Reddit has launched a number of new options as a part of a brand new replace that the corporate says is geared toward permitting customers to simply have interaction in conversations, uncover and put up content material. The social media platform has added the power to look inside put up feedback together with a devoted video feed and a decluttered interface. The search inside put up feedback characteristic will let customers search the feedback part for particular phrases or phrases by tapping on the search lens out there on the highest. The corporate has additionally added new Learn and Watch feeds to the app, just like those provided by Instagram Reels and TikTok.
In a weblog put up detailing the updates to the app, Reddit says that the platform has introduced product and design enhancements to be able to simplify and streamline how individuals uncover, be a part of, and contribute (put up, vote, or remark) in its communities that are known as subreddits. It has added a number of new options like the power to view posts within the Learn feed and a Watch feed for vertical video content material.
Moreover, the platform has additionally introduced a brand new decluttered interface that’s geared toward refining the consumer expertise on the platform. Additional, the corporate has additionally promised to convey new updates that may enhance its video participant, chat options, new shopfront updates, and extra, together with an up to date internet platform.
Reddit’s Chief Product Officer Pali Bhat mentioned that the brand new and present customers on Reddit will get higher experiences and choices to find new and attention-grabbing content material and communities in uncluttered areas.
Final 12 months, Reddit rolled out the power to remark with GIFs. Earlier, the characteristic was restricted to the Powerups subscribers of the social media platform. Powerups have been a neighborhood subscription that used to supply particular perks and options for the neighborhood. The corporate later scrapped Powerups together with among the standard options bundled into the subscription service. Reddit enabled all safe-for-work (SFW) subreddit to activate the commenting in GIFs characteristic letting them remark in GIFs. Notably, newly created SFW communities must decide out of the characteristic in the event that they wish to flip it off.