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What did it do that was particularly "user hostile"? My memory of the event was that they just launched a redesign that was half baked and everyone bailed over
by donatj 2y ago
What did it do that was particularly "user hostile"?
My memory of the event was that they just launched a redesign that was half baked and everyone bailed overnight.
I've always thought that was why old.reddit.com still exists, paranoia about the same thing happening
- Jordan-117 2y agoThey fundamentally broke how the site worked: - they removed downvoting ("burying") - they took down the various "Upcoming" pages that allowed users to vet and weigh in on rising stories before they hit the front page - they replaced the unified home page with algorithmic recommendations (and the algo was garbo) - they introduced automated publisher accounts that circulated posts from official sources, crowding out organic submissions - they deleted users' previously saved posts - they largely deleted all posts, comments, vote counts older than a few months - they broke the RSS feeds and third-party tools All the above pissed off power users, and the rest were repelled by the nosedive in quality, the constant bugginess, and some terrible design choices (tiny light-blue-on-white text boxes, all usernames converted to lower case, impossible to view all comments, etc.)
- Rebelgecko 2y agoPeople felt the same way about i.reddit.com until it got turned off.