Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experience miserable

Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by mattgreenrocks on Friday September 04, 2020 @01:41PM (#24377138)

Eating the core users that got you started is pretty much the playbook for almost every Internet site that tries to win the mainstream.

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by tgsovlerkhgsel on Friday September 04, 2020 @01:52PM (#24377255)

And I believe Digg doing that was the start of Reddit?

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by dotancohen on Friday September 04, 2020 @02:21PM (#24377530)

Do you remember Slashdot Beta? That got me into Reddit and HN.

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by mattgreenrocks on Friday September 04, 2020 @03:10PM (#24377950)

It was pretty bad, though I'd argue the bigger problem with Slashdot were the comment[er]s themselves. :)

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by ragnese on Friday September 04, 2020 @03:07PM (#24377908)

Reddit was fairly popular before Digg killed itself. I remember reading about the Digg exodus on Reddit.

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by mattgreenrocks on Friday September 04, 2020 @03:07PM (#24377913)

Yep. The same attitude and everything.

What irks me is they're selling out their business to a userbase that is just as quick to ditch them when someone makes something that gives them a faster/strong hit of dopamine.

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Re:Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experie... by dredmorbius on Friday September 04, 2020 @09:03PM (#24380553)

Yahoo. Facebook.

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