Depressing news - pun intended. How’s it doing in yours?
It’s #98 on Play Store for Denmark thought … Not even listed under News & Magazines
I guess it’s iOS that doesn’t really know where to place reddit
Ugh, makes me ashamed of my countrymen…
With a 4.7 rating? Really, you guys? What’s going on there?
Have you considered that maybe it’s not that bad? In the last month, I have tried to find out what it is that people hate about it so strongly. But all they say is immature things like “it’s cancer”, “it’s literally cancer”, “it’s shit”.
It might not have the features that people who joined reddit in 2017 care about, but most people dgaf.
I tried it for a long time and it’s just clunky, advertisements are hidden everywhere between the posts and in the comments section, the general overview is cluttered and illogic, and it stutters while scrolling.
Dang. I forgot about the stutters. It felt… Bloated somehow? Idk how to describe it. Joey, on the other hand, felt pretty “light” to me. Easier to navigate and you can personlize it, too.
I used the Reddit official app and it wasn’t that bad for me. The problem is when the CEO doesn’t respect the community. Reddit is great because of the community. But recently, CEO is trying to go for business first, making many community feel largely ignored. I saw it as long as long as the business get in the community way, there wouldn’t be that many engagement and good experience. I joined Lemmy because I was hoping they are kind to the community. It is my opinion and many others would have different view, this is my perspective and reason to join Lemmy. Reddit app is not bad but the community is not doing well.
Look, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with liking an app that many others don’t. But it is a bit naïve to think you’re not going to get a lot of people disliking your comment, also because of the way you phrased it. Many of us used third-party apps, and we’re not used to being bombarded with ads, we knew exactly which subs we liked and didn’t and really don’t appreciate getting five suggestions every day for some random subreddit, claiming we would love it. Then there is the use of personal data and the weird decisions with taking away chat histories and awards that people. I guess if most of us really liked the Reddit app, we wouldn’t be spending so much time here. At least for me, leaving reddit was not a decision I took on a whim, and I think many other lemmings will agree.
TLDR: the Reddit app really does suck. Glad to be here.
It’s sitting at 2.8 here in Canada!
Good, good
Just google using some good old bias selection to boost app ratings. Their ratings are about as reliable as Amazon’s.
I mean how do you know that they are boosting them ? We don’t even know what criteria they are using for the rankings. I am happy to call them out but just from the screenshot there is no indicator to me they are biased towards specifically Reddit app.
2.8 is super low for ratings. So if that is a boosted one it is a really bad effort.
Selection bias in app store. This is done by obscuring older reviews under the excuse of the app being a different version. You’re then creating a selection of what gets through, and this happens to usually work in favour of the apps. And it’s particularly true for Reddit app. In the past a lot of people tried it, found a clusterfuck, rated it badly and moved to other apps, never looking back. And those are the types of reviews that got buried.
It wouldn’t surprise me if reddit apps got below 2.8. That’s just their quality level. I have used other apps for a long time, the reddit app itself (and website) are a subpar experience.
I think 2.8 is already a super shitty rating. I doubt I would ever use an app that low.
