Unless I missed someone, every single comment (including myself) agrees: the new site is just unusable. It’s awful.
IMHO it’s been broken since they released it and so it makes me think that they won’t fix it so people will switch to the app (or that’s what they might be thinking).
Like many others I use the old design and if they get rid of it then I’ll just skip Reddit entirely.
A peek outside the echo chamber: my roommates and girlfriend use Reddit. They don't have anything bad to say about the UI nor are aware HNers hate it. They didn't even know it changed, they just don't seem to care.
I use old.reddit.com out of habit, but don't really care when I land on the new UI. I just use it. People blow it way out of proportion.
I like some of its features, like how it's now a modal over the infinite scroll. I don't have to open everything in a new tab anymore in fear of losing my place in the scroll or having that "sorry, no more pages, start over" message.
I really don't see much worth fuming over. The Digg redesign basically turned it into a weird news site e-zine. Meanwhile the Reddit redesign has the exact same spirit as the old one.
And just because a bunch of HNers (and redditors) despise it doesn’t mean it is bad. I am sure the vast vast majority is totally indifferent to the design.
I’ve used reddit for around a decade at this point and the new design is much better imo. I tried using old reddit a week or so after it changed and no thanks to that..
I also don’t have issues with speed and errors like others say.
IMHO it’s been broken since they released it and so it makes me think that they won’t fix it so people will switch to the app (or that’s what they might be thinking).
Like many others I use the old design and if they get rid of it then I’ll just skip Reddit entirely.
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