Re:Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round
by gogopuppygogo on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @01:24AM
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Not to mention the barrier of getting past the /r/popular posts rises when you use the new design or mobile app. The breath of fresh air that is old.Reddit.com won’t last much longer I’m afraid.
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Re:Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round
by wtf_is_up on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @02:16AM
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I've been a frequent reddit user for 10 years. I don't know if I can continue if they deprecate old.reddit.com and i.reddit.com. The new version is just so bad it's astounding.
Re:Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round
by hansel_der on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @03:41AM
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same same.
can't help but wonder what the goal of the redesign was...
Re:Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round
by MagnumOpus on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @04:55AM
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The goal is explicitly to make the web experience especially on mobile so bad that people are driven to install the app. Apparently an installed app drives engagement and can be monetized better (circumventing adblockers etc).
Re:Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round
by system16 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @09:10AM
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I've been a reddit user for over a decade and for the last few years mainly use it with the Apollo reddit client on iOS, or the rare times I log in to old.reddit.
I recently searched for discussion on a topic and ended up at the "new" web design while not logged in and was blown away by how user hostile it is. Ads disguised as content, promoted posts, gating comments through multiple hoops, unnecessary thread reloads... basically enough dark patterns to make Pinterest blush.