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FYI: If you log into Reddit with the Redesign Opted Out, it Opts you in
you might have noticed something a bit disconcerting. If you log into Reddit with the Redesign Opted Out, as I've discovered, the platform will actually opt you back in, automatically. It's not just a technical hiccup or a bug that's slipped under the radar. This, it seems, is a deliberate dark pattern.
- appleflaxen 3y ago[flagged]
- mikequinlan 3y agoFor me, it still leaves me in old reddit.
- Racing0461 3y agotry in incognito mode
- mikequinlan 3y agoIf you're signed out, like with incognito mode, then it doesn't know anything about your preferences.
- Racing0461 3y agoopting out is a saved setting, when logging back in it undoes it.
- trinovantes 3y agoSeems like opt out is just a cookie instead of being saved server side
- Racing0461 3y agothat in itself seems like another dark pattern.
- millzlane 3y agoJust like the dark pattern that wouldn't tell you that you didn't need an email to sign up. Looks like they require an email now. /barf
- ecf 3y agoAnyone else notice that if you’re logged in via mobile browser you lose the ability to collapse post comments? Normally I’d just think it’s a bug but I can see Reddit doing scummy stuff like preventing you from viewing anything without a login and then making the experience shit in order to finally drive users to the app. Using SinkIt to block the login prompt let’s me click into posts and collapse comments just fine.
- benglish11 3y agoAs recently as this morning I was able to collapse comments on mobile web by just tapping to the right of the commenters name. edit: tested right now and it still works for me