https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/1hcrvfl/weekly_recap_december_12_2024/
created by TheOpusCroakus on 12/12/2024 at 18:35 UTC*
0 upvotes, 67 top-level comments (showing 25)
Hello! It's December 12, so do the Twelve Days of Christmas start today or tomorrow? Does Christmas count as a day of Christmas? I don't really know. I just know a lot of birds are involved. Let's see what was involved in r/help last week, shall we?
Previously, when we announced the sunsetting of new.reddit[1], it was possible to continue using that UI if you were a moderator. About a week ago, we announced in r/modnews[2] that new.reddit would be going away on December 11, 2024. As of yesterday, December 11, new.reddit.com no longer works for users, including moderators. There will be no changes to old.reddit.com and you are still able to use it.
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/1ehmgmr/next_steps_for_newredditcom/
2: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1h7hcun/say_goodbye_to_newreddit_on_dec_11_2024/
I know change is hard! And I am happy to share constructive feedback about the new UI with the correct teams. Feel free to leave comments about this change in this post. I'll pass stuff along that can help the teams improve the experience for you.
2FA adds an extra layer of security to your Reddit account. You can learn more about 2fa in this Help Center article[4].
So if you're switching phones, plan ahead!
Getting a new phone for the holidays? Don’t forget to disable 2FA on your old device first and re-enable it on your new one. Skipping this step could lock you out of your account.
Best Practices for Keeping Your Account Safe
When setting up 2FA, you’ll receive backup codes. Store them in a secure location (not on your phone). You can access codes anytime in your account settings as long as you're in your account.
If you’re not sure which authenticator app to use, we’d suggest 2FAS[5] or Google Authenticator for standalone apps. Or you can use password managers with built-in 2fa management likeBitwarden[6] or 1Password[7].
Connecting your Reddit account to Google or Apple SSO provides additional login options which can help you regain access if your 2FA fails.
Over the past 7 days, r/help had 1,826 posts, which is 178 more posts and a 10.8% increase from the 1,648 posts in the previous 7 days. And there were 5,282 comments which is up 530 comments for an 11.1% increase from the 4,752 comments the previous seven days. 2,000 new users subscribed to r/help last week (up a mere 16 users from the previous week) and there were over 1.4 million views, which is up by 91.6k from the 1.3 million last week! Busy week!
Yes, this is in regard to new.reddit no longer being supported. You can check out this post[9] in r/modnews for some more information. You can also read my little blurb above.
8: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/1hbzk9t/my_ui_changer_no_longer_works/
9: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1h7hcun/say_goodbye_to_newreddit_on_dec_11_2024/
Lots of people chimed in on this one to say that they were experiencing the same thing with giant text. u/jgoja suggested[11] posting over in r/bugs since it is a bug. And over in r/bugs was this post[12] where u/CorrectScale took time out of their cake day celebrations to reply to[13]. And the good news is that a fix is on the way!
10: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/1hbilcz/ios_why_does_my_profile_have_massive_titles_now/
12: https://www.reddit.com/r/bugs/comments/1hbpkn1/desktop_web_why_is_this_text_so_massive/
13: https://www.reddit.com/r/bugs/comments/1hbpkn1/desktop_web_why_is_this_text_so_massive/m1jjhxd/
Seems like a good time to mention that if you're experiencing something not working properly that r/bugs may be a better place to start rather than r/help. But even if you do start here, our helpers will help you!
If you have home feed recommendations turned on, you'll get recommendations for subreddits in your home feed. There are a few things you can do here. u/jgoja explained how to turn off home feed recommendations[15]. u/Tragic_Consequences suggested clicking on "Don't show me this"[16] and move on. That way, you still get home feed recommendations, but just not like that. And u/briancs159 explained how to mute a subreddit[17]. The trifecta of answers!
14: https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/1h8evg0/can_someone_please_tell_me_how_to_get_reddit_to/
1. **SpookyPebble** - Top spot! That Reddit Answers reply is going to have to evolve! Congratulations and thank you!
2. **tadashi4** - Second place! Thank you for your continued help here! (Looking forward to today's joke!)
3. **Old_One_I** - Rounding out the top three! My favorite quote from you is "Now let's squash them bugs and help people!!" And the way you do that is much appreciated! Thank you!
4. **Mady_N0** - Always love seeing you around and helping in so many ways! Thanks!
5. **formerqwest** - Your steady presence and help makes r/help better! Thank you!
6. **ChimpyChompies** - Double duty again?? Thanks for helping this sub run smoothly behind the scenes!
7. **Timozkovic** - Always reliable and always helpful! Thank you!
8. **Terminator7786** - Thanks for the help! I've been seeing you more lately and it's been great!
9. **eclectic-n-varied** - Nice job! You leveled up to Level 5 and have a very nice trophy on your profile! Thank you so much!
