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View submission: Remove the TikTok Interface.
Hey there - thanks for the feedback. Other admins have responded to this[1] kind of comment before, so I'll well enough alone there. That said, I appreciate you addressing the impact and making suggestions per our feedback guidelines.
Comment by illegal_deagle at 28/06/2022 at 18:03 UTC
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That comment said nothing of substance and it’s because you are not allowed to be honest with us, I get it. Your TikTok interface serves ads at a higher frequency because it keeps people out of comment sections where ads aren’t served. If you’re going to do this whole “we’re listening” thing right, at least be honest.
Comment by wolfchaldo at 01/07/2022 at 19:01 UTC
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We don’t want to be. Period. The magic of Reddit is not about just watching videos, but the conversation that those videos spark.
And yet you're actively and obviously emulating Tiktok/Facebook video player and you've made engaging with comments more difficult.
Comment by Falvir at 29/06/2022 at 13:37 UTC*
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That comment you linked to is disingenuous at best, and does not actually address the concern.
You cannot honestly say that Reddit didn’t purposely design their new video player to imitate TikTok’s video player. The comment you linked is just saying “we don’t want to be TikTok” which may technically be true but is still not honest. Reddit may not want to be TikTok in that it ONLY wants to show videos, but it clearly is emulating them when it comes to their new video format.
If anyone doubts that from looking at the button layout, then they would certainly be convinced by Reddit changing the swiping UI to match TikTok’s for videos when it goes counter to their swiping UI when it comes to every other aspect of their app. You may not want to be TikTok, but your video UI is wearing a TikTok costume 24/7 so you can understand why people would be confused. On this subreddit where you’re asking folks opinions, they’re telling you they don’t like that.
Comment by [deleted] at 08/11/2023 at 01:20 UTC
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