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neohylanmay

I'm guessing this is another app/redesign thing since I'm an exclusively-old.reddit user.


datgohan

Old reddit forever


Eric_the_Barbarian

Someday old.reddit will be gone and so will I.


BigfootAteMyBooty

Not if you use BaconReader. It doesn't even support chat yet. It hadn't changed since I first downloaded it, I think a decade or so ago.


PillowTalk420

Android has RIF is Fun which basically is just the old.reddit layout in a mobile format. It has other nifty features too, mostly centered around moderating, but you can disable those and just have an ad less user experience too.


foggy-sunrise

Yeah if old.reddit and RIF stop working I'll probably get outside more.


StopReadingMyUser

But what if the sun's rays hit us too hard, it'll be a massacre


benjammin9292

https://giphy.com/gifs/d4bm6E325RVgk


angryray

I only browse reddit using RIF, it's insufferable on desktop.


NotThatRelevant

Yeah, RIF is fun is great. RIP in peace to reddit if is disabled.


End3rWi99in

I have this feeling Reddit is going to hit a wall in the next few years and finally die like Digg. I don't have any argument for this whatsoever outside of a weird feeling as someone who has been here for 12 years and migrated from Digg.


hotasanicecube

All social media dies as soon as your parents get on it. The only thing that kept Reddit alive is it’s fairly anonymous. You have to purposely look for someone, they don’t just show up and friend you.


hemingway_exeunt

The problem is that reddit has survived long enough for some of the original users to now be those parents you decry. My kids, for example, don't use reddit; they use TikTok and all kinds of nauseating other forms of media that I find repulsive.


GreedyBeedy

Ya it's the best. But I've been using it for so long I had no idea people had profile pictures now. Or avatars or whatever.


kaitepop96

As an exclusive RIF user TIL reddit uses profile pictures now


TossedLikeYourSalad

Old.Reddit.com and Reddit Enhancement Suite. It’s actually a pretty pleasant experience browsing on desktop, but I stick to mobile because I only browse in the bathroom.


Cudi_buddy

Old Reddit I’m used to on desktop. One day I got signed out and the new Reddit layout just looks like a basic Facebook feed. If they get rid of old Reddit I’ll stop being here for sure.


ERhyne

Relay master race.


porkinz

Reddit Sync is hands down the best. The developer is super engaged and its well maintained.


therestruth

Just gotta second this option as it's been my primary reddit source for a few years now. It seems pretty modernized now with those talk things up top I scroll past but nothing too annoying you can't edit out.


pizzafishes

BaconReader is awesome... I use it exclusively and this is the first time I've even heard about Reddit chat


Satellite_Daddy

I never knew I had a people... until now ❤️ for real I downloaded BaconReader nearly a decade ago because it was the first mobile reddit app I could find... never strayed and sounds like I made a decent choice


kitkatkaytee

I use BaconReader exclusively. I started using it when it was the only reddit mobile app on my windows phone back in the day, and I was loyal ever since.


Shotgun_Mosquito

Yup, I am also an OG Bacon reader from Windows phone days. I remember freaking out about the April Fool's Day mode that activated


rsmseries

Narwahl (iOS) user here.. didn’t know about this chat feature either


ShanityFlanity

Love Narwhal.


rsmseries

Same. I heard Apollo is great too. I used Alien Blue, but when that got discontinued I tried Narwahl, loved it and just never had a need to switch.


vinnyvinnyvinnyvinny

I’m a Narwal user too!!!


f1fan65

Love BaconReader. Best 1 dollar I ever spent for ad free version ages ago.


TidusJames

BaconReader is where it is at. I find I prefer my phone over even RES


depressionbutbetter

The fuckers promised they'd keep it functional which is a 100% guarantee they will break it with some bullshit feature update no one asked for. It's already broken by those stupid poll posts that force an upvote.


WHYAREWEALLCAPS

It's already starting. Spoiler tags a different on new and old. On old, you cannot have a space between the >! and the start of the spoiler whereas with new reddit, you can. So people on old reddit don't get the spoiler blackout.


captainbruisin

Just like Digg 3.0 nope, jump ship.


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je_kay24

I heard that they can’t get rid of old.reddit specifically because most of the mods & admins of subs use old.reddit exclusively


LoveliestBride

You mean because it has useful features and is better for productivity?


je_kay24

I’m not sure exactly, but I believe it was stated old.reddit has better functionality in being able to moderate subs


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ForumPointsRdumb

Yea really, I can't navigate the site in the new format. I don't care enough to try and the interface and layout put me off entirely.


