I.. did not hold back. I was polite, and encouraging, but the myriad of flaws was obvious. They seemed rather put out & defensive.
It was around about them I realized that it was not going to be a good fit.
This guy. https://www.wired.com/story/reddit-redesign/
To be fair I tried it again and it's speedier and better than I remembered, especially with the classic view.
I still prefer old Reddit though. Even to Lemmy, as I prefer the fluid layout and contrast between comments.
Someone looking to maximize user engagement metrics and ad impressions.
Yesterday I saw a thread on tildes where some new user presented changes to the site via custom style which introduces rounded corners and big elements all around: https://tildes.net/~tildes/16cl/i_made_a_thing_to_make_tilde...
Guess it's the generation gap - those who were growing up with mobile devices are fond of similar interfaces and that's what reddit tried to exploit
I'm on the opposite side: I prefer minimal interfaces, like old reddit, hn or current tildes. Lemmy seems to be more "modern" on that aspect