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Ask HN: What do you think of the new Reddit?

9 points by makecheck ↗ HN
Today I noticed the new Reddit design on my phone with obvious glitches and undesirable behavior. Worst of all, “Request Desktop Site” no longer does anything. (The dense layout and easy scroll/pinch-zoom are preferable to fixed oversized layouts.)

This leaves me with a less-dense, more annoying layout than before, and it even adds a dickbar (to borrow an expression from John Gruber).

Personally I think this will make me stop using Reddit entirely from my phone.

What do you think?

8 comments

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sincerely
it's going to do a great job of getting more people to use reddit at the cost of losing some of the users who liked reddit for what it was initially (information-dense straightforward link aggregator).
humbleMouse
I think you need to use the phone app. Accessing reddit on an actual browser is silly.
anthony_franco
Access it from here when you're on your phone: https://i.reddit.com/

I really hope they keep that option alive but the way they're pushing the Reddit mobile app, I'm not counting on it.

wingerlang
I've used it for a month or so and I don't want to go back to the old one. And yeah mobile sucks but it always did, the app is great though.
yash1th
They are trying new things and going back on some if it did not work out. Really love the mobile app. Although, it's buggy at times mostly on gifs and videos. I like the mobile app
dv_dt
Looking at the history of social media apps, there's too much temptation for data monetization thru the app. So I prefer to forego app access to social media on my devices and interact via the mobile website, or via a third-party app.
yash1th
I do not like reddit's mobile website, especially "Open app" thing at the bottom. I personally like desktop website > mobile app > .... > mobile website
michaelbrave
it's some of the first signs of it transitioning from an aggregator with comments into more of a social media site. Personally, I'm against the change as I don't really feel a need for more social media like anything and I liked the aggregator style it had. But the change is happening, the redesign is part of it.