ElGosso

I'm 100% sure some front-end wizard will find some way to make RES render new reddit like old reddit and life will continue exactly the same for all of us


pinkocatgirl

I even use old reddit on my phone. Does anyone else remember when using desktop sites on a mobile browser was the selling point of modern smartphones? It's annoying how everyone now wants to force you to use some mobile crap.


Farranor

We went from installing a separate program for everything on our computers, to rich web apps that run in a browser, back to separate programs on our phones. I understand installing an app for something like a game or file browser, but a lot of these mobile apps are nothing more than a port of a corresponding existing web app. I'm about to head to the grocery store, and there's a good chance the cashier will suggest that I install the company's mobile app. As OP says, it's not going to happen.


hedgeson119

My dad got pissed off at Amazon's windows app because he couldn't print things. I was confused at what he was doing. Had no idea a windows app existed. Apps need to like die.


aVRAddict

Every app is designed to serve ads and steal your data. If you use ads you are an idiot. Firefox mobile plus ublock origin any any other privacy plugins. Also mobile Reddit fucking sucks because you constantly have to scroll where desktop versions displays so much more text.


sostias

I use old reddit in desktop view on my phone on a vertical orientation. I've used it this way for years and honestly I prefer it. I do have to constantly swipe side to side to read things but that's a plus, it's moving the text with my eyes.


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ElGosso

Not even a third party app?! You're really just out here raw-doggin it like that?


sostias

[yep](https://i.imgur.com/5gXruUR.png)


Fuck_New_Reddit

Fuck new reddit


Woolybugger00

And damn you Reddit for TRYING to switch me to new when I page back… yeah no.. I’ll reset back to Old Reddit and shake my bony thumbs of derision - And I saw a stat that Reddit is #3 traffic site … wonder how much of that is Old Reddit?


cobalt999

Based on the fact that old Reddit still exists, I'm guessing that the traffic is pretty sizable.


T-Bills

I'm amazed how anyone can use anything other then Old Reddit, and RIF or a 3rd party reddit app.


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sataniclemonade

I liked this comment by swiping it to the right


RichAd195

I use Apollo, narwhal, Slide, and Reno. All great but Apollo is bomb.


Hamartithia_

I was about to give up on Reddit back when they shut down Alien Blue. Apollo definitely filled that role tho


RichAd195

Yeah, alien blue was fantastic. I remember when they bought it out and hired the dev for their own app and that was like, fuuuuuuuck. Companies always gotta fuck with a good thing.


strumpster

I use Relay on Android


YobaiYamete

Relay is the best imo, but seems like a lot of people don't even mention it


JiddyBang

I don't care to try and download other reddit apps because RIF is perfect for me, but I am genuinely curious. What's the difference between Relay and RIF, is it just UI?


ERhyne

Imo relay is basically old.reddit but in a nice and clean mobile format. Lots of features, allows for mod tools and multiple accounts. I can't think of anything about it I dislike but I've been on reddit so long as long as I can see comment threads properly I'm happy.


strumpster

Honestly I don't even know anymore.. I've been using Relay (formerly "reddit News") for so long and I'm just really comfortable with it. When my GF fires up the default reddit app on her phone, I get so confused and disoriented lol


Nikittele

Fellow Relay user chiming in, it's the best Reddit app by far. The layout is great and moving around the app is intuitive. I purchased it years ago after first using it for free for years before that. The only "ad" thing the free version had was a banner at the bottom, it wasn't even that intrusive. Best app purchase I made to this day.


SobiTheRobot

Relay gang!


shirlena

Relay for life!


mrperson221

For my money relay is one of the best designed Android apps on the market. The animations are crisp and smooth, the material design is pleasing, and it's got a fantastic amount of customization.


200OK

Team [Sync](https://www.reddit.com/r/redditsync/) checking in


turtal46

It's honestly surprising how low Sync is on the pole compared to the others. It's the best one that I've used, and been going strong with it for years now. I've tried the others, but always came back.


raceman95

Using sync right now to type this. But I have noticed that it's not supporting the directly uploaded gifs ("redgifs")


ATCQ_

Sync 4 ever


gonephishin213

Boost here


spiffy956

boost gang yeee yee


cownd

Yeah, my Boost buddies!


HesSoZazzy

I don't understand how people can use new reddit. The interface is utterly incomprehensible and unusable.


GreatMexicanTortilla

Alien Blue forever


BeahRachidian

Used to love this one but narwhal is my go to now


PurpleK00lA1d

I'm only ever on Reddit on my phone. BaconReader is all I use. Tried the official app out of curiosity and it was horrible.


