Do people actually like all of the overdesigned clutter to the point where it makes them not want to switch sites?
To me, the stripped down clarity on Lemmy is a feature. I remember back in the day when people flocked to Facebook from MySpace, in large part because they were sick of eye gouging customized pages and just wanted a simple, consistent interface. The content, not the buttons to click on it are the draw right?
Nah I stayed on old reddit because I like that every sub has it’s on interface and personality. I used to visit lots of new subs just to see their unique design. Lemmy’s interface is very sterile and boring to look at.
It feels familiar to old.reddit so i like it. Squabbles has an interesting approach to displaying posts + comments tho
I’m here to read think and talk. I like it simple.
Same, was using old.Reddit before and plan on figuring out how to use the tools I saw to redo lemmy to page layout on no stupid questions.
Yeah, for real. “But there’s no fun awards and bubbly icons and bright colors.”
Well then, go back to kindergarten.
I like a simple design. Lemmy is simple.
I do think there’s opportunity to refine the UI. Doing simple but also beautiful and intuitive isn’t easy, and Lemmy isn’t all the way there yet. I think there could be benefit from a few really good design nerds working on the design.
Definitely multiple sites on the fediverse can use some UI/UX tweaks and a high level pass on user flow and functionality. Like I get it, people shouldn’t flock here and expect it to be a Reddit clone, but if people want mass adoption (and you do because you want comment and engagement), there needs to be QOL improvements to the core experience.
Lots of devs going around though trying to fix things up. I’m looking into kbin myself, but give it a few months and everything will be in a much better shape
I agree that a major blocker for the average people to enter the fediverse is indeed the lack of UX design in general. Collapsing comment threads comes to mind, for example, or a better layout for reactions (up-downvote is in top right corner, but reply/boos is bottom left, not really the best approach).
Kbin’s default UI is pretty chill
Kbin’s is much nicer than Lemmy’s in my opinion. I think that might be because of how familiar it feels to reddit.
I think kbin is pretty nice as it is and I am sure the developers will make it even better in the future.
A really nice bonus is the lack of advertisements on the platform (or maybe I am blocking it, I dont know?). compared to official reddit it feels very refreshing to only have content to focus on.There will never be ads on this platform or any other fediverse platform.
With Meta’s “Threads” on the horizon, I’d be careful saying stuff like that
Don’t jinx it man!!
Ah, a preview of people defending Reddit for removing old.reddit eventually.
Are those points meant to be bad things?
Using Kbin, and the default minimalistic design with everything in discrete text-boxes reminds me much more of older forum’s than Reddit ever did. I like it!
People saying these things are the summer children of the internet. They are innocently naive and simply don’t understand what they saying.
Or, they perfectly know what they’re doing and are trying to divert people from alternatives. Hanlon’s razor does not always apply, stupid can be at either side of the stick/carrot.
In all seriousness, I agree that is quite likely the case.
Exactly, they should search how Reddit’s original frontpage looked like. I have a feeling none of the people saying that even use websites, just apps
Reddit is full of people who call it an app in conversation.
I thought they were talking about the reddit app but no, they are talking about the site itself as an app because they found it on the app store like they found tiktok
This is not incorrect. The site itself is a web app. It has programmatic functionality beyond what you would find on a static web site.
Lemmy clients could definetly benefit from more customization options. Let everyone have it as they want.
i agree. the only reason why i hae accounts on shit like this is to prepare for the VERY VERY MINISCULE chance that reddit will shut down due to them making shit decisions.
bring back css for every community
The basic platforms are more successful. They are faster and less user hostile.
old.reddit.com Hacker News Old Digg Old Fark
I think critiques are pretty helpful in the early stages of growth. There’s several little UI/UX tweaks we can do to make these places feel more inviting.
Lots of people are listing bug reports or submitting PRs, I’ve got one going that’ll add your profile image next to your name, something simple but nice to have.
With time these sites are all going to shine :)
I’d rather see avatars removed entirely.
The platform is not the content. The content is the content.
