The vast majority of users don’t like the old.reddit view, else reddit would have that as default.
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solrize@lemmy.world 1 year ago
old.lemmy.world looks just like reddit. It’s not the UI. It’s network effect and there’s not a lot to be done.
AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 1 year ago
madjo@feddit.nl 1 year ago
It was the default for a very long time. Reddit changed that because it prevented them from monetizing the site that easily. And the admins seemed to dislike what RES could do with the old Reddit look.
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Are you suggesting that businesses only change things based on what their users want? Because that’s obviously nonsense. Enshitification finds a way regardless of what the consumer wants.
AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Two things can be true at the same time.
Yes reddit doesn’t care about their users.
But also the old reddit is worse for the vast majority of people
Rokin@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I have friends who still only use old.reddit and refuse to switch to new UI.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 1 year ago
This is me. Frankly, I’m surprised people are choosing to use the new UI, but I guess maybe they only discovered reddit when it had the new UI.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Would they be interested in Lemmy? Them using old.reddit shows that they would probably like it here
Rokin@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I already tried getting them on. Maybe old.lemmy.world can help.
AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 1 year ago
How old are those friends of yours?
Rokin@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I mean… old (it’s in the name). Does it matter? What’s your point?
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
People are still on Twitter while the owner makes Nazi salutes and Bluesky is a 1:1 replacement feature-wise with a modern interface. People just don’t like to move.
amju_wolf@pawb.social 1 year ago
The fact that Bluesky is almost a 1:1 copy (which includes the dumb stuff like post character limit) is precisely why I don’t like it.