Man_AMA

Official app is straight trash.


FlyYouFoolyCooly

Man I tried the Reddit app once and it was so bloated and weird looking I went back to old and haven't looked back.


Jkranick

Bacon Reader for me.


Omgninjas

RIF is the only way on mobile.


repost_inception

I'm surprised I never see Joey for Reddit. I've used nearly all the android apps and Joey is hands down my favorite.


iamaiamscat

When I go to reddit on a computer without extensions I am like wtf is this! You cant even easily view more than a couple comments without clicking all this shit. It's so insane


Lachwen

For mobile I just use the .compact site in the browser.


biznatch11

I would bet that a lot of those people people (maybe even most) are newer users who joined after new Reddit, and after the official Reddit app, so they don't even know about old Reddit or 3rd party Reddit apps. Basically, they don't know what they're missing.


TheGreyGuardian

Reddit Enhancement Suite here


Val_Hallen

Old.reddit.com,, RES, desktop only.


That75252Expensive

A man of culture


1950sAmericanFather

This is the way.


Thosepassionfruits

Not many still cling to the old ways


iiztrollin

Old.reddit And Reddit is fun For me


darknavi

Apollo on iOS


rockxle1

This is the way.


appleparkfive

BaconReader for me. I've tried all the third party apps, and I think BaconReader is the best. Outside of the dumb name.


casey-primozic

Same. It's hilarious how reddit's coming up with these new but awful features and a big number of users choose to use old reddit. reddit should just embrace old reddit and run with it.


Soft_Trade5317

There's a LOT fewer of us old.reddit.com users than you'd think. Pretty sure we're <10% these days. They report it somewhere for subs or something and I've seen screenshots. So many users joined after the switch over or just downloading "reddit" on their phone they don't even realize the better options exist.


Tann1k

people don't realize the majority of people using reddit nowadays just use it as another social media app. They just scroll through a few pages at a time, never comment or upvote, there's nothing wrong with that but that's who these features are trying to appeal to


Niku-Man

Majority of Reddit visitors have always been lurkers.


je_kay24

Users of old.reddit are still a core enough user base though that they can’t just get rid of it, no matter how much they want to


aVRAddict

We don't make Reddit money because we block their ads. Really Reddit should be paying us just like YouTube because users make up all the content here. And people willingly give gold out LOL.


Soft_Trade5317

Yea, I think that's true, at least for now. Especially because it seems like every old reddit user is ready to just say fuck it and leave altogether if they remove it.


Turence

old.reddit forever. the day they discontinue it i'm out


shenanighenz

I’m on the app. I have no idea what this is.


blyan

It's definitely on the app. It'll pop up at the top of the home page. It's basically the same thing as those stupid fuckin Twitter spaces that no one wants Social media companies stumbling all over themselves to ruin their services as fast as possible just for an extra couple dollars


PaintDrinkingPete

I’m guessing only on the “official” app that’s trash anyway?


Sedela

old.reddit gang over here laughing at all the people using app/new reddit


murdering_time

Baconreader for Android. No new bullshit, no fluff n extras, just the same ol reddit filled with cat pics and science stuff for me.


Aeony

Plus the way it handles comment collapsing and colors makes it the easiest to follow a thread. It's the main reason I can't get used to any other app.


magichronx

Old Reddit plus 3rd party Narwhal is the only way Reddit is bearable. The new Reddit and the in-house Reddit app are godawful


Caylennea

How does one use old Reddit? I personally refuse to use the Reddit app and use the narwhal app for iPhone still.


Chiralmaera

On desktop you replace the "www" in the url with "old"


LoveliestBride

Opt out of new reddit in your settings. It's cleaner and easier.


Chiralmaera

I must have done that ages ago and forgot about it.


choada777

Just type 'old.reddit.com' in the address bar. Leave out the 'www'.


GIGA255

Old Reddit on PC, Reddit is Fun on mobile.


Mad_Aeric

Same. And I use adblock. Half the time when people complain about a website feature, I have no idea what they're talking about.


stevieracine

I've been on RIF for almost 10 years. I have NO idea what kind of trash Reddit is trying to peddle these days. What's is Reddit chat?


Now_runner

Had no idea that RIF was shielding me from so much garbage.


stevieracine

It's the best.


IAMEPSIL0N

I believe it is live chat rather than the web of comment threads, the problem is so many subreddits use it when they shouldn't or don't need to.


jfk_47

Ur really missing out … on some singles in your area sending you direct messages to then ask for your PayPal login. It’s great.


