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    how are websites with such POOR usability such as reddit popular?

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    • QUE?
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    • i wouldn't use it without the reddit enhancement suite pluginscarabin
    • content makes it popular, they don't give a damn about usability
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    • yes, I know content is king and all that jazz, but still -- the reddit user experience is absolutely painful!chukkaphob
    • @scarabin what's that plugin you speak of, please?chukkaphob
    • Headlines....Hayoth
    • https://redditenhanc…scarabin
    • https://redditenhanc…Gnash
    • @scarabin thank you!chukkaphob
    • yes to content, and yes to RES, and yes to content again, cos it's a freaking huge black hole timesuck of sometimes amazing sometimes crap content.BuddhaHat
    • As much as I am a huge proponent of Usability, is this a case in point that Usability is not all that important? Ugh.chukkaphob
    • i dunno, if i don't "get" how a website works within a few seconds i close that shit. i used digg until i found out abour RESscarabin
    • that's why they don't have to care about usability. the content is so addictive and toxic that high end users ignore the difficulties of the ui
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    • you already said that and you're pretty much stating the obvious. LOL!chukkaphob
    • Why would anyone not be a 'proponent of usability'?detritus
    • Look at 4chan. Garbage UI, incredibly popular.i_monk
    • @detrius that's the paradox. Ultra popular sites with terrible usability are as successful and "useful" as they can be.chukkaphob
    • chuck wtf is your problem? what i explained is the exact opposite what happens with radio listeners for example
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    • if the broadcast quality suxx high-end listeners tune in to an other station regardless of the content.
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    • @sted whoa whoa. Chill, bro! I have no problem. You just keep repeating the obvious, is all I said. We all know the content is valuable.chukkaphob
    • Where does usability come into play? Only to enhance an experience? Why then do usability experts preach that usability is as important as content?chukkaphob
    • yeah sorry you're right, i'm a bit tense today :)
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    • I don't think Reddit is so terrible as far as usability goes. It's just not a very polished visual design.yuekit
    • @sted all good. Sorry if you felt like I was hard on you. I didn't mean to sound that way : )chukkaphob
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