I think 2 codependent things ruined digg before the redesign though:
(1) Users started to game the rankings so that the content was less diverse.
(2) The admin's response to that gaming started to cripple the "newness" of posts such that the content on the front page was a lot older than on reddit.
These two factors are starting to ruin reddit too, only now instead of MrBabyMan or whoever doing it for fun/money, it seems like it's actual foreign interference or something just as nefarious.
It probides the best information density and consumability.
The new reddit ui sucks. Mucking with UI/UX can spell death gir a site, as it did with digg.
I will never ho to the new york times as an example of how to have a shitty UX.
Same here! I hate the redesign with a passion. Most of my Redditor friends are the same.
And I really really hate v.reddit their embedded video player. I am getting irrationally angry just thinking about it and how it's making the internet a worse place.
But you have to select "opt out of redesign" somewhere in your preference settings.
https://i.imgur.com/eWOk6xG.png
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Set your preferences to NOT use the new reddit, and then tell it you want "destop site"
2. Non-dogshit UI