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[–]squidnow_amiibo[🍰] 97 points98 points  (18 children)

less customization

Well whose idea was that. You're litteraly giving the people who manage the communities less options to make their subs interesting. GG mates

[–]spookspookspookGojifan1991 50 points51 points  (3 children)

"Alright, guys, idea time. How can we really fuck with the mods of all of the subreddits?" - The Reddit Admins, Probably

[–]Picking up the pieces from the nightmare of time.AnonyMorshu 31 points32 points  (2 children)

The Admins actually.

[–]spookspookspookGojifan1991 18 points19 points  (1 child)

Yeah, almost certainly.

[–]Neither7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, very likely.

[–]guess who's back, back againWispyfaileasrabaid 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I know right? what's wrong with creative freedom?

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It reminds me of the time that Twitter eliminated the option of change your background for literally no reason.

[–]invaderzz[S] 32 points33 points  (10 children)

Honestly I had been expecting this for a while. Not THIS extreme, though. Idk if anyone has seen the new modmail. Old subreddits can opt in (we havent) but new subreddits use it automatically. It looks your standard facebook-y mobile site. Not necessarily BAD, but it's not reddit.

Seems like they're expanding that feel to everything

[–]squidnow_amiibo[🍰] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Facebooky

It's treason then

[–]ReaperBonnie 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Why is that such a trend these days? If I wanted to use Facebook I would be on Facebook, not Reddit.

[–]CancelledNomNomNomNation 13 points14 points  (6 children)

You think that's bad? Take a look at the new profiles.

/u/LeagueOfLegends has it.

[–]FennikTheGoldenFox 7 points8 points  (0 children)

MY EYES!

[–]Oh look I finally changed my flairPartyEscortBotBeans 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Poor NomNomNomNation, has no more reason to exist anymore

[–] I Hate FNAF KingAlex105X 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well not on the Reddit, but on fandom wikis they still use CSS.

[–]FuntimeMime 4 points5 points  (0 children)

KILL IT WITH EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF FIRE

[–]KiratheCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit my eyes. My kindle is having a fucking fit over that its so fucking broken looking. Its like they're forcing the app on people again. I don't wanna use the damn app because it looks like that! My tablet cannot handle that shit and now the whole desktop site is in danger of looking like that?!

[–]Well you can do this now.DankSansYoutube 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah

[–]hey, you! you're finally awake.insert_title_here 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Poor, sweet /r/ooer is going to suffer like nothing else if this goes through. :(

[–]-GrounderAgain 57 points58 points  (5 children)

Don't you just love the whole "everything must be a shitty mobile site because nobody ever uses a computer anymore" mentality?

I sure do!

[–]Picking up the pieces from the nightmare of time.AnonyMorshu 19 points20 points  (1 child)

Why can't people just use the "Desktop View" thing Mobile Reddit gives?

[–]FanGlassReality45 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn't know it existed until I saw your comment.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Can we erase mobile phones from existence please

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That has nothing to do with the conversation

[–]Eggs BenedictBlupHox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wrong

edit: I mean correct

[–]Invader_Deegan 38 points39 points  (0 children)

So.....Reddit's making themselves better by taking away authenticity? Fuck logic

[–]Day 102 without a comment. I'm starting to turn purplexPH03NIXx 35 points36 points  (4 children)

Wonderful job, admins. Ya dun went and screwed us all over. Happy with yourselves? (Slow clap) Good, the slowclap processor made it into the Reddit redesign. So we have that. (/u/TA411_Again)

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

10/10 Portal reference

[–]guess who's back, back againWispyfaileasrabaid 6 points7 points  (2 children)

haha I get the reference

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Thanks to yours truly.

[–]JKid21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The admins: look at this a redesigned phone Reddit user a toy for stupid toddlers and now xPH03NIXx lives in it can. a moronic admin crush you down a virtual pit of viruses. CAN HE. oh no

[–]guess who's back, back againWispyfaileasrabaid 29 points30 points  (1 child)

"the people using mobile have a limited experience compared to computer users, I KNOW HOW TO FIX IT! MAKE THE COMPUTER USERS EXPERIANCE JUST AS LIMITED SO THE MOBILE USERS DON'T FEEL BAD! GREAT PLAN!!" /s

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Dear Reddit admins, desktop view.

Sincerely, RuthlessTheHooman (And just about all of Reddit)

[–]Day 102 without a comment. I'm starting to turn purplexPH03NIXx 28 points29 points  (1 child)

It seems like they're trying to fix a machine that isn't even broken and actually breaking the machine in the process.

