years. https://www.reddit.com/.compact https://www.reddit.com/.compact
- AlexandrB 6y ago
  Having only learned of .compact recently, I was shocked by how fast and mobile-friendly it is. "Reddit mobile" is a monstrosity by comparison. Why does it seem like mobile sites have regressed in the past 5 years?
  - Majromax 6y ago
    Because they have. Mobile designers are less focused on optimizing for poor processors and limited data budgets, instead preferring to target "responsive" and/or flashy designs that look impressive in screenshots.

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esperent 6y ago

That only happens if you're not logged in. So it's a dark pattern designed to frustrate you into logging in.

heroprotagonist 6y ago

I agree about disliking new reddit. I use Redirector extension for Firefox with a rule to always send me to the old version of reddit when following a link: Redirect: https://www.reddit.com/* to: https://old.reddit.com/$1 Example: https://www.reddit.com/bob → https://old.reddit.com/bob

vondur 6y ago
I wonder how long before they kill the old site off?
- _-david-_ 6y ago
  They still have i.reddit.com so that is a good sign.