Reddit is rolling out the latest updates into apps for iOS and Android Apps. According to Reddit,“It wants to remove hurdles and reduce the friction points”.
Reddit is an app to helps people to navigate the comments and engage with it with ease. They are adding the latest feature called unified media player, instant comment loading, and a shortcut to move into a comment section.
Reddit is mainly a conversation platform that wants to make it easy for users to engage with different topics on their devices without any worry.
The company introduced the Unified Media Player which will make the user experience more engaging. Users can access different types of posts like Images, videos, and text. They just need to swipe them and explore new content.
Before when users are engaged in the conversation, then they are usually blocked due to different post types. Now, Reddit wants to ensure that users get consistent navigation across all post types.
Now, users just need to swipe left to view the new post and swipe up to get the comment access regardless of the type of media in the post.
Reddit also introduced the context bar that will be on the top of the page which gives the user access to go back to the original post or explore more content.
When the user clicks on the thumbnail, he will again land on the original post or image in expanded form.
This way, Reddit makes user engagement easier. When users click on the comment section button, then it will take them to the top of the comment section due to the latest update. Initially, users need to scroll through the post page, then it will get them to the comment section
Reddit wants to make its platform more engaging, and when users come to Reddit, they must leave the comment rather than just read the posts.
Users who are not used to this feature might be feeling a little bit of difficulty initially. Before users were accustomed to clicking on the comment to see the full post, now they will end up on the comments and the image or post will be shrunk. This way, users might miss part of the post if they are used to clicking on the comment icon or forget to scroll up to move back to the post.
Although these latest updates are minor, they will make the Reddit platform more friendly for discussion, and when users click on the comment, it will lead them to the comment section rather than end them up into the post scrolling endlessly.