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Comment by SamuelAdams | Hacker News Reader

This is why I love Reddit and Wikipedia. You can make an account, but you don’t have to. Compared to say Pinterest, where content can’t really be accessed at all unless you make an account.

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Reddit doesn't deserve the love. Forced to login to view content (for everyone that doesn't know 'old' exists), can't download their videos, ban bots that present a downloadable link, obnoxious popups to download their apps, unable to reject cookies on 'old.reddit.com' without first going to 'new.reddit.com' to set preferences, trick users into giving them your email, etc.

Hell, reddits' interface is so terrible and slow that its a basic requirement to get an account solely so you don't have to use it.

Reddit is literal evil. Last time I used the new Reddit, the up vote scores and comment counts change in real time on the screen. Like what the fuck.

Is there a fuzzing algorithm used on votes so that early in the voting you can't tell whether it's up or down?

There are also some subs that hide vote counts for a period of time. I assumed this was just a more aggressive way to stop the spam votes.

First off, you absolutely do have to make an account to participate on Reddit. Second, screw Reddit, between shadowbans and required external IDs to register and the various new anti-user design updates... No, they're not a positive example of anything anymore.

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