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View submission: Remove the TikTok Interface.
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.
There's nothing here!