I was hooked on reddit about a year ago. I realised that I was addicted to the novelty / reward cycle and that it wasn't doing my brain any good. One day I stopped and never went back. I'm sure my attention / boredom improved as a result. My anti-boredom project: a good book or a walk outside.
Agreed. While the intent (and design) of this app are great, nothing is better than doing something proactive when you're bored.
Something as simple as writing (even if you don't know what to write), or drawing (even if you think you can't draw), going out to explore your neighborhood (even if it's for the 800th time), starting a new project (even if you don't think you'll ever finish it).
I think boredom is partially a result of forcing your brain to do something it doesn't want to for too long. For example, sitting in a chair or using a computer. It's better to treat the problem (stop sitting in the chair or using the computer) than treat the symptom (do something novel sitting down at your computer).
I almost feel bad for hijacking this thread, but it is phrased in terms of boredom not "I made a Reddit reader".
It looks and feels great apart from a crash I get everytime I try to refresh the "Hot" section.
Also, I tried to remove all the default subreddits and add NSFW ones and found out that:
- It doesn't work, if you want to add a custom subreddit you have to browse them one by one, this would have been a great use of the new "multi" reddit feature, no?
- NSFW images don't actually show by default, I found no way to change this, why?
For the subreddit thing, I made it before their new system (and tried to keep it simple) but yes, it might be a nice feature. Got to think about the UX a little though.
I intend to add a "settings" page in the future where you can change color style, organise subreddits and have the NSFW overlay removed by default. Thanks for your feedback btw!
I haven't tried the app yet but from the landing page I can see it being nice to use, although possibly not the best use of time!
I think part of the reason sites like 9gag have taken some share is their great mobile experience making it easy lazily browsing—however, I'm sure hardcore reddit users will hate it!
Great UI overall. Very pretty. Here are some suggestions:
* From inside the "photo focus view", add swipe based navigation to move through pictures.
* Add an option to unset the content filter. Could even be detected automatically ("You just removed the filter on 3 photos. Want to disable that for a while?").
There are a lot of applications using "Reddit" in their name.
Also I'm pretty sure they would have to trademark "Reddito" or "Reddit" as a prefix (like "i" prefix for Apple product).
So I think it should be good.
This policy is still be thoroughly defined. Stay tuned for this to be updated more in the coming months. We’re pretty open here as well but are very cognizant of the use of the reddit trademark.
It is a best practice when creating an app to not include the reddit trademark in the name or icon and to be clear that the app is not made or maintained by reddit, i.e. “App for reddit” is much better than “reddit App.”"
I wasn't aware of that. Maybe it's because Reddit doesn't care but I still think it's a bit risky as they could change their attitude down the road especially if you app becomes popular.
