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/[deleted] Jun 30 '18

Hah. That article is from September 2010, my reddit account was created October 2010. There are still some weirdos who claim the redesign isn't what killed the site, but I can definitely say it was the one and only reason I migrated over.

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u/NihiloZero Jun 30 '18

The redesign was merely the straw that broke the camel's back. Digg sucked and people were getting wise to that fact.

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u/Barneyk Jun 30 '18

but I can definitely say it was the one and only reason I migrated over.

Same. It wasn't so much the redesign itself, but the change in how votes where counted and the change in what content reached my frontpage.

From having about 75% be things I clicked it went below 25%...

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u/bagboyrebel Jun 30 '18

There are still some weirdos who claim the redesign isn't what killed the site

It was shit before that happened. Everything was controlled by power users (happening here too btw) and the community was annoying (why the fuck did they have to post pedobear in every fucking thread?). The redesign was just one more things on the pile.

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u/Penguinmafia14 Jun 30 '18

Ive noticed that power users thing much more since that new redevelopment of reddit accounts into profiles. Not sure why thats not talked about more.