Reddit is similarly formatted to other social mediawith a couple of important changes. Firstlyand possibly the best partis the custom feedswhich aren’t littered with rubbish posts of thousands of things you didn’t ask to seeor uncontrollable adsinstead it shows posts from subreddits you subscribed to. This allows each feed to be tailored to the individual.Next are the subreddits themselves. There are tonsand it’s easy to find one that interests youwhich is fantastic. On reddit you can easily find like minded individuals for just about anythingand the subreddits are welcoming too. Thirdlythe format of reddit is one that allows interests to thrivefrom memers to academics to lovers of the wholesome there is a plethora of thriving communities to chose fromwithout the worry of shame or hateful comments from the others.And lastlysomething I’ve seen mentioned many timesthe absence of care for followers or upvotes. If you wish to farm for upvotes and cultivate an account with hundreds of thousands of upvotesit is entirely possible and quite funbut on the other hand lurking and lacking followers or upvotes isn’t shamed whatsoever. Overalla well made app which benefits from a community without overwhelming toxicity.

I’ve used Reddit on and off for a whilefollowing three subs specifically related to a niche interest of mine. Using this appI used to be able to browse the best of all three from the Home tabbut recently it’s been filled with posts from subs I don’t follow as “suggestions”such as things others have interacted with or posts deemed popular on Reddit. These posts are becoming more and more frequent. Isn’t that what the Popular tab is for? If I wanted to browse Reddit like a Facebook feed I’d either subscribe to more subsor I’d use the Popular tab. Unfortunatelyit’s driving me awayand I’m using the platform less and less - especially since using the browser version of Reddit on my phone is an even worse experience and effectively forces you to use the app. As a side notepeople need to realise this is a place to review the app functionality and experiencenot the platform itself or to air grievances about the site moderationor similar. PleaseApp Storemoderate these reviews more effectively so that genuine feedback about the app experience doesn’t get lost in the chaos and goes unseen by the development team.

Devs do not listen to any feedback and instead keep pushing updates that harm the usability and intuitiveness of the appfor example the new video playeran attempt to copy tiktok and be trendy while harming the user experience. It requires more taps to do the same thingsruins the comment section and cannot be paused without going full screen. They tried it once and were met by thunderous disappointmentrolled it back and now a few months later they’ve forced it on most accounts on iOS. Additionally they’re pushing you to subscribe to more and more subreddits you don’t want to“oh you upvoted a postsurely you want a pop up asking you to subscribe to that subreddit”. Plus their incessant requests to allow location services to see what people near me are upvotingno I don’t want to. But nothe site/app designed around tailoring your experience and content has a “show me LESS of this” option. How about show me none of thisget it off my home screen and never show me it again?Bear in mind that even if you did like the new changes they’re wasting time fixing things that weren’t broken while ignoring things that are broken like soundless gifs and videos interfering with music playback