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As a 14-year long user, the new Fisher Price UI makes me sad :( What have they done to you, Reddit? (i.imgur.com)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/reddit@lemmy.world
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Notice there is only 1 full headline (from /r/NoStupidQuestions) visible, it doesn't even show the full post. There are 3 of those "trending" boxes but only 2 of those even fit their headlines because they are like 3 words long, they cut off anything longer including the description

I originally became addicted to Reddit because of how streamlined it was to skim dozens of headlines and pick from lots of content, seems they have decided content is not something they want to provide anymore :/

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[–] 152 points 3 years ago (4 children)

I think Reddit doesn’t realize that what made their UI so appealing was precisely that it felt really functional and bare bones, like Craigslist still does or Google used to. As if it was designed by nerds who just wanted the most functional site. It makes it seem more trustworthy and neutral, less monetized.

This redesign looks painfully corporate.

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  • [–] 39 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I used RIF for the longest time and I just can't with the official app. It's already awful and if that's what the website looks like now then the app will have a worse UI soon.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    You guys are still using Reddit?

    Also i need talklittle to either port rif or make it open source so we can port it ourselves ;-;

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Unfortunately he is making it for tildes, a platform run by a single admin who bans people who have discussions about difficult topics

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah that's what I've seen too, I don't know why he chose tildes? It's not talked about, like at all. Seems like a big chunk of his userbase came over here

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    The admin there who owns the place seems to want to keep it small, so yes no clue why he is making his app over there at this point. It's clear the owner of tildes doesn't want the place to grow. He just wants a bunch of people circle jerking each other in their echo chamber.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Difficult topics = dog whistle

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I use Connect and it is the closest thing to RIF. Over the last few weeks the app has improved a ton.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ooo, I'll have to check it out. I'm on Jerboa, which is good but I miss the buttons for snappy movements between comments that rif had the most

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I know right I feel like I'm going crazy but no other app has these buttons and no one else mentioned them

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I check in on one specific community and feel sad that the users are still there. But one of them signed up here today so there is hope!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I was being a little cheeky, I get it. I have a personal feed of reddit posts that get pulled from the subs i miss without me needing to visit the site.

    The migration will be slow, but hopefully steady! Honestly, the lack of content kinda sucks but its much higher quality and the discussions here are way more personal which is really nice.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Any tips how you pull stuff to read out of Reddit? RSS or something else?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I wrote a python script that uses the API (unauthenticated), it's still in early stages right now but I intend to clean it up over the coming days and then publish it on GitHub -- I'll send you a link when i do :)

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  • [–] 31 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Topics on the side. "Gaming, Sports, Business, Crypto..." Reddit trying really hard to pretend it's not just around for porn and memes. Also, crypto lol. Tech bro a little harder, spez.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Dude idk crypto was fucking DROWNING r/all for a long time, maybe still is I eventually blocked it, so I get why they added it. And I think the type of person who would stick around on reddit or start now would still be into/interested in starting crypto.

    I hope it is obvious that is not a compliment.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I basically blocked every single crypto community. But around the time of the GameStop bullshit, a LOT more of them started cropping up. I thought I was safe, then two days later another one pops up. And it was always the same non-discussion bullshit.

    Worse than a scam, crypto is a cult.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    I think when companies that originally offered something unique and desirable get large enough, they necessarily lose touch with what made them indispensable. Dollar signs lead to a notion of growth that summons a many-tentacled cocaine-caked Moloch of feature creep, tech bandwagon hopping, information siloing, data harvesting, advertiser worshiping, and corporate evil that is, at best, indifferent to user experience, but more typically actively antagonistic to it.

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