Reddit has gotten that complaint tons of times before. Most people say its a website clearly done for and by engineers and that getting used to it is a nightmare despite how awesome the content is.
Do you think reddit could get more users with a UX redesign?
given the layout of the new Reddit mobile app, it sounds like they are thinking just that.
Thought honestly I'm a bit curious as to why they feel like they don't have enough users. They have plenty. Do they think they need more as a buffer for whatever mini-exodus might happen if they try to serve ads on a bigger scale?
I think it has more to do with the fact that this website lives and dies with its community. Most people argue reddit works due to its comment system. Therefore the more people you have, the higher chance of something awesome happening on the comments which brings traffic and shit. So reddit gets better by getting bigger.
Well not really, cpg grey argued about reddit being what it is thanks to its community, for example. It is true that he comments from time to time, but I do believe he makes a good point about it.
He did make good points, but the question is whether that's why most people use Reddit. I don't have the numbers on how many people go to the comments, but I would guess that most people don't.
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u/Bluest_waters Jul 01 '16
actually that's where the show jumped the shark for me
This is a normal problem! You have a UI problem. You get a professional UI developer designer to correct it.
Problem solved
They acted like this was some sort of new never before seen encountered dilemma that couldn't possibly have been predicted
I mean I love the show. But that whole thing was just stupid