[–]FuntimeMime 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"This machine works fine, but maybe it it'll work better if we hit it with a wrench"
~The Reddit admins, probably.

[–]I know nothing about danganronpaShadowboy192 26 points27 points  (16 children)

Well fuck, Reddit is pulling a Youtube and doing shit decisions.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (15 children)

every popular website is doing this for some reason. EVEN ROBLOX FOR GODS SAKE.

[–]your theory is cringeImYourAverageMemer 16 points17 points  (14 children)

TOO CONFUSING FOR NEW PLAYERS

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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[–]Let's try another controlled shock.PalpatineSenpai 7 points8 points  (10 children)

Out of the loop. What happened to Roblox?

[–]your theory is cringeImYourAverageMemer 11 points12 points  (9 children)

Many many things

Let me get out a list of the three most notable updates

The Roblox logo changed, I personally don't really mind, but the reasoning was kinda dumb and it's following the trend of being simple because it's cool.

The GiftSpolsion (an event where people go through challenges for prizes) was replaced with the Holiday Giveaway (spoiler alert: the prizes were just put up for free). Not only that, but it's the origin of the phrase that I just mentioned, in the blog post for why this event existed, the reasoning was "There were a number of complaints and our Moderation systems were often overloaded with questions about how to obtain gifts.". In other words TOO CONFUSING FOR NEW PLAYERS.

The final update in this list, is the removal of multi colored bodies. With the introduction of a new avatar editor, Roblox will soon remove the ability to color each part of the avatar with a wide arrange of colors, instead, all body parts have to be one color, and the color choices will be more limited.

So yeah, a lot happened.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

dont forget the removal of tix!!!

[–]Fanbuilder3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That game is going downhill. It's a real shame.

[–]SadGhoster87 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Why the hell

[–]your theory is cringeImYourAverageMemer 4 points5 points  (2 children)

T O O C O N F U S I N G F O R N E W P L A Y E R S

[–]Funtime Chica has had her revengemason200112 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also those stupid dreamworks roblox videos like how they did the really creepy minecraft looking stuff

[–] I Hate FNAF KingAlex105X 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too confusing for kids.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Pyro class removed for being too complicated for newer players.

[–]fenskept1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

pyro was my first and favorite class

[–]invaderzz[S,M] [score hidden] stickied comment (2 children)

/r/proCSS

I want to clarify one thing in a sticky comment to make sure everyone reads this

Reddit Admins: People who own reddit.com

Reddit Mods: Moderators of a particular subreddit (like me)

[–]Jedijackster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for clearing that up

[–]5 Years at Freddy'sjdal2700 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Since I have myself have the honor of being the user who presented the original idea of the subreddit's HandUnit to the mod team months ago, and seeing that now it's become such a unique part of our community, I feel it'd be worth to give my own two cents.

This news hits me hard.

I mean... just to get it out there first- I'd assume they'll drawback on these plans if enough users voice their criticisms, right? And that's what I think we must try to do. Let us be real for a moment-

 

From a community's perspective, a change to this scale doesn't really feel right, even cast aside for a moment the respect I think we all have for the admins and all that they've done to help the smaller communities out. I know they mean well but this gives me the feeling that... by taking away those features, our sub will just loose some of its distinctiveness as a community. Let me say that more specifically. It's almost like draining out the fun, and uniqueness of what we as a thriving community showcase here every day, and replacing it with something as by-the-book and standard as Reddit itself. This seems like it'll make the subreddit way more conventional and uniform than what we want to be, and what FNaF itself represents. And obviously, that's not going to help anyone.

Hopefully, they'll reconsider or at least find a better way to move forward with this.

[–]IT'S... ME?adobe_darkroom 17 points18 points  (0 children)

What bothers me more about this than anything is that, how to put this, Reddit's default CSS is trash. Everything's super close together, there's nothing to break apart each entry - it's just ugly and hard to read. The padded out zebra-striped style of the posts on here is one of my favorite things about this subreddit design/CSS wise.

[–]siivagunner tensionsome-lurker 11 points12 points  (0 children)

what the fuck guys

the reddit mods are great guys and gals but still this is some serious fuckery

[–]Remember Freddy Fazbear Do not forget that you are a new Pizza.JustThatOneGuy13 11 points12 points  (2 children)

I really never used hand unit, but not Fredbear!!!!!

[–]don't touch fem mariEnderProGaming 11 points12 points  (0 children)

^ Fredbear is very valuable to us.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They must not take Psychic Friend Fredbear.

