Tuesday, January 19, 2016

reddit.com will annoy you


reddit.com is my favorite website and even I will admit that it is ugly and overwhelming to new users. Reddit is a social news site that allows users to submit text posts and links, which other users can vote and comment on. Reddit's design seems to focus on function over form, to the dismay of new users. It certainly took me a while to get the hang of Reddit when I first encountered it. When I've attempted to share a post with family or friends, they rarely even make it to the content - they simply get lost in all the detail of the site. reddit.com will annoy you, especially if you are a new user, for the following reasons:
  • Rampant use of jargon. New users will have no idea what 'subreddits', 'reddit gold', 'TIFU', 'ELI5' or 'TIL' mean.
  • The header with a list of links to subreddits is poorly organized - it's just a horizontal list of links in no apparent order.
  • The layout is very plain and unappealing - it is just a vertical list of blue links, with small thumbnail pictures next to them, on a white background.
  • The category of each link – i.e.,  the subreddit that the link was posted in – is listed in small text that does not stand out.
  • The design is very busy, with several hundred different things to click on.
Once you get familiar with what reddit.com is all about, you will find that it is has great content because the user community does a good job of filtering out uninteresting links and comments. However, convincing someone to start using reddit.com is usually a losing battle. First impressions are very important and I can say with near certainty that you will be annoyed with the user experience when you first try out reddit.com.

2 comments:

  1. I'll have to agree with you about Reddit. Although it's nice once you get used to it. It really can be a turnoff for some people since the website can look very confusing at first.

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