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4% of redditors as a whole use Old Reddit every day.
This is utterly shocking to me.
Are there any plans to allow “new Reddit” the same level of customization power that “old Reddit” has? It’s very cool being able to go into a subreddit and see how that community has designed its own page!
It makes Reddit feel bigger, makes Reddit feel more accessible, makes Reddit feel more personal, and makes it feel more relevant to the individual community.
Comment by Bardfinn at 02/06/2022 at 22:08 UTC
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old.reddit is accessible for screen reading software; new.reddit & the iOS app perform horribly with visual impairment accessibility features / tools.
old.reddit is accessible for "power users" & mods using RES & Toolbox for Reddit & other browser extensions & scripting tools.
You might have heard the maxim:
20% of the people do 80% of the effort ...
Some of the people using Reddit do a lot of unrecognised effort to keep this place healthy.
Comment by PUBLIQclopAccountant at 02/06/2022 at 21:10 UTC
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Does the 4% of old Reddit users reflect the most devoted/active portion of the community?
From the OP:
60% of mod actions occur on Old Reddit
That's a clear yes.
Comment by codeverity at 02/06/2022 at 19:27 UTC
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Not an admin, but from what various mods have said most users are on 'new' reddit but that's primarily because they're on mobile.
Comment by blowuptheking at 02/06/2022 at 22:34 UTC
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Just because 4% of users use old Reddit does not mean that 96% use new Reddit. I'd be curious about how big of a chunk of that is 3rd party mobile apps like RiF, Apollo and BaconReader.
Comment by clemenslucas at 02/06/2022 at 19:29 UTC
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old makes Reddit "feel more accessible"?
I've had a good chuckle over that one.
What might shock you even more is that most Redditors today don't even use the website (old or new) but the App.
But I can tell you this: old reddit users have a higher share of the page views than of the unique visitors, so on average they are somewhat more active.
Comment by Ooops_I_Reddit_Again at 03/06/2022 at 04:39 UTC
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To be fair, most people primarily use reddit on their phones nowadays. Which is likely often through third party apps. I exclusively use old Reddit on my PC, but only actually browse on my PC like 2% of the time.
Comment by ahackercalled4chan at 02/06/2022 at 19:41 UTC
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something tells me the 4% is skewed and not entirely accurate.
Comment by [deleted] at 02/06/2022 at 21:08 UTC
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the most devoted/active portion of the community?
pretty much, the admins have said its the power-users that use Old
Comment by [deleted] at 02/06/2022 at 21:36 UTC
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Comment by Hasaan5 at 02/06/2022 at 23:14 UTC
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Something like over 80% of reddit users are only mobile users, so it makes sense. I'd guess when looking at pc only breakdowns it'd be more like 50/50.
Comment by Another_Road at 02/06/2022 at 23:55 UTC
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I mean, I exclusively use the Reddit mobile app, so I assume I count as a “new Reddit” user in this because I’m not using old Reddit.
Comment by JohnSmiththeGamer at 03/06/2022 at 18:25 UTC
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It's probably counting all the alts used for r/placem they didn't say active redditors.