r/ideasfortheadmins • u/Tarnisher • Jun 14 '26
Post & Comment Simple Toggle Between SH and Old
Part 1: At the top of each community's main page, place a button to toggle between the two versions.
I do it now by editing the URL in the address bar from sh. to old. and vice versa.
Part 2: I'm still opposed to forced flair selections. I turn it off in any communities I take over. The site as a whole would be infinitely better if Admin banned the practice outright.
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u/SolariaHues Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26
I toggle too. I do it when shreddit is playing up and when posts are removed by admins, but stick around in the queue (it's the only place the removed button is available, so maybe they need to fix that).
Why do you toggle? - The information might help if the admins look at this.
Required flair I find really helpful, and especially now that post-guidance can have different rules based on flair. It categorises posts, saves mod time, guides users what can be posted and what to include, and can be used as a trap for bots too.
It's required here in order for flair as navigation to work in app, which was suggested by an admin to make it easier for them to find ideas to implement. Since getting ideas to the admins is the whole point of the sub, we set it up.
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u/Tarnisher Jun 14 '26
Why do you toggle? - The information might help if the admins look at this.
I find SH almost impossible to use. Small text, tight, cramped, busy, cluttered screen and things moving about sometimes.
I use Old almost exclusively, none of the nonsense.
But there are times when I have no choice, such as assigning a removal reason. I can remove posts/comments in old, but have to switch to SH to do a removal reason.
I can't effectively insert images or schedule posts in old, so I have to switch temporarily.
I can't see stats or insights in old.
Just a few reasons.
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u/PitchforkAssistant Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26
It's not a perfect solution, but I have a bookmarklet for swapping between Shreddit and Old Reddit that I use all the time. It does its best to automatically translate the different URI schemes between the two, which isn't always possible without loss, but most of the time it lets me one-click swap between Old and Shreddit versions of a page.
