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This isn't so bad but consider new Reddit vs. old Reddit. If "new" were to become the only way to access Reddit, I would probably abandon it.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
This isn't so bad but consider new Reddit vs. old Reddit.
If "new" were to become the only way to access Reddit, I would probably abandon it.
- marcosdumay 5y agoThey don't need to force you to migrate, the new site pushes people into mindless meme sharing only, and completely altered the contents of the site already.
- Night_Thastus 5y agoI've had to banish a good 40+ subreddits off my feed manually using RES to just deal with the politics spam. And even then, browsing /r/popular is just awful. Elimination games. People blatantly asking for personal information from teenagers. "Tell me your favorite X and we will judge you" Dumb NSFW 'questions'. Repost bots for content from years ago. Misinformative titles. "Unpopular opinion" threads. It's a mountain of trash to wade through to get any decent content.
- ReaLNero 5y agoI always stay away from /r/popular. The subreddits that appear there like /r/PublicFreakout are selected for display so you can get angered, join the echo chamber in the comments and boost engagement metrics. Watching many of those short anger-inducting videos can make even a calm person change. The sort of stuff Reddit PMs have signed off on in the name of engagement is despicable.
- inykt 5y agoI agree, and I have already left using reddit. What's the alternative to some random content consumption (like reddit)? Like hacker news but for non-technology topics. I can suggest wiby.me 's random button to discover new sites with modern opinions.
- malermeister 5y agoThere's various Lemmy [1] instances. Maybe one of them works for you? [1] https://join-lemmy.org/ https://join-lemmy.org/
- Tmpod 5y ago+1 for Lemmy. The project still has quite a lot to improve on, but it is already really great! I'd love to see the community/network grow and evolve :) disclaimer: I run lemmy.pt and use the platform on a daily basis
- wingerlang 5y agoHow does the new design push people to mindlessly meme share? Reddit has been like that for a decade or more at least IMO.
- singron 5y agoThey only show a few comments on certain pages, which deemphasizes discussion. I'm not aware of any other changes to new Reddit that would do that. Although other changes might have made things better, like changing how default subreddits work (although this applies to new and old reddit). With the exception of a few subreddits that have made explicit rule changes (either encouraging or discouraging memes), I haven't really noticed a significant long term trend in meme-posting within subreddits.
- JJMcJ 5y agoOn desktop you can choose to remain on the old format. On mobile you seem to need to do old.reddit.com every time. Never installed the app on mobile.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoIt is really annoying to be shown the new site so I just use mobile apps to read it now.
- jyrkesh 5y agoI love my mobile app as well (RIF), but do you know about old.reddit.com? Still works great with RES, I couldn't imagine Reddit on the desktop any other way
- GhettoComputers 5y agoYup still do that on desktop, I have it automatically redirect me, I would hate to lose it!
- JJMcJ 5y agoSometimes links to other subs go to the new site, sometimes stays on old, I suppose depending on how the links are set up.
- dheera 5y ago> so I just use mobile apps That might have been their goal? Although I detest having to use apps for every site. The Reddit app is also super buggy.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoI use Sync for Reddit on Android and Apollo on iOS.