10. **rostingu2** -Welcome back! Hey, you level up to Level 3! That's a lot of help you've given! Thank you for all of your contributions!
December is notoriously a crazy busy time of year for so many people. And that so many people are still willing to take the time to show up in this sub and help other users is amazing. I know y'all got stuff going on off the Internets, so it's really incredible that you make time to help people here. I appreciate everyone who has taken the time to help!
That's a wrap! (Get it? Because presents? Or something. idk) I'll be around as always! Thank you again for reading!
Comment by dudeitstacos at 13/12/2024 at 12:55 UTC
29 upvotes, 1 direct replies
i genuinely hate that I'm being forced to use the new UI. I don't ever write posts like this, but this is something that irks me so bad that I just feel like I have to voice my concern somehow or somewhere. I never liked the UI change, since it came out ages ago & now that it's no longer possible to use the 2nd gen UI by using third party extensions / quirks in the site, I really don't see myself spending any more time on this site.
I just don't understand how you have a multitude of people complaining and voicing their dislike in the UI for almost a year now, and choose to not only ignore them, but make it so that they can no longer choose how to view the site in their preferred way?? imo the 2nd gen UI was the perfect UI in terms of how it looked & functioned. during the old UI, I would use reddit on pc more compared to my phone just because of how satisfying it was in general.
I don't see any legitimate reasons why you would downgrade into the mobile-esque thing that wastes SOOOOO much space for literally zero reason other than cutting costs and laziness. i forced myself to use and like old.reddit the other day, since there's literally zero chance the devs ever remove that and it still looks miles better than the current UI.
there's a slim chance the UI gets reverted, but at least make it so third parties are able to do so again. or change it so the user can choose what layout they want.
Comment by skibik1964 at 12/12/2024 at 19:56 UTC*
22 upvotes, 1 direct replies
How come it seems like all the bugs of the new UI never seem to get fixed? Is someone reading the r/bugs Reddit? Is there a link to bugs being worked on?
We are forced now to use the new UI yet every subreddit I open lists HOT and not NEW like what my preferences show. I brought this issue up here 3 months ago and I have also reported it in r/bugs at least 4 times in the last year and yet my default sort of NEW still doesn't work. It gets tiresome to change it to new when you belong to multiple subreddits.
I also brought up that the last UI once a post has been read it turns a light shade of grey, now the change is barely noticeable so it is hard to tell if I have previously opened it. Not such a big deal on smaller subreddits but it is nice on ones with lots of posts, if one checks them out in the morning and then again in the evening it is nice to see when I hit a read post when there is a lot of them.
It gets frustrating that the developers have been working on this UI for how long, no one wants or likes it yet it is pushed on us without any given reason why! This format may work on the app version but it is really bad or not user friendly on a browser. Makes no sense to get rid of a UI that everyone likes and want but yet you keep old.reddit going that looks like a kindergartner developed back in the 90's. Go figure!
Comment by Hermitology101 at 13/12/2024 at 12:15 UTC*
16 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Why is there a large blank space taking up the right hand side of the screen? Why is the information I want to read squished into an area one third the width of the screen?
Comment by Paula_Sub at 13/12/2024 at 15:50 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I know change is hard! And I am happy to share constructive feedback about the new UI with the correct teams. Feel free to leave comments about this change in this post. I'll pass stuff along that can help the teams improve the experience for you.
Change is not hard. Change to a massively inferior option is the hard part. New.Reddit was the perfect almagamation of Old.Reddit and newer looks. This latest UI is clearly designed for mobile and it doesn't translate to Desktop.
It's been riddled with issues that have been brought up time and time again, for months, and still are not addressed. Yet developers still push it. Forcing an unfinished product to consumers that have never asked for this. How can you get rid of a sleeker and modern UI (and generally liked and praised) but still maintain a 90's look version of it still baffles me.
I will never get behind the "It's very difficult to maintain 2 versions of a different site for people". You are doing it now, but you're choosing wrong. I do not believe it's hard to offer a toggle for the users and let them pick the best experience they want for themselves.
All of these mod post about "leave you comments about this new UI so we can direct them to the appropiate channels/teams" feel overly dismissive and aloof. It's been months of hundreds of people telling you what is wrong with the new UI, everytime a mod asks, but still the issues stand.
Don't push an UI that has been not tested, it's unfinished, riddled with Known issues for months & it actually not liked by the majority of Users. Recognized that you tried, **but failed.** Scrap this idea and give us New.Reddit Back.
Comment by ANewBeginningNow at 13/12/2024 at 00:27 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This will be lengthy, my apologies, but I wanted to cover everything.
