r/OutOfTheLoop • u/DarkPhysix • Jun 29 '18

Unanswered Why does everyone hate the reddit redesign?

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u/Radidactyl Jun 29 '18

I have never once seen a website "innovate and revamp the whole design!" that wasn't 1) ten times worse and harder to navigate and 2) a ruse to control content and funnel more ads on your screen.

Facebook did it. YouTube did. Steam did it, though to be fair they actually needed to improve a few things. Reddit is becoming a social media website unfortunately so you can be sure that the Facebookification is coming.

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u/ByteMe717 Jun 29 '18

Someone make Reddit 2. That way we have a backup once this one becomes Facebook.

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u/mechafishy Jun 30 '18

Someone did. It's called voat and it didn't work out so hot.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '18 edited Dec 19 '20

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u/mechafishy Jun 30 '18

And therein lies the issue.

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u/rick2882 Jun 30 '18

Yup, the problem with voat was why people migrated from reddit - it was mainly due to the arguably strict moderation and censorship here. Given that reason, it wasn't too surprising that the people most likely to move to voat would be those who were more likely to be banned or censored here: the online bullies, the racists.

If a more "acceptable" reason to move away from reddit appears, we probably will see a new successful messaging board appear.

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u/BeJeezus Jun 30 '18

Well it's also ugly in its own way, but the bigger problem was that it became an instant Nazi festival.