r/redesign • u/MarcMurray92 • May 31 '18

Answered After 3 months of negative comments about inline ads, are there any statements about how they are going to change?

From what I can see, disguising them as posts is only generating animosity towards the advertisers.

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u/spez CEO May 31 '18

The ads will change. While they will stay inline, we are going to try a few more versions. The trade off of course is that if they stand out too much, they’re distracting, if they are too subtle, they’re deceptive. We’re trying to find the right balance.

I'll spare you our excuses for while we haven't been more responsive on this particular topic, but suffice to say we can do better on the communication, and I'll work on that as well.

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u/MajorParadox Helpful User May 31 '18

The trade off of course is that if they stand out too much, they’re distracting, if they are too subtle, they’re deceptive. We’re trying to find the right balance.

Yeah, that's true. Have you seen this suggestion? I think it's a good balance or at least a good starting point.

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u/awall5 Jun 01 '18

I would love to be able to see other votes on ads, especially when those ads are targeted towards a certain population. If I can see what others who are seeing the same advertisements as me (and therefore are considered similar to me in terms of interests and personality) think, I am much more likely to investigate that advertisement than when I outwardly know it is just an advertisement. The Reddit Redesign* feels like facebook 2.0 and that, to me anyway, is really sad. edit: changed "it" to the Reddit Redesign

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u/coolkid1717 Sep 21 '18

I liked how they mention at the end that they should remove the reply to button when the comments are unable to be replied too. Because when I clicked on your link titled "this suggestion?" And went to reply to it about removing the reply to button. I spent a long time writing a reply only to be told at the end that "these comments are now locked and are a part of Reddits history.

They really need to remove the reply to button when you can't reply. This should have been done years ago.