SeeStarsBREAKING: REDDIT IS DOWN
okfuskeeI've used rif and old.reddit respectively for so long that I really had no idea how much of a shitshow the ui had turned in too until I checked it out through the official app and new layout style in browser.
No fucking thank you, take your glitter shit and constant ad pushing and jump off a cliff.
The first ad that popped was a promoted post for machine gun kelly. I listen to grindcore, crossover, metal, etc.. That sealed its fate in my eyes.
breadsmasherfor years companies have been trying for “targeted ads” but in rare occasions I see ads, they’re terribly off the mark, like you have mentioned
fcuksCompanies have been trying and succeeding with targeted ads*
There's a reason a bunch of the biggest tech companies in the world's main revenue is these ads, they absolutely work.
swntYou'd be surprised to hear, how many users are still clueless and don't use an ad blocker.
Honestly that's one of the things I'm stoked on about this, the fat gets trimmed. Leave all the clueless people with the loudest, uneducated opinions to sink on the redditanic.
staticI don't even think most of their ads gets interacted often. The small amount of people who are using the official reddit app probably have probably gotten used to it now so will just wait this blackout out.
Same here. I've been using old.reddit with RES and apollo for so long that I forgot reddit even had ads until I tried the official app.
jelloeater85Same, RiF + old. FTW
Yeah. I don't mind ads if I'm getting content for free, but at least know your audience. I feel like especially the hegetsus spam was wildly misplaced on Reddit.
I actually prefer when the ads are targeted but wrong. It shows me they don't know me as well as they could. Also if I'm not interested they aren't distracting
I used the official app but I have ADHD, which is basically targeted ad kryptonite. By the time they target something to me, I've moved on.
ratboyNot related at all, but hear me out...lemmy needs a grind/extreme music community
Same. "new" reddit makes me want to barf. So does the official app.
There was some kind of cookie consent popup on old.reddit.com and it said "go to the new reddit to set preferences" or something like that and i accidentally clicked it without reading properly and got sent to new reddit.
What a shit website.... I will never use new reddit. Get fucked spez