• gigachad@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    I haven’t spoken to very many people about this

    Obviously not. I, a millennial prefer the “new” design. I can subscribe to communities and subreddits with already is a good way to filter content. I don’t have to look at everything that gets thrown at me. Also I do not have to be scared there is a hidden ad somewhere inbetween like when using Instagram or whatever.

    I also really liked the forums from the bronze age, but those were text-based at the post level, while Lemmy also supports images and links (including thumbnails).

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      8 days ago

      Without seeing actual statistics, both accounts are anecdotal. But it’s my experience that I have had a lot less interaction of people who prefer new Reddit and a lot more with people who prefer old Reddit. Many Lemmy instances host old Reddit inspired front ends. I’m not aware of a single front end for Lemmy that strives to emulate new Reddit

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        8 days ago

        I think Voyager is one of the most popular Lemmy web frontends. I haven’t used reddit for a long time but it seems to be more similar to the new than old design… I honestly don’t talk about reddit designs with people in the real world

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          8 days ago

          To be fair I don’t talk about Reddit/Lemmy front ends with anyone except in meta discussions as well.

          I used Apollo/use Voyager as well, my experience in the early days after the API migration on the voyager community was that most people used the compact view and card view was more for iPad usage

        • Grail (Capitalised)@lemmy.worldOP
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          8 days ago

          I use Voyager, but I have it set to compact view.

          In My opinion, the best design is usually one that gives users a choice in the design.