Reddit

“you actually got much better answers if you appended "reddit" to the start of you google search queries”

“As someone banned from Reddit, this violates TOS and (for me) resulted in a ban based on some kind of fingerprint that survives cookie wipes.”

“Forcing you to log in to see old.reddit.com + forcing you into the app when viewing on mobile + the general toxicity just made it no longer worth it to use Reddit.”

“Reddit managed to stabulate them and have special interest groups of enthusiasts that avoided that”

“Reddit offers an opt-out (old.reddit.com) of some of its most deleterious changes, but that didn't stop the site from going downhill overall”

“The website had been unusable on mobile for a good while, with the constant and ever-more-aggressive nagging about switching to the app.”

“after having my app blown up by their API changes and the continued (unsurprising) push away from their old open platform to a more "curated" experience, it doesn't feel like the same place anymore.”

“HN (and ML Twitter, and maybe a few sub-Reddits) are the closest substitutes now, but not really the same.”

“the native app is really nice since the last update. It uses native system navigation and controls.”

“Commercialized sites like Reddit are on the decline in part because of over-zealous mods driven by politics who ban and silence dissent.”

“the new design is now after at least 5 - 6 years of iterations on React, is finally useable and better”

“They officially started blocking json access awhile ago, it broke all the apps for viewing reddit without an account”

“I spend quite a lot of time reading and writing on Reddit, and while I encounter plenty of low-quality posts and comments”

“Reddit is the most censored platform out there… posts and users that are not aligned with subreddit mods get banned or deleted prolifically.”

“Unfortunately, reddit mod team is of no use, they cannot really tell who is high quality contributor vs who is getting nuked by fake accounts”

“the digg/reddit comment tree format is a clear improvement in the sense that it makes it easier to find and track interesting discussions”

“while they are a superior UI for discussions, the liveliness of discussions have a shelf life of a day”

“It's a good place to gather information, but it's not a good place for discussion or for community.”

“I prefer the new design because the text is readable on my phone, and it has a native dark mode.”

“Reddit has some awesome characteristics. But over the past two years it's becoming more and more bots.”

“Does it not sound insane to you that you need to expose your biometrics to a corporation just to make anonymous posts on a forum?”

“when I signed in using a different device (on the same home network) it triggered a total block on my account that required adding an email address”

“Everything you've been making is so hostile and unhelpful that when you remove old.reddit.com I will block Reddit links from my search results entirely.”

“The reason why Twitter, and Reddit in particular work so well is because of sub-communities that form organically”

“Reddit is and has been better for a long time. Often goal and other key highlights are uploaded before the broadcasters.”

“the old one is unusable on mobile, and visiting old.reddit.com forces me to keep using it until I logout and login again, which is also awful”

“I can think of many small Reddit communities that couldn't have flourished under Digg or the old phpBB style boards.”

“Reddit is still a shit show, but I still peer into niche communities you won't find anywhere else on the internet.”

“the ability to sort them by best all time is one of my favorite ways to filter for higher-quality content”

“Even today I generally trust Reddit comments, but it's important to check the context and commentor before proceeding.”

“it has survived as a great example of how lots of different people with different interests and opinions can occupy different parts of the same platform”

“I'm fairly confident that the new reddit React implementation can be improved in performance by a factor of 3x to 10x.”

“Like Reddit, they realized they can't show ads (or control the user journey) if everyone is using a third-party client.”

“I like visiting Twitter and Reddit occasionally for news, I've been using both since they launched, but I wouldn't pay for either of those”

“Compare with Reddit where you start commenting and you're close-to-an-equal with every other comment.”

“Of course, it's far from a paragon of truth, and it's getting more manipulated and overtaken by bots by the minute”

“the banner that says "Download our app for a better experience" at sites like Reddit ought to have one of these”

“I don't know how anyone can use the official reddit mobile app for more than 5 minutes. Between the ads and terrible interface it's an awful experience.”

“Reddit has some very supportive communities to help answer questions and remind you that you're not alone”

“The emacs subreddit is pretty active. Search reddit for recent-ish threads for whatever you want to do.”