Comment by afavour
5 days ago
I disagree, I think the new layout and the app are bad for Reddit power users. But for someone brand new to Reddit today they work fine.
And that’s the point. They care about boosting their user base, not satisfying power users.
Let's take an example: if there are several images, you click on the "next" button (keys do not work!) several times, and if you are not careful, the last click gets you a full-screen image, because the button has disappeared and clicking in the same place now magnifies the image.
How is that "fine".
In the mobile app, even swiping from the left edge to go back doesn't work reliably.
Sigh, power user doesn't mean the individual is an alien with some quirky taste. Oh, the contrary. It means someone who has a wider spectrum and those who are not power users are still on the spectrum, but theirs is shorter, but overlap with the PU's. So if it is good for the power users it is almost always good for the rest of the world. Let that sink in.