In the long run, my immediate needs with regard to this (horrible) new UI are as follows:
1. The text size (of normal comments and the body of posts) is too small and needs to be restored to the same size it was in new.reddit.com. This change needs to happen immediately and needs to be prioritized before any other changes except those relating to Reddit crashing. I have pretty good eyesight, and the text is smaller than any other website I'm on and print magazines as well.
2. I cannot sort posts by flair, that capability has not been implemented in this UI.
I previously mentioned both of these, and there has been no action. If you cannot get in touch with the developer team, or you do not have sway with them, I need to know how to get in touch with them myself. Enough is enough. I'm sorry to be harsh, but I've been very patient.
In addition, I was very put off by the tone of the admin who wrote last week's post in r/modnews and a follow up comment yesterday. He spoke about the deprecation almost with glee. He was also very transparent about this new UI being a work in progress. That is unacceptable. Normal practice in IT is to make sure all the bugs have been worked out and all functionality is complete before discontinuing the previous version. That obviously hasn't happened with Reddit. I, and others, need (this is no longer just a want) new.reddit.com to be restored until this new UI is completely finished and extensively tested with the user base that doesn't care. That means, for at least the next 12 months, and probably longer. That admin mentioned this being the culmination of a year of hard work, and this UI is nowhere near ready for prime time.
The last time I wrote, you told me that you passed my feedback to the correct team. That hasn't gotten me anywhere. I either need you to actively follow up with the developer team, or tell me how to get in touch with them myself. Thank you.
Comment by seedless0 at 12/12/2024 at 21:38 UTC
13 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The contrast between read and unread post titles are not strong enough in light mode.
Comment by ayyLumao at 14/12/2024 at 04:23 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I would really just massively appreciate the ability to use the new.reddit UI, as it no longer works for me, I find the newest UI to be inferior in nearly every aspect, including but not limited to
Comment by one-eye-deer at 12/12/2024 at 20:46 UTC*
14 upvotes, 3 direct replies
New UI is absolute garbage for moderation.
My personal issues:
Comment by Hibern88 at 12/12/2024 at 19:26 UTC*
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Would it be possible to add some sort of indication of which tabs have been read on the the UI on PC? Like the UI had a blue dot beside read posts! Would be very useful, Thank You
Comment by Monkaliciouz at 13/12/2024 at 15:14 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The biggest issue is the insane amount of wasted space. Look at this.[1] Why is half the website empty space? I understand the principals of mobile-first web design, but that does not mean 'ignore desktop design and force everything into looking like mobile'. I am not scrolling on my phone, I am sitting down at a 16:9 monitor, and half of my screen is blank.
1: https://i.imgur.com/NmfKdAA.png
It's not like the comments section is the only issue either. Here's the front page right now, when I'm not signed in and have no addons enabled.[2] In fact, looking at it now, the main page is even WORSE. Less than a third of the screen is the actual content I want to see, and over half of it is literal blank space. No, not useless space or wasted space, it is literally BLANK, with ZERO content. The rest of it is a side bar I can't hide, suggested posts I can't hide, and popular communities that I can't hide.
2: https://i.imgur.com/G5HhVCK.png
Also, pinned posts just don't work. They aren't pinned at the top subreddits. I can see an icon on a pinned post showing its meant to be pinned, but they're just interspersed in the feed like any regular post.
Comment by im_bop34 at 12/12/2024 at 21:21 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The new UI is awful. It looks almost high-constrast in some ways, but then there's no contrast in other areas. The dark mode looks amoled or something, causing the text to appear way to bright. Also, nothing pops that should. The side bars and also posts just blend into the backgroumd. The entire screen is filled with useless stuff. Also, everything is way too round. It almost looks like a blow up mobile app bc of this. Why not just keep new.reddit.com[1] around at this point? What's the point of the new UI at all even? I can't think of even one advantage.
Comment by pancakecake at 12/12/2024 at 22:17 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
My biggest gripes are the sidebar not remembering certain areas being collapsed. I want the communities up top as those are the most important part of reddit. The center of the screen is way too narrow at 1440p. The posts are way too big and I would like an option to not have videos and images open by default. I would only like to see them when I click on the post. Collapsing threads is also cumbersome as I can only collapse on the parent comment, so if scrolled down you have to scroll back up.
Comment by wiseude at 13/12/2024 at 15:06 UTC*
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
https://imgur.com/a/bsjhqb4[1][2] is right half the screen being empty intended?
1: https://imgur.com/a/bsjhqb4
2: https://imgur.com/a/bsjhqb4
Comment by SnooPeanuts2251 at 12/12/2024 at 19:22 UTC
16 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I know change is hard! And I am happy to share constructive feedback about the new UI with the correct teams. Feel free to leave comments about this change in this post. I'll pass stuff along that can help the teams improve the experience for you.
