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I love Reddit, but it has the worst popularity to UX ratio I've ever seen. They try very hard at making their web UI annoying so you switch to their mobile app.

by mkl95 5y ago

pedrogpimenta 5y ago
Indeed. It sucks so much I built my own :)
- brian_herman 5y ago
  Are you the apollo guy?
  - spiderice 5y ago
    That would be iamthatis. Both on Reddit and on here apparently https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=iamthatis https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=iamthatis
- blocked_again 5y ago
  Also build a time machine and go back to 2005 so that you get the network effect and someone will actually use your site.
  - ravi-delia 5y ago
    They built a frontend, not a clone
  - ipaddr 5y ago
    The network effect in 2005 was 5 people including a link on their site.
- moneywoes 5y ago
  Do you think they are going to limit their api like Twitter?
- darkteflon 5y ago
  Could you share a link?
  - pedrogpimenta 5y ago
    Yes but it's not complete in any way. You can't login, you can't comment, post or save your subreddits. You can only see subreddits and comments. But it is my daily driver. It's at https://reddit.pimenta.co https://reddit.pimenta.co
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  You're good until they shut down their API I guess...
officeplant 5y ago
old.reddit.com until they finally kill it off, then I'll just stop going.
- Spoom 5y ago
  i.reddit.com actually works quite well on mobile, but I think this has even more risk of being shut down at a moment's notice so try not to mention it too much.
  - hffftz 5y ago
    there's also ns.reddit.com that appears to be the same as old.reddit.com
    - Zren 5y ago
      That's basically an invalid locale prefix. Since ns is an invalid locale code or has no translations, it uses the default english. Reddit also used np.reddit.com which stood for non-participation. Basically there was subreddit CSS that disabled the voting buttons and comment dialog.
pvillano 5y ago
I believe thingiverse is worse
ramphastidae 5y ago
Teddit.net
danjac 5y ago
I often wonder about the dumpster fire that is the web version of Reddit. Normally I assume incompetence over malice, but - they had a perfectly decent working link aggregator site over a decade ago, and more than sufficent resources and budget to maintain that site and make small improvements to the UX and design over time. So the only conclusion is that this is a planned, prolonged and deliberate act of self-sabotage and vandalism.
- taauji 5y ago
  I think they are trying to facebookifying (for the lack of better word) their interface. The trade off here is that user engagement lost due to bulky js is covered by the increase in user engagement due to flashy web features. user engagement is corporate double speak for user addiction.
- krferriter 5y ago
  The mobile app is terrible too. Even many of the 3rd party apps are not very good, especially on iOS. There are some good ones for Android like Boost and Relay, which I wish I could get on iOS. It is an embarrassingly bad mobile app and web UI for one of the most popular sites in the world that really grew up natively on the modern web.

I love Reddit, but it has the worst popularity to UX ratio I've ever seen. They try very hard at making their web UI annoying so you switch to their mobile app.

by mkl95 5y ago

I love Reddit, but it has the worst popularity to UX ratio I've ever seen. They try very hard at making their web UI annoying so you switch to their mobile app.

pedrogpimenta 5y ago

Indeed. It sucks so much I built my own :)

brian_herman 5y ago
Are you the apollo guy?
- spiderice 5y ago
  That would be iamthatis. Both on Reddit and on here apparently https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=iamthatis https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=iamthatis
blocked_again 5y ago
Also build a time machine and go back to 2005 so that you get the network effect and someone will actually use your site.
- ravi-delia 5y ago
  They built a frontend, not a clone
- ipaddr 5y ago
  The network effect in 2005 was 5 people including a link on their site.
moneywoes 5y ago
Do you think they are going to limit their api like Twitter?
darkteflon 5y ago
Could you share a link?
- pedrogpimenta 5y ago
  Yes but it's not complete in any way. You can't login, you can't comment, post or save your subreddits. You can only see subreddits and comments. But it is my daily driver. It's at https://reddit.pimenta.co https://reddit.pimenta.co
stjohnswarts 5y ago
You're good until they shut down their API I guess...

officeplant 5y ago

old.reddit.com until they finally kill it off, then I'll just stop going.

Spoom 5y ago
i.reddit.com actually works quite well on mobile, but I think this has even more risk of being shut down at a moment's notice so try not to mention it too much.
- hffftz 5y ago
  there's also ns.reddit.com that appears to be the same as old.reddit.com
  - Zren 5y ago
    That's basically an invalid locale prefix. Since ns is an invalid locale code or has no translations, it uses the default english. Reddit also used np.reddit.com which stood for non-participation. Basically there was subreddit CSS that disabled the voting buttons and comment dialog.

pvillano 5y ago

I believe thingiverse is worse

ramphastidae 5y ago

Teddit.net

danjac 5y ago

I often wonder about the dumpster fire that is the web version of Reddit. Normally I assume incompetence over malice, but - they had a perfectly decent working link aggregator site over a decade ago, and more than sufficent resources and budget to maintain that site and make small improvements to the UX and design over time. So the only conclusion is that this is a planned, prolonged and deliberate act of self-sabotage and vandalism.

taauji 5y ago
I think they are trying to facebookifying (for the lack of better word) their interface. The trade off here is that user engagement lost due to bulky js is covered by the increase in user engagement due to flashy web features. user engagement is corporate double speak for user addiction.
krferriter 5y ago
The mobile app is terrible too. Even many of the 3rd party apps are not very good, especially on iOS. There are some good ones for Android like Boost and Relay, which I wish I could get on iOS. It is an embarrassingly bad mobile app and web UI for one of the most popular sites in the world that really grew up natively on the modern web.