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The UI is easy to use, but I wouldn't call it simple. There is a lot of information, and there are a lot of ways to interact with the content. Every comment has

by lukasb 15y ago

The UI is easy to use, but I wouldn't call it simple. There is a lot of information, and there are a lot of ways to interact with the content. Every comment has at least seven clickable links and three pieces of metadata, compare with HN (four and two.) They just did a good design job so it doesn't seem overwhelming. The UI probably has something to do with the composition of the userbase. reddit feels not just interactive but malleable. That appeals to geeks raised on videogames.

reddit_clone 15y ago
> Every comment has at least seven clickable links Tell me about it :) I was a Conkeror user. It was fun to hit Ctrl-f and watch all the links light up ! (For those who don't know: Conkeror is a web browser - same engine as FF - but driven by the keyboard. It emulates Emacs for the most part. The way you navigate the hyperlinks is to hit Ctrl-f and each hyperlink will show a number which you can enter using your keyboard. No mouse. Reddit is unusable in Conkeror!)