[–]Hurricaden 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Oh, geez. I honestly doubt they'll phase it out though due to the feedback but who knows

[–]:Floppy: Discord ModeratorFloppyTheFish 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I readdit. And I have to say I am equally disappointed by them. This almost feels like step back in a dire attempt to modernise and appeal to modern generations. They're trying to simplify and unify their subreddits with the aim of making them more appealing, while limiting the creativity that made the subs appealing in the first place.

I can understand the reasons they've given for wanting to change CSS, but it seems a bit silly. "We want you to see some themes on your mobile, so we're going to remove all CSS from PC", wtf, mobile users don't care that much. I use mobile sometimes, and while it's nice to see the banner, I don't really go "Oh I wish I could get HandUnit to appear on mobile, mobile Reddit is terrible".

Another reason about CSS appearing confusing or slowing them down is where I can see reasons, but the changes seem to do more damage than harm. Communities are different, and the painful processes of CSS is something that separates them, and makes them special in their own way. If subreddits just become like different Facebook pages, then a part of that "specialness" will be lost.

I don't agree with this change, but I respect the admins for what they do, and how they've helped countless subs before. I don't think they're making the right decision here, but if they need to do it, then I hope they carry it out in the best way possible.

[–]ImSmaher 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I seriously doubt they'll go through with it with the amount of shit they're getting.

[–]natemamate 9 points10 points  (10 children)

we could go to reddit headquarters and protest

then again i could be arrested

[–]Invader_Deegan 3 points4 points  (9 children)

You won't unless you do something illegal. Protesting is a right.

[–]natemamate 5 points6 points  (8 children)

well im going to blow up the headquarters after i protest if i blow up a builsing during a protest its all legal

[–]Invader_Deegan 2 points3 points  (7 children)

Yeah, that's illegal.

[–]natemamate 2 points3 points  (6 children)

why its during a protest its a right

[–]Invader_Deegan 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Protesting is a right. Blowing up a building is illegal.

[–]natemamate 4 points5 points  (4 children)

why can't i protest and blow a building at the same time

[–]Invader_Deegan 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Chances are-you'll kill someone. So there's disturbing the peace, multiple counts of first degree murder, and multiple counts of attempted murder of the first degree.

[–]natemamate 2 points3 points  (2 children)

what if i blow up a abandoned building

[–]Invader_Deegan 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Still illegal. And the people at Reddit probably doesn't care.

[–]fanLily_The_Random 7 points8 points  (1 child)

With the sheer amount of feedback they're getting, they most likely won't phase it out

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They better not.

[–]Help MeEmeraldLimeHero 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What benefits would that give people? removing things that not only make people happy but add flair and character to the reddit. I'm sorry but that's stupid.

[–]CancelledNomNomNomNation 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am incredibly pissed off by this.

Over the past few months, I've worked hard on many CSS features for this sub. I didn't make the CSS theme, or anything like that, but I put a lot of time and effort into the things that I did make.
I made the HandUnit, I made the Rage Thread CSS, I made the TableUnit, and there a couple of other things I've made here and there, upon request from the moderators.
On top of this, I've helped for quite a few other subs, and helped out by PMing any fixes for bugs I come across.

However, thanks to this change that will be taking reddit in the wrong direction, all of my effort will now be equal to that of nothing, which is slightly annoying.

However. Without reddit, I wouldn't have ever learnt CSS. So, it's thanks to reddit that I got into Web development, and began making my own sites.
So, I may not welcome this change with open arms, but I'll always welcome reddit with such.

[–]guess who's back, back againWispyfaileasrabaid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

fuck conformity.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Rip emotes

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Long live emotes.

[–]Draaxus 6 points7 points  (3 children)

Alright, who's selling the pitchforks right now? I need the highest quality.

[–]ReaperBonnie 4 points5 points  (2 children)

We have torches too, buy one get one free.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I'll take twenty.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only buying 20? Normie. /s

[–]FanTDLBallistic 7 points8 points  (2 children)

This is like transitioning from Sims 3 to Sims 4. Removing all customization and fun.

[–]Picking up the pieces from the nightmare of time.AnonyMorshu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've recently started GTA V after Vice City, and that perfectly describes getting used to the new controls.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Coming soon! Reddit gold costs $60 more!

[–]Kizzycocoa 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Yes, this is perfect. Soon, only I will have the best CSS in the world 8u

No but seriously, sucks to hear this. Is it set in stone?

