https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/17ugpl6/changelog_comment_spotlights_new_chat_channels/
created by BrineOfTheTimes on 13/11/2023 at 18:08 UTC
0 upvotes, 93 top-level comments (showing 25)
Happy Monday, y’all!
Another month has passed, which means it’s time for Changelog. Keep reading to learn about the latest changes on Reddit, including new chat channels features, an easier way to follow conversations, and improvements to reddit.com on mobile and desktop.
Speaking of chat channels, we’ve launched some new features and mod tools in the past couple of months that we are excited to share with you.
As a mod, you can now **pin your message** to the top of a chat channel. Many of our communities are using pinned messages to welcome members, share rules, keep conversations on topic, or highlight something funny/interesting in the chat.
Example of a pinned message and conversation thread in a chat channel
As a user, you can now have **threads** or side conversations in a chat channel. Simply tap on the message you’d like to respond to and select ‘reply.’ Other people will be able to see the thread and respond to the message as well.
Lastly, we’ve added typing indicators to the experience so that you’ll be able to visually see other redditors typing in the channel.
If you're a mod, you can **request** the chat channels beta in your community by filling out this brief form[1].
1: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1h3Su8P43tGRqMLUHoScNirE08hXBpwpfWn07PElXQyI/edit
Conversations on Reddit are now easier to follow, thanks to Comment Spotlights. Comment Spotlights give you additional context when you click on the overflow menu on a comment by highlighting the comment in focus and also providing a preview of a comment’s direct parent if it’s a reply.
Comment Spotlights are also available when clicking on the mod shield to improve the moderation experience on the post and comments page.
User and Mod Comment Spotlights
We’ve started to allow a small number of redditors to access the improved logged-in desktop and mobile web experience. This updated web experience loads significantly faster and will be similar to the recently updated logged-out web experience.
We’ll be continuously working on making progress over the next few months and will work to expand these improvements to moderators as well. We plan on sharing mod-specific updates on this in r/modnews soon.
If you’re a user (non-mod) and interested in getting early access to the improved web experience please let us know here[2]. If selected, we’ll reach out via DM.
2: https://forms.gle/F72nUC35P3FpgYH4A
In case you missed it, last week we announced[3] the accessibility updates made on 14 core surfaces to improve the experience of mobile users who engage and navigate content on Reddit with VoiceOver (iOS) and TalkBack (Android).
That’s all for today, folks. Have questions about these updates? Holler in the comments – we’ll stick around for a bit to reply.
Comment by kwizzle at 13/11/2023 at 20:39 UTC
147 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Why are you trying to make chat happen? I've never felt a need to chat with someone on this site. We have posts where we can interact with each other.
Comment by _BLACK_BY_NAME_ at 13/11/2023 at 19:44 UTC
158 upvotes, 7 direct replies
I’d just like to say that the team developing the official Reddit app are absolutely awful at what they do. After Apollo was forced to shut down I quit Reddit for a while, hoping that with all the blowback the app would get some attention and become a somewhat pleasant experience. This app is so incredibly unintuitive, constantly pushes ads in your face, constantly glitches and doesn’t even play the content I select half of the time. I can barely even go on Reddit anymore, it’s such a frustrating experience. Fuck u/spez and anyone else who essentially killed one of the only applications that made this website a competent experience.
Comment by Watchful1 at 13/11/2023 at 18:19 UTC
52 upvotes, 5 direct replies
We’ve started to allow a small number of redditors to access the improved logged-in desktop and mobile web experience. This updated web experience loads significantly faster and will be similar to the recently updated logged-out web experience.
Super curious how you're getting feedback for the new experience. Are you doing any a/b polling or gathering any usage metrics?
Comment by m1ndwipe at 13/11/2023 at 18:23 UTC
175 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Congratulations on continuing to provide a significantly poorer user experience than Old Reddit and third party apps.
Comment by RThunderGod at 13/11/2023 at 18:12 UTC
39 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Why is the feed all small on the iPad app? Please fix this poor user experience. Stuff like this is why many people used third-party apps.
Comment by Tim5corpion at 14/11/2023 at 02:36 UTC
30 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Is this "improved logged in mobile web experience" the changed UI that appears when I go to search?
If so, I would like to say that
and the people in charge of this ""improved"" web experience should be ashamed of themselves for not giving us any place to give feedback on this unwanted change.
Comment by ivanoski-007 at 13/11/2023 at 22:45 UTC
25 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I miss third party apps, they should school you guys on how to actually make a decent reddit app.
Comment by tcuki at 13/11/2023 at 18:44 UTC
22 upvotes, 2 direct replies
If you’re a user (non-mod) and interested in getting early access to the improved web experience please let us know here. If selected, we’ll reach out via DM.
