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they were spun off a while ago https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/reddit-just-raised-a-new-round-that-values-the-company-at-1-8-billion/ https://techcrunch.com/

by riffic 5y ago

they were spun off a while ago https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/reddit-just-raised-a-new-round-that-values-the-company-at-1-8-billion/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/reddit-just-raised-a-new-r...

shmatt 5y ago
* keep the old.Reddit.com design for everyone * spend 9 figures for a redesign The choice was obvious
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  I don't think a lot Gen Z don't like the old.reddit.com because it looks kind of old fashioned vs say react "modern" pages and they're afraid of lookign old-fashioned. However, that is what keeps me coming back along with relative anonymity and content on topics that I like.
  - trophycase 5y ago
    information density is too low. Why would I spend 2.5x time scrolling through www.reddit.com/r/fantasyfootball when I can read all the important headlines faster at old.reddit.com ... the redesign also loads fewer posts at a time so you constantly wait for a spinner to fetch new content
  - GhettoComputers 5y ago
    Mobile apps solved that problem. The redesign made desktop problems.
    - stjohnswarts 5y ago
      I only use my phone when I have to. If I'm within 20 feet of a computer w/ a monitor I'll go use that. I know it's old fashioned but it is what it is.
      - GhettoComputers 5y ago
        Do you see yourself ever using a phone docked?
  - deleted 5y ago
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    - ya_throw 5y ago
      I have always felt that new Reddit's information-sparse and brightly-coloured looks attracted a certain type of emotionally under-developed and low-attention user.
  - doublepg23 5y ago
    Late Zoomers I think you're correct, however my early Zoomer friends and I all use old reddit - we grew up with it after all.
profmonocle 5y ago
> The capital will be used to redesign Reddit’s famously cluttered homepage, co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman tells Recode. The company also plans to pour more resources into user-uploaded video. Wow, time has not been kind to this paragraph. The redesign is still hated by a large portion of the userbase and the Reddit video player is infamously unreliable. I'm curious what happened behind the scenes here.
- dagurp 5y ago
  Are they going to compete with YouTube?
  - anshumankmr 5y ago
    Can anyone compete with YouTube? Facebook is probably closest to it in scale but it is not a video sharing platform.
- TameAntelope 5y ago
  I doubt the redesign matters to the vast majority of users, despite the vocal nature of the minority who dislike it.

by riffic 5y ago

they were spun off a while ago https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/reddit-just-raised-a-new-round-that-values-the-company-at-1-8-billion/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/reddit-just-raised-a-new-r...

shmatt 5y ago

* keep the old.Reddit.com design for everyone * spend 9 figures for a redesign The choice was obvious

stjohnswarts 5y ago
I don't think a lot Gen Z don't like the old.reddit.com because it looks kind of old fashioned vs say react "modern" pages and they're afraid of lookign old-fashioned. However, that is what keeps me coming back along with relative anonymity and content on topics that I like.
- trophycase 5y ago
  information density is too low. Why would I spend 2.5x time scrolling through www.reddit.com/r/fantasyfootball when I can read all the important headlines faster at old.reddit.com ... the redesign also loads fewer posts at a time so you constantly wait for a spinner to fetch new content
- GhettoComputers 5y ago
  Mobile apps solved that problem. The redesign made desktop problems.
  - stjohnswarts 5y ago
    I only use my phone when I have to. If I'm within 20 feet of a computer w/ a monitor I'll go use that. I know it's old fashioned but it is what it is.
    - GhettoComputers 5y ago
      Do you see yourself ever using a phone docked?
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
  - ya_throw 5y ago
    I have always felt that new Reddit's information-sparse and brightly-coloured looks attracted a certain type of emotionally under-developed and low-attention user.
- doublepg23 5y ago
  Late Zoomers I think you're correct, however my early Zoomer friends and I all use old reddit - we grew up with it after all.

profmonocle 5y ago

> The capital will be used to redesign Reddit’s famously cluttered homepage, co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman tells Recode. The company also plans to pour more resources into user-uploaded video. Wow, time has not been kind to this paragraph. The redesign is still hated by a large portion of the userbase and the Reddit video player is infamously unreliable. I'm curious what happened behind the scenes here.

dagurp 5y ago
Are they going to compete with YouTube?
- anshumankmr 5y ago
  Can anyone compete with YouTube? Facebook is probably closest to it in scale but it is not a video sharing platform.
TameAntelope 5y ago
I doubt the redesign matters to the vast majority of users, despite the vocal nature of the minority who dislike it.