FYI: If you log into Reddit with the Redesign Opted Out, it Opts you in

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36949704

by Racing0461 • 3 years ago

14 9 3 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

you might have noticed something a bit disconcerting. If you log into Reddit with the Redesign Opted Out, as I've discovered, the platform will actually opt you back in, automatically. It's not just a technical hiccup or a bug that's slipped under the radar. This, it seems, is a deliberate dark pattern.

mikequinlan2• 3 years ago

For me, it still leaves me in old reddit.

Racing04613• 3 years ago

try in incognito mode

mikequinlan2• 3 years ago

If you're signed out, like with incognito mode, then it doesn't know anything about your preferences.

millzlane• 3 years ago

Just like the dark pattern that wouldn't tell you that you didn't need an email to sign up. Looks like they require an email now. /barf

ecf• 3 years ago

Anyone else notice that if you’re logged in via mobile browser you lose the ability to collapse post comments?

Normally I’d just think it’s a bug but I can see Reddit doing scummy stuff like preventing you from viewing anything without a login and then making the experience shit in order to finally drive users to the app.

Using SinkIt to block the login prompt let’s me click into posts and collapse comments just fine.

benglish11• 3 years ago

As recently as this morning I was able to collapse comments on mobile web by just tapping to the right of the commenters name.

edit: tested right now and it still works for me

FYI: If you log into Reddit with the Redesign Opted Out, it Opts you in

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