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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Debrox@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.world

Happened to me a few days ago, and I just can't believe how bad this redesign is!!

It's hard to comprehend what goes into the heads of that dev team, but they basically ruined everything nice about the platform. The API changes were pretty much a fatal shot already, but this new redesign seems to be what tipped the scales for me, and hopefully many more.

It's a great time to switch to Lemmy, and I think I'm going to make the effort to stick around and abandon the habit of opening reddit multiple times per day.

Do you think forcing this re-design will bring more people here? I'm hoping for that. Reddit betrayed us and I can't find it me to keep forgiving them for every horrible, anti-user decision.

I noticed in some moderator subreddit, that it is planned to kill new.reddit.com as well. Old will likely stay for longer, but new is what I got used to, and if they take it down I won't bother getting used to the newer, garbage UX.

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[-] Starayo@lemmy.world 76 points 8 months ago

The redesign was garbage ux from the start and they ignored absolutely all feedback for years. It was fundamentally flawed from the very beginning and they buried their heads in the sand because they knew most people would still use it.

Most people seemed to use the official app anyway, which is even worse, so I don't see many people changing over this. I was one of the people who said when old Reddit was gone so was I, I just didn't expect them to do something worse before that time came.

[-] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago

Won’t change much. Look at OP, complaining about the betrayal and going back several times a day. Old habits are hard to break.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

When RiF broke I never went back, i need lemmy to prosper or I will be out of doomscrolling app

[-] Starayo@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

Honestly I kind of like that lemmy has less content at the moment. When I've seen everything I'm interested in I close it and do something else, rather than doing nothing but scroll.

Though I do miss the long format text stuff a bit.

[-] mrbm@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

What app do you use to browse on mobile? I’m using Memmy but had trouble posting.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I'm using Jerboa, it's not perfect but I'm too lazy to change lmao

[-] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's not habit, it's that there are many things on Reddit that are not on Lemmy in any meaningful sense yet. I use reddit for those communities that don't exist here and I don't feel like quitting, but Lemmy gets my full attention for everything else.

Using both platforms at once is more about necessity and patience. Lemmy will grow, I'm certain of that, but I'm not going to pretend it's anywhere near active enough yet to fully replace every aspect of reddit. It will, but it isn't there yet.

[-] MahnaMahna@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Same. I tried to quit (and even deleted my account) but realized that the Lemmy equivalent of my home city community isn't yet on here (and there's also a buy nothing subreddit that's been helpful for getting baby stuff). I use RedReader and I'm only subscribed to three local subreddits.

[-] brax@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

Their motto seems to consistently be: "Drive out the old users who remember what we used to be. Rein in the new users who embrace the enshitification and change from content aggregation to social media"

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