Comment by bolivar-shagnasty on 01/04/2020 at 17:15 UTC

2271 upvotes, 21 direct replies (showing 21)

To participate in r/Imposter visit ***new reddit***.

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Comment by Put_It_All_On_Blck at 01/04/2020 at 21:15 UTC

14 upvotes, 0 direct replies

That was my thought, this is just a ploy to get users to use new reddit and official apps.

Also I don't know if there is a privacy policy or anything specifically for this event, but does the premise spook anyone else? 'guess if you're talking to a real person or robot'?.. the dystopian future is going to be full of bots that actually mimic humans well, EA already tried to patent that for their multiplayer video games, and I'm sure social media giants are trying to make realistic bots, not Russian or Chinese spammers with one purpose, but bots you think are real people. I feel like the data they collect from this, is definitely going to be used, and I'm sure all of threads and comments already are, it's just rare to have a dialogue trying to figure out of the other person is human, unless you're talking to Ted Cruz or Zuck.

Comment by Hawkbone at 01/04/2020 at 19:01 UTC

324 upvotes, 4 direct replies

I decided to bite the bullet just to see if it might be worth it. Tab loaded for 30 seconds, closed it, clicked on random post to test, loaded in a single second. Yeah, there's absolutely no fucking way you can make me use that bloated piece of shit.

Comment by [deleted] at 01/04/2020 at 19:18 UTC

178 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by TheMoogy at 01/04/2020 at 18:30 UTC

119 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Hell yeah. I'd rather just not use Reddit than have to use New Reddit.

Just isolate the code for everything related to new reddit and burn it as thoroughly as possible.

Comment by PurpEL at 01/04/2020 at 17:56 UTC

79 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Fucking trash. Just recently when I'm on old Reddit and click a v.reddit link, it takes me to new Reddit. So dumb. I DONT WANT IT

Comment by borisvonboris at 01/04/2020 at 20:04 UTC

28 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I'd rather guide my mom into my dad

Comment by Sukrim at 01/04/2020 at 18:00 UTC

79 upvotes, 1 direct replies

It can't be that great to make me visit the eyesore that is new reddit.

Comment by haykam821 at 01/04/2020 at 19:05 UTC

9 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Use this link instead

Comment by stee_stee_ at 01/04/2020 at 17:47 UTC

15 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Lol what is 'new Reddit'?

Sorry, I'm kind of new to all this, and still getting used to "regular Reddit" or whatever this is I'm reading this post on and responding to in my comment!

Comment by 800009654 at 01/04/2020 at 19:37 UTC

22 upvotes, 1 direct replies

New Reddit doesn't exist.

Comment by 296cherry at 01/04/2020 at 20:29 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Luckily, I already use new Reddit. Unfortunately, Imposter kinda sucks.

Comment by Finska_pojke at 01/04/2020 at 20:01 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Eh upon just seeing them both (I pretty much only use mobile) I have to say that I like new reddit more. Old reddit just feels like some dated imageboard while new reddit feels more modern

Comment by MarcsterS at 01/04/2020 at 17:48 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Yeah, same with me, but I feel like this is going to be a thing for some time now.

Comment by Vryven at 01/04/2020 at 21:11 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I tried, and like always, the tab took at about 45 seconds to have anything visible, before I killed it, and my browser's memory went from hundreds of MB, to >2gb

That's a hard no for me too.

Comment by julmGamer at 01/04/2020 at 21:27 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I tried going to new reddit and when I try to answer the question I get "TypeError: body stream already read" so I guess I'm just not gonna do it.