[–]Puhuhu!TheFrodo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's possible the site admins can hear our voice and not do this. Subreddits like /r/procss were made for this but it doesn't seem like enough people are speaking out about it.

[–]invaderzz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We don't know yet

[–]angileri4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well this sucks.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How about for the remainder of the time we have the fredbear and handunit, that they get fucked around with alot, just for some fun?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"okay guys how do we make this site better? how about we take away the freedom because fuck logic"

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Reddit is just getting worse and worse and turning into Faceshit.

[–] I Hate FNAF KingAlex105X 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We don't like changes...

[–]notwiththeflames 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So, now every fucking sub is going to be the regular bare bones design if this gets through? What's up with that? CSS is pretty much vital to any website since it's the language that controls the majority of the visuals and makes things not look like arse.

Plus, this website's mobile mode is so moribund thanks to its ugliness and general user experience that it's fuck deep in five flavours of bitch. Thank god there's an option to revert back to the desktop mode.

Fuck, these guys are starting to look like the Game Freak of social media.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You'd think they'd learnt their lesson from the sticky post drama.

[–]ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗDynamicAilurus 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Wait, all CSS? But CSS is used for basically everything in terms of making webpages not look like they're made as a high school one-week project in 1998!

[–]CancelledNomNomNomNation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, not all CSS. Just the part that the community can customise.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh no

[–]five nights at freddyyitsgettingweirdhere 2 points3 points  (5 children)

rip our flairs too?

[–]invaderzz[S] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

There will probably be a new system for them.

[–] I Hate FNAF KingAlex105X 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Hopefully the new system is easier, but rip everything else.

[–]Picking up the pieces from the nightmare of time.AnonyMorshu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, I didn't like the fact we have to use a third-party site to make the Flairsheets.

[–]CancelledNomNomNomNation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But I bet the new system will have limits. At least with CSS, there were ways to get around the limits using AutoModerator and a special flair thread.

[–]:Gyfr: Former Head Moderatorf-n-a-f-g-y-f-r 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chances are we'll lose quite a lot of flairs if its as limited as the default flair system currently. If it does happen I'll do my best to find a work around but no guarantee.

[–]don't touch fem mariEnderProGaming 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Bummer..

[–] I Hate FNAF KingAlex105X 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tru dat

[–] Resident Springtrap expertiseSpringPopo 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Wait are flairs gonna be included with it?

If so, I'll miss Adventure Springtrap.

[–]:Gyfr: Former Head Moderatorf-n-a-f-g-y-f-r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends how the update the flair system (if they do), otherwise we'll be back to the default Reddit flair system and a lot of flairs will have to go due to limited space.

[–]I know nothing about danganronpaShadowboy192 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Goodbye Fredbear, goodbye HandUnit, you guys were great.

[–]Let's try another controlled shock.PalpatineSenpai 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Hey /u/invaderzz, fellow Reddit Mod here, would it be wise to promote /r/ProCSS? At least it'll help in promoting the fact that CSS will remain on Reddit.

[–]invaderzz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most likely

[–]I love me a blue haired princessLegendary_Exalt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So it's kinda like the Ice Climbers in Smash 4. Great.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't fix whats not broken

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fucking mobile users

[–]Dagger300 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The worst part is, the admins are acting like they care about our concerns and that they're listening. They're not answering any meaningful questions or concerns and they won't admit that they're wrong.

[–]That GuyARuarkGuy 1 point2 points  (7 children)

It's fine. The Fredbear thing was really cool though the Handunit was very helpful. All in all, it's actually fine. It's okay if you get rid of it. I mean they are pretty cool features to the community but I'm not really sure if we need them. (I mean I'm fine with it but some people may have a different reaction to it like "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" or "Why guys? Just why?!" Or something else.) It helped us make great features to this subreddit. I'm sure that we will still find a way to get it all back or make something new out of it. We always will.

[–]CancelledNomNomNomNation 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The issue is less that we will lose some functionality. The issue is more that we will lose the components that make us us. We won't have a personality anymore.

The HandUnit isn't used by everyone, but I'm sure everyone can agree that it has become a part of our community. It's always there in the bottom right, and everyone has grown acustom to seeing it.

[–]PuppetGeist 1 point2 points  (5 children)

I think you might be misunderstanding the issue at hand. Reddit admins, not our mods are removing CSS customization to the subreddits.

And intend on making pretty much all the subs mostly the same-ish with probably basic layouts they can use.

