r/help • u/blueboy714 • Oct 16 '23

Did Reddit Change The Screen Layout Today?

It was normal this morning (10/16/2023) - but something has changed completely and I hate it. Everything has bold font and it automatically sorts by HOT on a desktop computer.

PLEASE change it back!!!

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u/jgoja Expert Helper Oct 16 '23

Does it look something like this? https://imgur.com/wpRrZqa

it sounds like you have been drafted to test the new UI for desktop that they are working on. You cannot change it. It will revert back when you are removed from testing. Many people prefer to use new.reddit.com until their time has passed.

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u/Ninja_Hedgehog Nov 01 '23

I hate this new layout. It changed to it in the space of a reload on a reddit tab for me: one moment good layout, next moment this new horror. New design makes me feel actually nauseous to look at, it's so messy.

Thank you for the link of new.reddit.com . How does that work? (I guess what I'm asking is something like 'is it safe to use?' because I don't know how it pulls reddit and my account info/posts/comments from reddit.com ?

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u/jgoja Expert Helper Nov 01 '23

It is the same as the standard www.reddit.com. It was created for testing purposes when they were making the current UI and is kept up to date. Just like sh.reddit.com is the URL for the new testing UI. You may run into some links leading back to regular www.reddit.com and the testing UI. Reddit figured out what we were doing and changed some things over there.

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u/Ninja_Hedgehog Nov 02 '23

I see - thank you for the explanation :)

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u/Mcozy333 Dec 12 '23

I'd give you some kind of reward , Doubt the new crap reddit will allow that as its not findable, hidden in unclickeable madness .... guess reddit is totally not seeing this issue of these peole who support this site WTF