1487 sats \ 2 replies \ @chairman_pretense 29 Jan \ parent \ on: Reddit Advised to Target at Least $5 Billion Valuation in IPO tech
They were incredibly late to develop their own mobile app (or even a functional mobile web view). The sign of rot to me was when this design came through, but not because it served users better - it was launched as a better interface for serving ad formats and avoiding ad blockers.
i was surprised by how slowly they rolled that change out… if i recall correctly, for years Reddit allowed people to use either the new version or the old version of the UI.
to me the fact that their team couldn’t internally commit to picking just one design was a signal that the company wasn’t well aligned on a path forward.