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Reddit is proof of Internet Rule No.51 "the better the content, the worse the User Interface"
by jimmySixDOF 3y ago
Reddit is proof of Internet Rule No.51 "the better the content, the worse the User Interface"
- memefrog 3y agoIt's the other way round from a cause & effect perspective: the worse the user interface, the more off-putting it is to the casual users that create and promote low-quality content.
- oska 3y agoThe old reddit user interface was/is remarkably good. Threaded, collapsible discussions with markdown for comments in a non-distracting (i.e. sparse) layout.
- devnullbrain 3y agoOnce you found the comments it was but the comment link was/is marginalised in favour of the link itself, making it easy to miss that they're 'the point'. Even before new.reddit it was a common complaint that it's confusing to new users. Obviously this is relative, it's a huge site! And there may even be value to gatekeeping users who can't figure it out.