A huge improvement would have the mobile web site act less hostile. It pushes the app on first arrival; at the bottom there is an "this page looks better in the app" a fat finger width from the next button; comments are un-scrollable randomly; etc. To be honest, it does curb my access of the site so perhaps the status quo benefits my time.
> it does curb my access of the site so perhaps the status quo benefits my time
My take too, whenever a website is purposefully shitty to try and get me to download their app, I just use it less. Good way to get less screen time in.
Yeah there's only one valid interpretation of "improvements to web experience" - they're going to make it worse like they've done the last 5 years.
There is increasingly a divide between the zero attention span tiktok bullshit in the main feed, begging me to use the app, algorithms, awards, coins, engagement ... and the really awesome text-based discussions occuring in the subreddits. At some point Reddit are going to fuck the site up even more - like getting rid of old.reddit.com - and people might finally pack up and leave.
I laughed the other day when visiting an nsfw-tagged post and not being allowed to view it with a web browser. "Browse privately using the app". What? In what universe is your shitty app more private than using Chrome incognito?
old.reddit.com is the only way I use Reddit. I don't use it on mobile, but I've a strong feeling that if old.reddit.com gets sunset, I'll probably stop using it altogether.
Ah even the post from Reddit itself isn't worthy showing to me fully... Instead I have to open it.
And then the collapsed comments are right mess. Sometimes hovering auto expands them sometimes not, I click they open there and then sometimes it takes to new page...
Thankfully I don't use it anymore, but it is still kinda funny...
I really don't understand the hate for the modern reddit ui, its great! I really hate clicking on reddit links on Hn because they are almost always old.reddit.
In the example of OP: On modern reddit, reading the entire top post requires 2 taps (1 to dismiss the "try the app" overlay, another for "Read more" to expand).
[+] [-] client4|3 years ago|reply
[+] [-] addisonl|3 years ago|reply
My take too, whenever a website is purposefully shitty to try and get me to download their app, I just use it less. Good way to get less screen time in.
[+] [-] rpigab|3 years ago|reply
[+] [-] HopenHeyHi|3 years ago|reply
Even more details in their 2023 product priorities thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/11l3td9/making_redd...
You don't actually need to read it, just look at it. This is the only way it will look going forward. Like Discord or some such.
I am not a redditor but find it useful for search results sometimes - this just feels unusable.
[+] [-] rjh29|3 years ago|reply
There is increasingly a divide between the zero attention span tiktok bullshit in the main feed, begging me to use the app, algorithms, awards, coins, engagement ... and the really awesome text-based discussions occuring in the subreddits. At some point Reddit are going to fuck the site up even more - like getting rid of old.reddit.com - and people might finally pack up and leave.
I laughed the other day when visiting an nsfw-tagged post and not being allowed to view it with a web browser. "Browse privately using the app". What? In what universe is your shitty app more private than using Chrome incognito?
[+] [-] cocacola1|3 years ago|reply
[+] [-] Ekaros|3 years ago|reply
And then the collapsed comments are right mess. Sometimes hovering auto expands them sometimes not, I click they open there and then sometimes it takes to new page...
Thankfully I don't use it anymore, but it is still kinda funny...
[+] [-] jacooper|3 years ago|reply
[+] [-] 3np|3 years ago|reply
old, teddit, and libreddit all require 0 taps.
[+] [-] mycall|3 years ago|reply
[+] [-] throwway1922|3 years ago|reply