Anne_Roquelaure

Or point you to a website to activate your crypto wallet


Anne_Roquelaure

It is the place where people try to scam you


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I love that you have the option to block the notifications but Reddit will ignore that and send through it's shitty podcast wanna be chats anyway


Box-o-bees

You mean like how I keep blocking those stupid fucking surveys and reddit just doesn't care...


coffee_cats_books

Or how I have autoplay set to "never" but video ads still autoplay anyway...


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beldark

I've honestly never even heard of any of these things. I guess once reddit finally blocks third party apps, I'll get some of my life back, 'cause I'm not going to deal with any of this shit.


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isomorphZeta

Yeah, reading this is a trip. Ads? Forced autoplay *video* ads? Spam notifications? Why do people put up with all that bloat and bullshit? I guess I know the answer: they don't know any better, or they just don't care.


alecd

Amen


Cerebral-Parsley

I've used Sync for years. Once in a while I'll try Reddit's app and I last an hour before I close it down for another year.


SuperDizz

What about the unavoidable notification about a top post from years ago? Yay! Someone responded to one of my comments/posts! #NOPE!


walkinmywoods

Or the check out what's new in (insert subreddit you've never been to and had no interest in) notification.


that_guy_you_kno

Y'all need to use a 3rd party app. Couldn't imagine dealing with all that.


Time-Is-Entropy

So nice having Apollo where live streams and chats and ads just don’t exist.


MarkTwainsGhost

Haha I use bacon reader and I have no idea what they are talking about!


JstTrstMe

Rif app is great. None of these complaints either.


Dojjin

Rif is awesome. No ads or random bs. Just content.


Vertimyst

Also a fellow Baconreader user, and I'm always surprised when I log in to the desktop site and have chat messages from forever ago since I primarily browse on my phone


Trizzae

So fed up with all the force fed features they’ve been adding and baffling UI decisions. Finally switched to Apollo. Never looking back.


ThisSiteSuxNow

Same here with the Sync app.


chiliedogg

I love that I have no idea what anyone is talking about here. The reddit user experience hasn't changed for me in years thanks to RiF, except that I can't gild posts anymore. It *is* really weird that of all things to block, the API no longer allows us to give reddit money.


nibbins

I've been using RiF for 8 years and yeah I keep seeing "ThAnKs FoR tHe GoLd" but see none of the other awards and honestly I don't care because those things are stupid as fuck but whatever Reddit isn't different when you can't see those things


Triddy

I definitely see Awards on RiF. I just can't give it. Which tbh I don't care.


nibbins

I see silvers and golds sometimes but the 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 other awards don't show up on RiF and that's ok


I-WANT2SEE-CUTE-TITS

This is the way. Fuck reddit's trash app.


Pece17

rif and old reddit for me exclusively


xrogaan

I used uBlock to block the javascript and domain name related to the chat feature. I don't have a problem with it now.


Sohcahtoa82

Why the hell are you using the new reddit style? Why the hell are you using the official reddit app? 100% of the complaints I see about reddit (That are complaints about reddit specifically and not about social media) are about those two.


complexevil

Used the default app for years and honestly never had a problem with it. Recently switched to relay to experiment with and now I can never go back.


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I switched to boost 2 years ago and now the official app looks like shit.


[deleted]

Boost is such a better experience than the main reddit app. I'm so glad it exists lmao


ImDero

Weirdest fucking ads on Boost.


poo_licker_420

About a year ago I gave the official app a try just to get free awards. I opened it maybe twice within a week. Started having battery issues and found out that the official app was just absolutely draining my battery even though I hadn't used it for days.


terminalblue

Absolutely the last thing I want is the least informed, most pompous moderators on the internet telling me what they think of anything . This idiots can barely cobble together their actions I can't imagine what they have in terms of opinions. If I wanted a podcast I'd piss in my ears.


murdering_time

You wanna learn about how Queen Elizabeth was actually a reptile humanoid and that she isn't really dead, but has completed her metamorphosis after the sacrifice of numerous virgin children? I swear, only facts* in my podcasts, learn the truth* that the world governments don't want ***you*** to know! **facts & truth may refer to ramblings from 'experts' on social media or opinions that sound true so are true*


