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The management of reddit doesn't seem to use reddit at all and they seem to be unaware of the fact that a) the "new" layout just isn't that great, and b) their
by jwr 10mo ago
The management of reddit doesn't seem to use reddit at all and they seem to be unaware of the fact that a) the "new" layout just isn't that great, and b) their mobile app is terrible.
They killed third-party apps, which were way better than their garbage app and they don't seem to realize how much it annoys their users.
- kstrauser 10mo agoI thank them for that, because forcing me back to their horrid app broke me of my habit of hanging out there. I’ve got six digits of karma, and I’d rather walk away than suffer through its awful UI.
- juliusceasar 10mo agoAs a none user; what is a karma? Fantasy points?
- xingped 10mo agoSame. Only thing that ever managed to break me of my reddit habit. No 3rd party apps? Reddit may as well no longer exist as far as I'm concerned.
- midnitewarrior 10mo agoWelcome back to reddit! There is a third party app called Red Reader, it's free. https://www.reddit.com/r/RedReader/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RedReader/
- rvba 10mo agoThey are doing everything they can to increase number of users before IPO. Redit from a text based place, became a place driven by pictures (Can we call that "instagrami-zation"?). The thing, is that discussion is what made reddit good. Now it's mostly low quality pictures, bots and comments written by marketers. Then AI models and google search are trained on this garbage. I wonder if someone will finally disrupt reddit
- kstrauser 10mo agoThey’ve already IPOed.
- tapoxi 10mo agoThey don't care about their users, they trapped people in and people aren't migrating to alternatives in droves.
- shawabawa3 10mo agoMore importantly they serve ads and capture all of the revenue from them
- _DeadFred_ 10mo agoTime for a reverse Digg exodus.
- kayart_dev 10mo agohttps://guiltygamer.com/diggs-beta-is-already-showcasing-the-worst-qualities-of-reddit/ https://guiltygamer.com/diggs-beta-is-already-showcasing-the...
- afavour 10mo agoI disagree, I think the new layout and the app are bad for Reddit power users. But for someone brand new to Reddit today they work fine. And that’s the point. They care about boosting their user base, not satisfying power users.
- lofaszvanitt 10mo agoSigh, power user doesn't mean the individual is an alien with some quirky taste. Oh, the contrary. It means someone who has a wider spectrum and those who are not power users are still on the spectrum, but theirs is shorter, but overlap with the PU's. So if it is good for the power users it is almost always good for the rest of the world. Let that sink in.
- jwr 10mo agoLet's take an example: if there are several images, you click on the "next" button (keys do not work!) several times, and if you are not careful, the last click gets you a full-screen image, because the button has disappeared and clicking in the same place now magnifies the image. How is that "fine". In the mobile app, even swiping from the left edge to go back doesn't work reliably.
- midnitewarrior 10mo agoNot all third-party readers, the for-profit ones. Red Reader still exists. https://www.reddit.com/r/RedReader/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RedReader/
- biglyburrito 10mo agoI believe they're full aware of all of these things, & they simply don't care because they know that millions of people will continue to use Reddit in spite of all this.