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View submission: The web redesign, CSS, and mod tools
* Yes, make it easier to use generally
* Yes, more inviting to new users
Alright spez I've been willing to give you the benefit of the doubt in the past but I'm going to have to call bullshit here. CSS isn't difficult to use, and for any potential issues it's widely documented across the internet as it is a common standard.
That third reason has some legitimacy, but it's a pretty big stretch to remove a major feature over it. Were there any other deciding factors behind this change that you haven't shared with us yet?
Comment by 66023C at 23/04/2017 at 13:55 UTC
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Reddit wants to remove anything that makes it weird or confusing. They don't mind alienating their traditional base of users if they can capture the general public audience: Facebook users, BuzzFeed users, etc.
So yeah this decision sucks and will make reddit less fun and our communities totally generic, but we can always move to a new site once reddit is as safe a place for the general public (ie advertisers) as facebook.