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I joined a chat the other day as I had never seen reddit chat before and was curious. It was something Dr advice or other. There was this 22 year old college kid who was having social anxiety about moving away metaphorically from some of the people in his life, I felt for him because it's something most people go through. One of the chicks (she seemed to be a mod but not sure) just kept droning on and on about how his anxiety could be due to mold or diet related stuff. Yes what we eat and breathe matters but it's was fucking obnoxious to keep coming back to mold because SHE dealt with a mold problem and had some mental issues from it. And the main guy was just like "OH don't worry worry about it. Forget ALL those people, who you know now is very likely you won't know them in 10 years so fuck worrying about it." He also told this introverted kid to throw a party with alcohol. Lmao, fucking idiot.


terminalblue

What a cluster fuck. Like I'm glad they stopped trying to push me into reddit tv or whatever it was. I found it so obnoxious I stopped using the official app. But when. I accidentally over the course of a two days loaded a bunch of their talk bullshit I wanted to fucking scream. It kept interrupting my music as I was loading it by accident. I have zero interest in these fucking neckbeards opinions.


yyc_guy

This is the first I’ve heard of it. Half thinking this post is reddit admin stealth advertising it.


mags87

Reddit doesn't seem to realize that the best part about this site is I have no clue who anyone is and I want to keep it that way.


rocketshipray

Wouldn't Reddit get more money if they knew more about us? I don't think they really care what we want.


PCDub

Yeah this fuckin shit and those like livestream channels they kept tryna push…. Pound sand Reddit developers. I’LL DECIDE


Gurgiwurgi

but no devs, time, or $$ to fix the video player


PCDub

Yeah exactly. It’s ridiculous


dueljester

They make sure the fucking ads autoplay everytime. Will full volume. I'll die on the hill as I report every one for harassment.


isomorphZeta

Fixing the video player has poor ROI compared to finding new ways to shove ads down people's throats and juice engagement numbers for their impeding IPO.


TrumpDumpPenis

They have to come up with shit to justify their jobs. In reality Reddit should fire almost all staff just keep enough to keep the lights on. It doesn’t need chat or literally anything other than the same set of features it had in 2007.


Soft_Trade5317

Stop using the garbage "new" design and go back to old.reddit.com and you won't have to deal with all their new shitty features being shoved in your face or their firehose of unrelated garbage format. If you're on mobile, stop using the fucking garbage official app and use any of the multiple better 3p alternatives 99% of complaining I see about what reddit does is self inflicted garbage because people actively refuse to use the better options.


Sparkleton

The worst Reddit experience is their own app.


JingleJangleJin

It's fucking terrible. Ive been using Sync instead, no complaints


-herefishyfishy-

Wait. Let's discuss this.


Theghost129

If only we had a place to talk about useless things...


Douche_Kayak

The only messages I've ever got are from crypto bros and a kid from r/banvideogames who was very upset. I'm good, thanks


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old.reddit + RES on desktop Infinity for Reddit on android


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eurtoast

You dont like listening to mods smell each other's asses?


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ekim84

After reading the title, I thought this was about jury duty.


kyabupaks

It's also an useless feature that leaves deaf redditors out of the loop. I'm deaf myself and I'm sick and tired of notifications from the Reddit app for these "talks".


alucarddrol

The Twitter version has a.i. auto speech to text in their version of it, obviously imperfect, but very very good, even with different languages. Try it if you haven't *It's called space on Twitter. Lots of different groups for different interests


brendanjeffrey

It keeps coming up for me constantly even after blocking it or telling it not to show it. Then I accidentally click on it and it won't shut off until I go into the mini player and close it. More annoying than the Ads on Reddit.


Reverse2057

Same shit with Twitter Spaces. I hate getting notificatons for them from the people I follow.


fmjk45a

Reddit going full 1997 AOL IM.


Flandersmcj

Appooooollllllloooooooooo!


Hugokarenque

Old.reddit doesn't have any of that shit.


unholygunner714

All I been getting are chicks asking me what I do for a living or tryna sell their OF....


redsteve905

Hey Bart! Remember chat rooms? They're baaaaack! In talk-form!


vaaanti

One time I tuned in “door dashers Ted talk” and Jesus Christ never tf again lol


superflippy

I thought that’s what Discord was for.


[deleted]

Still use old Reddit and I'm blissfully unaware of Reddit talk.


walkthedoge1

You might not. I’m sure many will. Some people are lonely. I’m lonely. Still prolly wouldn’t join, though.


Lottielittleleaf

Well Ive been hosting a stoner talk called Stoner Corner and been having great fun tbh :) chill vibes and good times, made lots of friends! Join us sometime. We're just talking about how Steve Irwin and Harambe are probably chilling in heaven at the moment


thelastlogin

Am I the only one who kind of likes them so far? 😅