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How does it keep forgetting? I just change that in settings and it’s never forgotten or reverted for me.

by SkyMarshal 5y ago

jostmey 5y ago
It always forgets for me even when I’m logged in
- bogwog 5y ago
  By 'compact', do you mean i.reddit.com, or old.reddit.com? I've found that the former does sometimes redirect me to the garbage mobile version when I click on a thread (even while logged in), but the latter persists as long as the setting is enabled in my account.
ishiz 5y ago
It keeps forgetting for me too. That is to say, in my mobile browser and desktop browser I opt out of the redesign in favor of the old.reddit.com design, but about once per month it'll just revert back to the redesign. I don't think my cookies are being cleared because I'll stay logged in and I've never found any other setting that flips in the same way, it is only the Redesign opt-out that does this. I don't know how to explain why many people say "this never happens to me" and other people say "this happens frequently." While I'm on the subject, another grey pattern the article missed is the button to opt out of the redesign on mobile. When clicking the hamburger menu there used to be a button at the bottom called (iirc) "Opt out of Redesign." The same option exists today except they've moved it into a Settings submenu and renamed it "Request desktop site" which implies it's a temporary change. Lastly, if you search you'll find threads where people say the web pages are sometimes rendered without any opt out button. I just opened an incognito window to test this and I simply cannot find a button to revert to the old design, even when using my mobile browser's Desktop Mode. So unless a visitor knows about old.reddit.com they are forced to use the new design.
ra7 5y ago
This started happening to me only a few weeks ago. I’ve noticed it happens every Monday for me, so presumably some setting is being erased weekly to get users to move to the new design.

How does it keep forgetting? I just change that in settings and it’s never forgotten or reverted for me.

jostmey 5y ago

It always forgets for me even when I’m logged in

bogwog 5y ago
By 'compact', do you mean i.reddit.com, or old.reddit.com? I've found that the former does sometimes redirect me to the garbage mobile version when I click on a thread (even while logged in), but the latter persists as long as the setting is enabled in my account.

ishiz 5y ago

It keeps forgetting for me too. That is to say, in my mobile browser and desktop browser I opt out of the redesign in favor of the old.reddit.com design, but about once per month it'll just revert back to the redesign. I don't think my cookies are being cleared because I'll stay logged in and I've never found any other setting that flips in the same way, it is only the Redesign opt-out that does this. I don't know how to explain why many people say "this never happens to me" and other people say "this happens frequently." While I'm on the subject, another grey pattern the article missed is the button to opt out of the redesign on mobile. When clicking the hamburger menu there used to be a button at the bottom called (iirc) "Opt out of Redesign." The same option exists today except they've moved it into a Settings submenu and renamed it "Request desktop site" which implies it's a temporary change. Lastly, if you search you'll find threads where people say the web pages are sometimes rendered without any opt out button. I just opened an incognito window to test this and I simply cannot find a button to revert to the old design, even when using my mobile browser's Desktop Mode. So unless a visitor knows about old.reddit.com they are forced to use the new design.

ra7 5y ago

This started happening to me only a few weeks ago. I’ve noticed it happens every Monday for me, so presumably some setting is being erased weekly to get users to move to the new design.