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Same. However it seems most people don't like the old.reddit look, only 4% of redditors use it. Most people are content with the slow bloated new reddit. When

Same. However it seems most people don't like the old.reddit look, only 4% of redditors use it. Most people are content with the slow bloated new reddit. When redditors talked about what sites to migrate to most of them preferred the modern interfaces over text based ones like tildes.net.

Narishma 3y ago
How many even know that old.reddit exists?
- aerio 3y ago
  5%
tuchsen 3y ago
I wonder how much this has to do with the devices people use to access Reddit. I always preferred the old.reddit site on the desktop. Although when I'm on my phone, it gave me eye strain to try and read the tiny font, and pinch/zooming all the time is super annoying. The newer Reddit web app was still incredibly annoying, given all the "install the desktop app" prompts, and it's general lagginess, but allowing me to just flick scroll through articles was actually better for me. Lemmy's the same way for me, hate the UI on the desktop but it's fine on my phone.
- Gigachad 3y ago
  I don’t think there is anything visually wrong with the new reddit. My issue is with how slow and buggy it is. And all the dark patterns and engagement tricks it’s full of.
handsclean 3y ago
4% usage doesn’t mean only 4% prefer it. It’s a buried setting that’s default off, that alone makes the choice for ballpark 80%. It doesn’t support mobile, which drops another huge segment, and it doesn’t support “new” features like images and tags, and Reddit spent years aggressively pushing everybody to switch. I wouldn’t be surprised if 4% is the vast majority of Redditors who actually tried both and had the opportunity to choose.
JamesBell 3y ago
I wonder what % of content is generated by old.reddit.com users, and what % from third party apps too. Figures not mentioned by Reddit mgmt so I'm assuming they don't favor their desires to end them.
dublinben 3y ago
This is highly subreddit dependent. Those numbers might be true for larger, image-based communities. For smaller, discussion based communities old is more like 60-70% of new, among desktop traffic. Mobile web and apps still make up the majority now, but that’s true of pretty much everything.

Narishma 3y ago

How many even know that old.reddit exists?

aerio 3y ago
5%

tuchsen 3y ago

I wonder how much this has to do with the devices people use to access Reddit. I always preferred the old.reddit site on the desktop. Although when I'm on my phone, it gave me eye strain to try and read the tiny font, and pinch/zooming all the time is super annoying. The newer Reddit web app was still incredibly annoying, given all the "install the desktop app" prompts, and it's general lagginess, but allowing me to just flick scroll through articles was actually better for me. Lemmy's the same way for me, hate the UI on the desktop but it's fine on my phone.

Gigachad 3y ago
I don’t think there is anything visually wrong with the new reddit. My issue is with how slow and buggy it is. And all the dark patterns and engagement tricks it’s full of.

handsclean 3y ago

4% usage doesn’t mean only 4% prefer it. It’s a buried setting that’s default off, that alone makes the choice for ballpark 80%. It doesn’t support mobile, which drops another huge segment, and it doesn’t support “new” features like images and tags, and Reddit spent years aggressively pushing everybody to switch. I wouldn’t be surprised if 4% is the vast majority of Redditors who actually tried both and had the opportunity to choose.

JamesBell 3y ago

I wonder what % of content is generated by old.reddit.com users, and what % from third party apps too. Figures not mentioned by Reddit mgmt so I'm assuming they don't favor their desires to end them.

dublinben 3y ago

This is highly subreddit dependent. Those numbers might be true for larger, image-based communities. For smaller, discussion based communities old is more like 60-70% of new, among desktop traffic. Mobile web and apps still make up the majority now, but that’s true of pretty much everything.