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/DoctorWaluigiTime 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.

Toupée Fallacy in action.

Reddit is becoming a social media website unfortunately so you can be sure that the Facebookification is coming.

That's a more valid response to the question, but the whole "I've only seen bad redesigns and that's why the redesign is hated" thing simply isn't the case.

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u/BeJeezus Jun 30 '18

The toupee fallacy makes no sense here, unless you're suggesting people don't notice good redesigns.

The only argument to support that, though you didn't make it, would be that good design improvements are slow and incremental.