I am a user of the official Reddit app, even though it sucks, and I just deleted it. As an “experiment”.
I’ll probably come back at some point, because I do like being in touch with some of the subreddits.
But I’ll see how Reddit-free life feels for a bit. I find it really offensive that they can have such a trash UX in their app and then shut down the other apps.
The Reddit UI has always felt really hostile, which is fine… I just chalk it up to incompetence. But shutting out people who are more competent just feels way off.
> But I’ll see how Reddit-free life feels for a bit.
If you're anything like me, then it feels more productive and less addicting. Turns out the longer I do without it, the less connected to it I feel, the less compelled to go back and participate some more. And I feel better using the wasted time to do something more useful with my life.
I turn off HN periodically for the same reason, when I feel like it's becoming too much.
I’ll probably come back at some point, because I do like being in touch with some of the subreddits.
But I’ll see how Reddit-free life feels for a bit. I find it really offensive that they can have such a trash UX in their app and then shut down the other apps.
The Reddit UI has always felt really hostile, which is fine… I just chalk it up to incompetence. But shutting out people who are more competent just feels way off.