Okay. My feedback is as follows: New UI sucks, and old one looks like from early internet ages. Please let us use new.reddit UI, my eyes literally HURT trying to read stuff on here
Comment by seedless0 at 12/12/2024 at 20:58 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I have dark mode off. But every time I visit https://www.reddit.com/report[1], it forces it on and I have to turn it off again. It's absolutely annoying.
1: https://www.reddit.com/report
Comment by MJSpice at 13/12/2024 at 14:36 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Bring back the option to keep the previous UI. Most of us don't like this new UI or can't work with it. It's horrid.
Comment by IWear2BlackSocks at 13/12/2024 at 16:17 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Explain to them how is having HALF the screen EMEPTY is good design and did thy use AI crap to come up with this?
Also old reddit which just got unrightfully deleted worked with hover zoom apps, this one doesn't and really affect the browsing experience, are they going to do something about that.
Comment by Moose135A at 13/12/2024 at 20:13 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Many of my issues with the 'new, new' UI have been covered, but one other issue I have is there is no longer the ability to 'follow' a post. Under new.reddit, you could click an icon to follow a post and be notified of new replies. That was very helpful, especially in more tech-heavy threads. Is that gone forever, or is it something that will come back 'someday'?
Comment by RossaF1 at 14/12/2024 at 09:44 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Not really sure why new.reddit was killed off, but old.reddit is still in place. Seems like a weird decision.
Honestly, as a desktop experience, the current Reddit really doesn't feel that great. The main things I'd like to point out:
- The left sidebar takes up too much space. The site design is responsive and automatically hides it into a drop-down box if your browser is in a small enough window[1]. It would be good if we could get an option to set the site to look like that all the time via user settings.
- If not the above, an option to collapse the sidebar down to just the icons would be a good compromise.
- The main page of a subreddit seems to fill out the remaining space on the right of the sidebar, but once you enter a post, that is not the case. There seems to be a maximum width for posts which results in a lot of blank/wasted space.
- The above is made more obvious because the default action for opening a post on current Reddit is different, right? On new.reddit, it would open in a sort of popup, but now you're just forcibly directed to a dedicated page. This new method honestly makes Reddit feel slow/cumbersome. I do appreciate that we can chose to open posts in a new tab, so thank you for that, but I'd still prefer the new.reddit method.
Hopefully the design team does take the *constructive* feedback from all these comments on board, because there does seem to be a bit of pushback with this decision.
Comment by pawbeans40 at 16/12/2024 at 11:41 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I have been really trying to get used to this New UI, but it's just been so problematic for me. Here are the issues I'm experiencing:
My specs are as follows, if this is useful information:
Desktop version | Surface Pro5 tablet/laptop | Windows 10 | Firefox browser.
Also, I prefer the "Card View", and I use Light Mode (do not care for dark mode).
Comment by Old_Bug4395 at 14/12/2024 at 21:36 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Why won't you answer the question of why all of the feedback you were allegedly collecting about this version of the UI went completely ignored like everyone said it would when you tried to collect feedback for a globally available platform via a google form?
Here's (one of) the time's that I've asked this
It just seems really pointless to actually provide any feedback, especially when that means I have to take my time to be cordial and write out paragraphs of information and collect data on what browser I'm using and what OS i'm using, etc., when you're just evidently going to ignore this feedback wholesale.
Comment by seedless0 at 12/12/2024 at 21:01 UTC
3 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Loading Mod Queue randomly automatically goes full page to the 1st entry in the list instead of showing it in the split screen. Why?
Comment by NewSchoolFool at 13/12/2024 at 19:50 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
New layout is an eyesore.
Sidebar taking too much space.
Visited links not greyed out.
Comment sort order not sticking.
Community sort preferences not sticking/remembering.
Just leaving some feedback. Thank you.
Comment by mrgreenperson at 13/12/2024 at 21:30 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
hey op, not sure if you'll see this comment, but one thing i think could help improve things, at least in my opinion is adding a customization ability, if it is possible for you guys to of course, so if you log in it could stick with this one for people who don't have a problem with it or maybe you could add the option to make the new layout look a bit more like new.reddit, or like old.reddit, maybe one idea is that you can change how posts look on your screen, if possible of course. hope i could be of some help and i wish you and the rest of the staff good luck, thank you :)
Comment by he29 at 13/12/2024 at 23:25 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Hi u/TheOpusCroakus and thank you for taking feedback.
One of the missing features from new.reddit is the popup that tells you the upvote / downvote ratio of a post, when you open it and hover over the vote count.
It was very useful, because whether a post gets 49 upvotes and 51 downvotes, or 0 and 100, it just shows "0 points". The upvote ratio was the only way to distinguish controversial or maliciously downvoted posts (around 30 to 50 % upvotes) that may be worth my attention, from spam or very low quality posts (usually under 10 %).
Is there any chance to get this feature back, or is there any other way to display the upvote ratio (or up/down vote counts)? Thanks!