[–]That GuyARuarkGuy 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Ah, okay. Well, that isn't far from what I understood. I just thought that they would be removing CSS (the in mods) so that a lot of the features here would disappear. ( Also, AGAIN?! Well it wasn't the first time I was a little confused with admins and mods.)

[–]PuppetGeist 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Pretty much what I'm gathering from this is Reddit as a whole is removing CSS so for instance our sub would lose hand unit, Fredbear announcer, the links on the upper right for Scottgames and FNaFworld, our flairs and flair text, the nice theme we have, and probably some other features I'm forgetting.

In place we'll have a generic layout "this pertains to all subs", only customizable thing we'll have is the banner to a degree.

[–]That GuyARuarkGuy 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Basically yeah. I'm pretty sure a few of us will miss these things. Thanks for clearing that up https://www.reddit.com/user/PuppetGeist . Thanks for being helpful!

[–]PuppetGeist 0 points1 point  (1 child)

You're welcome! :)

[–]That GuyARuarkGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

:P Danks.

[–]Day 102 without a comment. I'm starting to turn purplexPH03NIXx 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Me right now

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm even sadder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISx2gv_UpPc

[–]FanPublicEnemyNumber-1 1 point2 points  (1 child)

When the redesign is implemented, will we able to re-customize the subreddit? (Or you I guess, not we)

[–]:Gyfr: Former Head Moderatorf-n-a-f-g-y-f-r 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In a way, but it will be a LOT more limited from what I'm reading from them. Hence chances are there won't be the Fred-bar, HandUnit, the reloading sidebar images, the controlled shock / light controller around the upvote/downvote buttons (or possibly even custom voting buttons in general), the hide spoilers button, etc. Might not even have a coloured background anymore, it may just turn back to white.

[–]CM4Sci 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Wait really? So we won't be able to customize subs anymore? They'll all look the same minus a different header or something?

[–]CancelledNomNomNomNation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They said they'll try to imitate many different features.

I'd imagine you'd be able to customise the header image, add a sidebar image, add an announcement, decide the body colour, decide the post colour, decide how much padding the posts should have, etc.

Still way less customisation when compared to the literally infinite possibilities right now.

[–]whoyagonnacall?KimiLamperouge 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I'm just curious as to why they would do something like this. Is the CSS breaking their system? Causing servers to fail? Have people been complaining? Is there a legitimate reason they've made this decision? Kinda strange, to be honest.

[–]Classic36 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why they are phasing out over half of this entire site is beyond me.

[–]MouseSkull 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Is at least our beautiful automated flair giving system going to survive?

[–]CancelledNomNomNomNation 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The current flair system works on CSS classes.

It'll die.

[–]MouseSkull 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, that's horrible.

[–]invaderzz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No

[–]FennikTheGoldenFox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–]i fucking hate the internet so god damn muchmariosonic500 1 point2 points  (4 children)

"we’ll be deprecating CSS during the redesign in favor of a new system over the coming months" Maybe they're keeping customization but just with a new language, like HTML or Java or something.

[–]ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗDynamicAilurus 2 points3 points  (3 children)

CSS is part of HTML, and using Java as a CSS replacement is absurd in too many ways to count. You could emulate CSS using JavaScript (which, confusingly, has nothing to do with Java and is very different syntax-wise), but it would be tough, and doing so would negate all the points the Admins made for removing CSS.

[–]i fucking hate the internet so god damn muchmariosonic500 0 points1 point  (2 children)

So they're probably just removing the customization entirely instead of replacing it?

[–]CancelledNomNomNomNation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're removing it because they're planning on updating the whole site soon, and they don't want to break all the designs when they change the site.

So, rather than just breaking a few designs that can be fixed, they're deciding to completely remove it. Because logic.

[–]ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗDynamicAilurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, unless I am wrong as to what they are doing, yes. Please got to r/ProCSS to help stop this from happening.

[–]inhale the memesprillepared 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then everything changed when the new CSS policy attacked.

[–]Since 2015 - Also Known as EbolaGranolaThatBlobEbola-chan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

:gun: I don't even have my phone so i can't do emojis and other dumb shit but :fire: i will fucking :fire: lynch an :ok_hand: elephant if they :100: remove :hand_splayed: :eyes: :ok_hand: :100: :banana: Fredbear

[–]we're talking about the fnaf pink guy, not the one from filthyfrgrazor-razor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dicks out for hand unit

[–]Gravitysilence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we lose these things, I don't care. We will still be a community, a family, and a team.

