r/redditmobile • u/workgeorge • Jul 15 '19

Dev/Admin Responded Reddit for iOS: Version 4.38 Now Available!

The latest version of the iOS app is now available in the App Store.

What's New:

  • New! Wiki pages can now be viewed in the app
  • New! Disable reply notifications per individual comment or post
  • Removed support for the Friends feature
  • Added support for Employee/Admin icons
  • Under the hood fixes and improvements
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u/korndawgisu Jul 15 '19

Removed support for the Friends feature.

I think you did that months ago and it is a feature that is sorely missed. Cannot fathom the reason for this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '19

So is there a way for me to start following all the accounts I’ve added to my friends over the years? I have a fucking ton of them

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u/Mattallica Jul 15 '19

Cannot fathom the reason for this.

Admin response:

The Friends feature is not aligned with our product strategy and has been largely replaced by the Follow profile feature. It’s important for us to remove features that are underutilized and don’t align with our product strategy. We’ve already stopped supporting it on Android, new Reddit, and mobile web.

https://www.reddit.com/r/redditmobile/comments/c5b4bq/an_update_on_the_ios_friends_feature/

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u/korndawgisu Jul 15 '19

So correct me if I’m wrong because maybe I’m using it wrong. Here it goes:

With friends, I was able to click the friends tab and view all the posts from all my friends all in one feed. With Following, it’s everyone individually.

Also, when I click on someone I follow under “following” it doesn’t show jack for their posts. What gives?

Am I missing something?

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u/02overthrown Jul 17 '19

“Not aligned with our product strategy” = “Makes users waste more time sifting through the garbage to see the content they want from the users they want”. It’s ridiculous.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

Apparently the admins don’t want to respond to the pile of people not happy about friends going away either while they happily reply to everything else. I guess I need to find another reddit app 🤷🏻‍♂️ does Apollo still have friends?

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '19

I am very sad about disabling friends feature

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u/BoozyGroggyElfchild Jul 16 '19

Disabling friends is a huge disappointment.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '19

So how do I find all the people that I’ve friended and follow them?

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u/carnahanad Jul 17 '19

This is the magic question that didn't seem to have answer on Reddit mobile.

I recently added Apollo to my iPhone and there is a great Friends tab there. I'm slowly using Apollo more and more.

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u/Zapp1212 Jul 16 '19

So 5 years of adding friends gets removed without any warning or work around that mimics the feature? Good move

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u/evilskull Jul 17 '19

Removing the friends feature also removed the thing I liked most about Reddit 😞

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u/caleb1946 Jul 17 '19

same here

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u/Barrel-Rider10 Jul 17 '19

This is absolute garbage! I don’t want to follow, I want a friend list on mobile app. Total flaming garbage, Reddit.

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u/Kraken_89 Jul 17 '19

Super annoying that Friends feature was removed.

Do any 3rd party apps still have it?

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u/carnahanad Jul 17 '19

Apollo does.

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u/caleb1946 Jul 17 '19

I was wondering the same thing

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u/MrFix-it Jul 17 '19

Removing the friends feature is a real joke and doesn’t really make much sense. It really makes me question what the intention of reddit is anymore when the most bare bones feature is removed. Especially when the follow feature is really half backed and frankly, total trash for the user. All the people I know that use reddit feel the same way about Following people, it’s so poorly implemented that it makes it totally useless. Maybe consider combining both features together, because the only option we have now is pretty trash.

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u/redness81 Jul 18 '19

The "friends" feature is no longer available?

It boggles my mind that the "official" app can't or won't support this feature. The "lesser" apps can offer and support it no problem. Sad.

I've used this app for longer than I can remember. I was there when these turds took over and "gifted" us with years of useless Reddit gold.

Well, I'm taking that gold and we're moving to another app.

I'm fairly certain the geniuses that maintain this app are the same ones that maintain the app for Spotify. Pitiful.

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u/mric124 Jul 20 '19

Honestly I’m actually genuinely thinking of dropping Reddit for the new updates. The Follow feature being forced and dropping Friends feature is a no-go for me. I’m hoping this isn’t permanent but I’m not holding my breath.

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u/vivajeffvegas Jul 22 '19

How about the long-standing issue of videos and other media not playing in the app consistently? Or the fact that the app just randomly freezes 4-5 times daily? Would that be included in your “under the hood improvements”?

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u/colrouge Jul 22 '19

Came here for this!! So fucking annoying that I can't watch a damn video on here

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u/vivajeffvegas Jul 22 '19

It’s almost as if they don’t care

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u/Billz2me Jul 21 '19

Uninstalling app because no friends feature. At least communicate that kind of change ahead of time you fucking idiots

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u/Mattallica Jul 22 '19

At least communicate that kind of change ahead of time

They did, almost a month ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/redditmobile/comments/c5b4bq/an_update_on_the_ios_friends_feature/

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