114 upvotes, 5 direct replies (showing 5)
View submission: An Improved Web Experience
Today when I go to i.reddit.com on my phone, it seems to redirect to the new reddit and not the old mobile reddit style. And all my bookmarks which have the old compact style are now redirecting to the new style.
Is what I am describing, what you're saying is happening in your post?
Can we please keep the more compact, reddit style for mobile? The new style is really bad. I understand that reddit is going to go public eventually and the metrics need to be there for what shareholders would want, but can you please leave this for the old folks? Even if you can hide it better like with a more complex url or something so the average redditor won't find it, just leave it in?
That way shareholders can be happy that reddit is about to squeeze users the way they would like while leaving those of us who use old.reddit or i.reddit alone. Surely not that many people use old.reddit or i.reddit anyway right?
Comment by pingpongjingjong at 23/03/2023 at 19:47 UTC
24 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The i.reddit was so much more functional on mobile. Easier to read, easier to navigate. Please bring it back! It’s best for users to have a choice: If they like the new way, great; if they like the old way, great.
Comment by cybercobra at 23/03/2023 at 20:55 UTC*
22 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Per HackerNews, it's still accessible (for how much longer?) via https://old.reddit.com/.compact
[Edit 28 March noon-ish PT: And now that's also dead 🪦]
Comment by [deleted] at 23/03/2023 at 23:16 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 28/03/2023 at 21:30 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Believe it or not, i mod 3 subs, and the metrics show that the majority of users are coming from old reddit and iOS Third party apps. my bigger sub says all coming from old reddit. I like old reddit
Comment by cozy__sheets at 23/03/2023 at 20:36 UTC
-60 upvotes, 80 direct replies
Whoops - looks like some of the changes we were planning got out of the bag a bit early - yes, the change to compact and i.reddit.com is part of this project. We also intend to deprecate the amp platform this year.
We are making these changes in an effort to streamline the experience and reduce the number of ways you can access Reddit on the web. This is part of our broader effort to simplify reddit talked about earlier this month[1].
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/11l3td9/making_redditing_simpler/
The changes that happened today to i.reddit.com and compact, and the ones coming to amp do not impact old.reddit.