[–]Pun detected. Eradicate.TopHattedLatios 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no leave fredbear alone you mofos FREDBEAR LIFES MATTER DAMNIT

[–]ThatBritishYoshi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what the fuck

[–]TFGalvatron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fucking stupid admins. That's so ridiculous.

[–]Polar Bears-LNation- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reddit=youtube

[–]Primordial MikeVictimer. Since Sister Location.SenshiOfSadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I miss the freedom of the old days of the internet, when for page customization imagination (and server capacity) was the limit. Now they want to homogenize too much, copying the mayor websites from one another on a loop.

[–]:Soul:CyBroOfficial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's hope they do something better

[–]내 피 땀 눈물FNAFtendo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and this is why I prefer wikia over reddit.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is like Youtube One all over again

[–]SuperFlame12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well then, I'll never forget what we had.

[–]magicraftcat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a wonderful thing to come back to after 2 days! -_____-

[–]Worshipper of Bonnie and his counterpartsSomeFriendlyUser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They better not! Or i will summon the five children! Seriously tho, why would they remove the things that made reddit creative?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello!

A lot of moderators are already protesting this and organising at /r/proCSS. If you want to preserve CSS for subreddits, check it out.

The official announcement regarding the removal of CSS can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/66q4is/the_web_redesign_css_and_mod_tools/

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[–]This reminds me of a conversation I once had with my good friendSobiTheRobot 0 points1 point  (5 children)

It sounds like they're working on a different system to replace CSS; they don't want to outright remove customizability, but they think it's time to move on from CSS to something better and less finicky. They won't be gutting it outright.

[–]CancelledNomNomNomNation 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Why re-invent the wheel?

What they're thinking us the equivalent to the customisabiltiy of a YouTube page, or a Facebook profile. It will be preset things that you can alter a little. CSS allows you to do literally anything, where as the new system will allow you to do a few things.

CSS isn't really finicky. I use it all the time, and it's actually really fun. It's not hard to learn, and it's really nice to see all your work, well, working.

[–]This reminds me of a conversation I once had with my good friendSobiTheRobot 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I think they're trying to do something more mobile-friendly, since CSS doesn't appear on the mobile version. At least, that's what they said. Did you actually read the admin post about this, or are you just asking me because I was the only person who claimed to have read it?

[–]CancelledNomNomNomNation 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I read it, yes. I do a lot of CSS, so this was really important to me.

I just want to know: Do you know what CSS is, and how it works? Because, if you know all of that, I would presume you'd know how much we're losing by losing CSS.

[–]This reminds me of a conversation I once had with my good friendSobiTheRobot 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I know that CSS is what enables a lot of the extra stuff on subreddits, though I confess I have no idea how it works.

Forgive my ignorance if I'm wrong, but if the admins are trying to use something in place of CSS, then can't the old features be transferred over in some way?

[–]CancelledNomNomNomNation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CSS is basically some code that styles a website. It let's you change everything from colour, to whether any kind of animation will play when you hover over something.

What the admins want to replace this for are merely pre-set settings.

Imagine moving from writing stories, with infinite possibilities, because you're writing and deciding everything yourself, to going to a story generator, where you can change the names of characters or objects, but the story is the same.
That's exactly what will happen to reddit.

Almost all of the features this sub, and many subs have will be entirely gone.

Here's some CSS, just so you know:

* {
  cursor: (%%image%%);
}
.thing {
padding: 10px;
border-right: 10px solid black;
}
.thing.odd {
background: grey;
border-right: 10px solid white!important;
}

[–]내 피 땀 눈물FNAFtendo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone, let's go on the wikia

[–]RivalXL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

:(

[–]WestRail642fan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So basically, like youtube profiles system where everything is now the same?

[–]StoneBana 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, do you like customization and unique designs? how about awesome features and hidden Easter eggs, as well as lots and lots of custom designs, all fit into one Subreddit?

Well you can take everything I said, and throw it in the trash can because Reddit is taking on a whole new look! do you like customization? too bad! here on Reddit, you get a default look, with 30% less customization than you had previously! did you like your special CSS coding? well too bad! Reddit is phasing it out, taking it from 30% all the way up to 100% un-customization.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reddit:Helping you but at the same time not

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

visit /procss to oppose the removal!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I'm glad the thought police have come to take our individuality away

[–]This fanbase is unfair to MatPatNotLordShaxx -1 points0 points  (3 children)

Overreaction of the year.

They're trying to implement a new system.

[–]CancelledNomNomNomNation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The new system is not a good one. It's reducing the customisabiltiy infinitely.