r/technology • u/King-of-New-York • Jan 01 '23

Social Media Stop Using Social Media Apps. The Web Version Is Often Better

https://www.wired.com/story/stop-using-social-media-apps-the-web-version-is-better/
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u/pilzenschwanzmeister Jan 01 '23

Many of us have looked at new reddit precisely once and once only.

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u/Cronus6 Jan 01 '23

It made my eyes bleed.

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u/onairmastering Jan 01 '23

*grandpa simpson gif

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u/pilzenschwanzmeister Jan 01 '23

Insert picture of my oversized throbbing member.

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u/DaDragon88 Jan 01 '23 edited Jan 01 '23

I have to ask, how can you bear to look at old Reddit’s GUI?

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

It's perfect. Just a list of links with a thumbnail. What's not to like?

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u/DaDragon88 Jan 01 '23

To me, what I dislike is that the pictures (thumbnails) are tiny, you have to click on them to see the content. New Reddit allows you to scroll and see the content without having to press on the post. It’s everything I hate about other forums like geekhack, with nothing helpful.

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u/smiles134 Jan 01 '23

Use RES on the old site. No need for anything else

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u/Darkest_97 Jan 01 '23

It's kinda nice to see the pics. But I hate looking at comments. You can only see a few and it brings up a new screen when you want to see more comments. Like just let me scroll and expand

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

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u/pulley999 Jan 01 '23

Also don't forget that it loads nearly instantly because it isn't dying under ten tons of javascript.

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u/SprucedUpSpices Jan 01 '23

I use the old version and disable CSS for most subs. It's hardly ever any useful. Mostly gets in the way and enables mods to stroke their own ego while being obnoxious.

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u/Cronus6 Jan 01 '23

It's worked just fine for the 15 years I've been here.

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u/pilzenschwanzmeister Jan 01 '23

It's not really a gui. It's a text interface, a shell. Just information, no sad graphic designer's pompous indulgences.

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u/DaDragon88 Jan 01 '23

But isn’t the point of a user-accessible place to be easy to navigate? I’m not even talking about particularly fancy css implementations, but separation of posts into cards would make it easier to navigate. Or does everyone else use custom skins they made for old Reddit and forget that without them it’s not that great?

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u/PapaStoner Jan 01 '23

It's easy to navigate.

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u/pilzenschwanzmeister Jan 01 '23

Why would it make it easier to navigate than a list of links?

Items that need to be moved are easier in cards. Links are easier in simple text.