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Reddit has had a mobile website that worked very well for years (Since the beginning?) They disabled it about a month ago to funnel everybody to the "new" mobile site, which barely works and serves only to funnel users into the app.

It's not sloppy or poor craftsmanship, it's intentional.




I have noticed no change for years and for years now it’s been broken for me. Different devices, all standard configuration, all up to date OSes. Once you log in and interact with it, it goes wonky.

I’m effect, I guess what you and others are saying is that it doesn’t matter if Reddit has good devs or bad, they are going to put out a terrible product.


Exactly so. I mean look at it this way: You and I both know that the frontend of Reddit isn't exactly a complex machine. Even poor developers could make it work. Everything that happens is a choice made at a project management level or higher.


Were you using i.reddit / compact mode, or the default mobile layout?


Default. This is what it looks like for me when I load the page: https://i.imgur.com/ed1ETWK.jpg

This is what it looks like when I click on a post: https://i.imgur.com/wqNAofO.png

This is on an iPhone 14, iOS 16.


It's my understanding that the website that worked fairly well was i.reddit.com (which was disabled recently)

Side-by-side comparison (i.reddit.com on the right): https://old.reddit.com/r/redditmobile/comments/7kaqgb/could_...




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