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Re:The Reddits by jsheard on Thursday March 21, 2024 @03:12PM (#39783067)
Even the overhauled UI has gone ignored by many users, thanks to the old UI remaining available as an option, but I imagine it's only a matter of time before they pull the plug on that so they can "enhance the sponsored post viewing experience".
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Re:The Reddits by trogdor on Thursday March 21, 2024 @03:34PM (#39783340)
I have no evidence for this, but my hunch is that an inconsequentially-small percentage of Reddit users go out of their way to use Reddit’s old UI.
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Re:The Reddits by VHRanger on Thursday March 21, 2024 @03:55PM (#39783590)
Those users are disproportionately mods and active users though. Reddit can't easily do away with it.

They considered this around the 3rd party app fiasco and it was clear old Reddit has a few years left because mods allhate the new Reddit UI

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Re:The Reddits by throwaway48476 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @04:07PM (#39783753)
Yes but what percent of active posters use it? It's going to be much higher and the site will die without new content.
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