It seems like we don't have permission to view this form:
Comment by monsieur_red at 14/11/2023 at 00:23 UTC*
20 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Reddit sucks. Not only is the app and website becoming increasingly unintuitive but the extremely selective applications of the rules has made using this site impossible to use on every level. It’s to the point where admins will allow hate speech in some areas (and suspend you for reporting it) but then ban you for a slightly edgy joke on a whim. It’s sad to watch this once decent website turn into dogshit due to incompetent management by a corporation that cares about nothing and only views its users as a resource to mine ad revenue.
Comment by TehNolz at 13/11/2023 at 18:15 UTC
52 upvotes, 4 direct replies
We’ve started to allow a small number of redditors to access the improved logged-in desktop and mobile web experience. This updated web experience loads significantly faster and will be similar to the recently updated logged-out web experience.
If this refers to the interface that's been running on https://sh.reddit.com/[1] for a while now; please keep it as far away from me as possible. So much wasted space...
Comment by somerandomperson2516 at 13/11/2023 at 21:11 UTC
37 upvotes, 1 direct replies
if you ever feel useless remember that chat exists
Comment by angrycatmeowmeow at 13/11/2023 at 19:36 UTC
29 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Please let us make "latest" the default timeline view. Don't Facebook my reddit.
Comment by reaper527 at 14/11/2023 at 01:48 UTC
12 upvotes, 0 direct replies
so more trash nobody asked for but still not doing anything about the things people actually care about like your awful blocking system or how terrible the official app is compared to the 3rd party apps you destroyed or how impossible it is for people to find their own comments now that you took away pushshift?
Comment by austroalex at 14/11/2023 at 08:25 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Fuck u/spez
Sent from Boost
Comment by TeddyNismo at 14/11/2023 at 07:17 UTC
10 upvotes, 3 direct replies
please let me out of the beta test of this new layout, its so so so bad.
i have to see one post at a time now, the "list" layout was so much better since i looked at 10 different posts and entered one that i really cared about without wasting time scrolling trying to find something interesting.
the media is so big for no reason, just let me back or use the "Opt out of beta test" feature that you have to let people out of this new layout.
Comment by RockieK at 14/11/2023 at 00:58 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
SO. BUGGY. Can't comment on a lot of threads, and I want to see everything in one page. This shit looks like Facebook.
Comment by animationBeAr_t at 14/11/2023 at 10:01 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Is Reddit partnering with a fact checking org or developing it's own version of Community Notes from Twitter?
Technically mods could work as these, but after the reddit api controversy many posts reaching r-all are about the same quality of 10 years ago (misoginy, bad titles, bots) which I believe to be indirectly linked to Mods leaving their positions after the protests.
Comment by Pleasant_Choice_6130 at 16/11/2023 at 05:26 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
PLEASE STOP. I HATE **ALL** of these so-called "upgrades" and "improvements."
Please just NO.
You are making a formerly fun, easy internet interaction experiencing excruciatingly difficult
and laughably awful. NO ONE NEEDS OR LIKES THIS. PLEASE TAKE THIS AWAY ASAP.
Comment by PleaseBeAuthentic at 14/11/2023 at 06:20 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You're just paving the way for, once a competitor is "chosen", the exodus to happen in mere days.
Comment by PsionicBurst at 13/11/2023 at 21:46 UTC
17 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You killed third party apps, you pathological battery.
Comment by MelaniaSexLife at 13/11/2023 at 18:49 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
do something about dms. I keep missing important messages because i never got any notifications anywhere
Comment by Globellai at 14/11/2023 at 10:10 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The web interface now does lots of page loads when expanding more comments. It used to be that loading more comments would happen in page, only on very deep comment threads would it give a link that loaded the deeper tree in a new page. Now it's like 3 comments deep and new page loads are happening. It's also the same + icon for whether it loads in page or a new page. The new page loads means I then have to hit back and refind where I was to continue reading.
It's a terrible user experience. IT'S JUST TEXT. It's a really small amount of data and doesn't need a new page load. For the first time I'm looking at old.reddit and thinking about a few css tweaks to make it more to my liking.
Comment by ThisIsMyPornHandle at 14/11/2023 at 13:03 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Booo, bring back third-party APIs, you cowards.
Comment by theworfosaur at 16/11/2023 at 04:38 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Can you provide an option on reddit mobile view to stay in the classic look? The new look is unusable. Clicking on a picture/video takes you to the reddit post page instead of just letting you see that image. And everything is so big so there's much less content in one phone screen view. Comments are spread out, they don't flow easily. And pages don't seem to load any faster.. feels the same or even slower.
Comment by iEatAppIes3465 at 14/11/2023 at 14:39 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Fuck u/spez
