Have they released any statistics about the redesign? Reddit is only usable to me with the old interface. I can only imagine new users will run away screaming, if they only see the new Reddit.
The new design is an absolute train wreck, it loads in slowly, feels like you're constantly running through treacle to do anything, let alone it gives my CPU fan a workout just to scroll through a page.
The old design runs butter smooth, almost instantaneous. Navigating feels light and quick and it feels functional. I'm really hoping they don't turn off the old design because that will be a real sad day.
I've chatted with a few people about this. I personally hate the new design, but I am interested in UX design. I think its really interesting that it's so divisive.
Considering that they've recently backported a redesign feature to the old interface, I assume the latter is fairly popular still.