10mo ago

Reddit seem to have switched to the newer, even shittier UI by default.

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Very unpopular opinion:
Old ui sucks. You can't see shit on phone nor on desktop. It's just wall of text.
- I disagree, you can see so much on the old layout specifically because it's a wall of text. The new layout is unnecessarily bloated and takes up your whole screen on every device you view it from, so you can barely see more than one or two posts at a time. It removes the ability for the user to freely scroll and look at things that interest them, and forces the user's attention onto exactly what the algorithm wants them to. The new layout removes a ton of agency from the user.
  
  I think for two simply have different use cases for Reddit.
  The old ui is great if you see Reddit as a text aggregator. You want text or headlines and click on the content to see it. Images are almost meaningless.
  The new ui puts a focus on visual connect. Images and videos are the focus, you don't have to follow links most of the time, because the content is embedded.
  Those are two very different approaches. Neither is doing a great job of achieving their goals, though.
  
  It's great for porn, lol. My main account was old Reddit, but my porn account is the new layout.
- Old reddit absolutely had its issues. The new and newnew design is just decisively worse however.
- I don't like how it looks either. Way too busy. Only thing is, it is lightweight though. New reddit usually crawls to a halt after half an hour of scrolling (which is probably good for my mental health).
- I agree it's terrible on mobile, but it's the wall of text I love on desktop. I want to see as many titles on a subreddit as I can.
  The Lemmy web desktop UI is quite similar. I just wish the list of subscribed communities was more accessible rather than being at the bottom of the instance home page.
- The new layout blobby and spyware
  
  How can a layout be spyware ?
  
  JavaScript
- For the mobile UI:
  Old reddit: Yes
  Around Reddit API debacle: Alright UI
  Newest Reddit UI: Annoying

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