Tell HN: Reddit does not allow comments post via old.reddit.com

Re:Tell HN: Reddit does not allow comments post via old.redd... by lproven on Friday May 20, 2022 @06:56AM (#31445680)

The official client is rubbish, but the 3rd party ones are OK. BaconReader works well for me.

P.S.

I suspect that one of the issues with Reddit is a large number of regular visitors who lurk. No account, no login, never post, never upvote... but spend hours a day on the site.

Serving them means that features for actual active contributors have low priority. I suspect that looking at the site and its features with that in mind may explain a lot.

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Re:Tell HN: Reddit does not allow comments post via old.redd... by ASalazarMX on Friday May 20, 2022 @12:42PM (#31449799)

> I suspect that one of the issues with Reddit is a large number of regular visitors who lurk. No account, no login, never post, never upvote... but spend hours a day on the site. Serving them means that features for actual active contributors have low priority.

They would be shooting themselves in the foot because the lurkers are looking for posts and comments. Prioritizing contributors would keep lurkers engaged longer, watching more ads.

Also, never underestimate the need of people to voice their opinions. Controversial topics will tempt lurkers to contribute.

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Re:Tell HN: Reddit does not allow comments post via old.redd... by lproven on Sunday May 22, 2022 @08:40AM (#31467502)

I don't disagree. It's a rare model for a social media site, though, and so it's noteworthy.

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Re:Tell HN: Reddit does not allow comments post via old.redd... by nabakin on Friday May 20, 2022 @11:17AM (#31448641)

I used to use baconreader but switched to Boost for Reddit

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Re:Tell HN: Reddit does not allow comments post via old.redd... by lproven on Sunday May 22, 2022 @08:39AM (#31467497)

Hmmm. I am happy for now but I will take a look on a spare device. Thanks!

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