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Stupid question but I’m out of the loop here. What’s the main beef with the Reddit site and app? Is it just accessibility and moderation tools or something else

Stupid question but I’m out of the loop here. What’s the main beef with the Reddit site and app? Is it just accessibility and moderation tools or something else? I do use RES in desktop, but I mostly use it via the official mobile app these days. I used to miss old.Reddit.com but now I’m rather indifferent.

ryanmercer 3y ago
As a long time user, and moderator, I do everything via old.reddit (and the only additional thing is mod toolbox, which I could live without) on a proper computer. I just can't fathom any meaningful use of Reddit via a phone app. To me that's as insane as trying to read a novel on your phone or watch a movie. Simply does not compute to me.
- gremlinsinc 3y ago
  I've done all these things on my phone, movie, novel, used Reddit, but not the site or the mobile app. I've tried many times thinking maybe it got better, it never did. I use relay and love it. it doesn't have chat but I don't ever use Reddit chat. I'm also not a mod.
- raldi 3y ago
  Ha, I also access the site exclusively through the old web interface, but I do tons of moderation there via my phone, and might phrase it as, it’s as natural as reading a novel on my phone, or watching a movie.
- tester457 3y ago
  I watch movies, read novels, and even code on my phone but I refuse to use the reddit app. It's that bad.
doix 3y ago
> Is it just accessibility and moderation tools or something else? The information density and UX are terrible in new Reddit and the official app (in my opinion of course). I find them completely and utterly unusable. I just tried opening new Reddit and going to /r/all. I can see exactly 2 posts on my screen, compared to 14 on old Reddit. I tried clicking on something, it opens up in a narrow popover. Middle clicking to open it in a proper tab takes a lot longer than in old Reddit. When it comes to the app, there are similar issues, it's just _so_ much slower than using RiF, the information density is abysmal, comment chains are painful for me to read and it uses _significantly_ more data than RiF. I'm guessing it preloads lots of assets in the background or something. When they kill off 3rd party access, I will stop using it on my mobile. I already feel like I waste too much time on Reddit, ruining the experience will make it much easier to quit. If they ever kill old Reddit, then I guess I'll finally quit Reddit for good or make an extension that makes it look and work like the old version.
vachina 3y ago
New Reddit tries to be Facebook while old Reddit is, Reddit.
Brendinooo 3y ago
My beef is more that Apollo is an all-time great iOS app. It’s a perfect execution of Apple’s design language and it lets me experience Reddit the way I want to.
MrStonedOne 3y ago
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ryanmercer 3y ago

As a long time user, and moderator, I do everything via old.reddit (and the only additional thing is mod toolbox, which I could live without) on a proper computer. I just can't fathom any meaningful use of Reddit via a phone app. To me that's as insane as trying to read a novel on your phone or watch a movie. Simply does not compute to me.

gremlinsinc 3y ago
I've done all these things on my phone, movie, novel, used Reddit, but not the site or the mobile app. I've tried many times thinking maybe it got better, it never did. I use relay and love it. it doesn't have chat but I don't ever use Reddit chat. I'm also not a mod.
raldi 3y ago
Ha, I also access the site exclusively through the old web interface, but I do tons of moderation there via my phone, and might phrase it as, it’s as natural as reading a novel on my phone, or watching a movie.
tester457 3y ago
I watch movies, read novels, and even code on my phone but I refuse to use the reddit app. It's that bad.

doix 3y ago

> Is it just accessibility and moderation tools or something else? The information density and UX are terrible in new Reddit and the official app (in my opinion of course). I find them completely and utterly unusable. I just tried opening new Reddit and going to /r/all. I can see exactly 2 posts on my screen, compared to 14 on old Reddit. I tried clicking on something, it opens up in a narrow popover. Middle clicking to open it in a proper tab takes a lot longer than in old Reddit. When it comes to the app, there are similar issues, it's just _so_ much slower than using RiF, the information density is abysmal, comment chains are painful for me to read and it uses _significantly_ more data than RiF. I'm guessing it preloads lots of assets in the background or something. When they kill off 3rd party access, I will stop using it on my mobile. I already feel like I waste too much time on Reddit, ruining the experience will make it much easier to quit. If they ever kill old Reddit, then I guess I'll finally quit Reddit for good or make an extension that makes it look and work like the old version.

vachina 3y ago

New Reddit tries to be Facebook while old Reddit is, Reddit.

Brendinooo 3y ago

My beef is more that Apollo is an all-time great iOS app. It’s a perfect execution of Apple’s design language and it lets me experience Reddit the way I want to.

MrStonedOne 3y ago

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