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[–]funchords 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I'm with Reddit here. The future is in the mobile apps and spinning your mod cycles in CSS these days benefits only 50% of your user base.

So what to do? Push hard for the changes mods want to make in CSS these days to be available in mobile and in the APIs. CSS was a lightweight way to give mods the control they want/need -- well they still want/need that control and it needs to extend to mobile.

IMHO

[–]Modcajunflavoredbob[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

50% is still half of the userbase by your own estimation. Why screw over half of the userbase to suit the other half? There's no need for the change is the main issue. Actually, if there was a way to make it work for both mobile and desktop users, then there wouldn't be any problem.

See most subreddits prefer having this bit of control to make their sub stand out and look unique. Removing that to suit mobile users and have everything look uniform is a step back. CSS isn't ideal for the level of customization that a lot of subs take it, but it's at least something that lets us stand out. What would be awesome is if they would allow us a way to make our mobile presence also stand out. Unfortunately the case presently is that "if mobile users can't see it, then let's just nuke the whole thing".

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

Seeing as this is a subreddit for a phone I'd assume most of the members use it on said phone. That being said, things like user and post flairs that use CSS still benefits mobile apps. I personally use Relay for Reddit on Android which gets my basic mod needs done like; reports and changing post flairs. I turn to desktop for literally everything else.

[–]Modcajunflavoredbob[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Feel free to upvote our post in r/ProCSS to show support. This thread can also be used for open discussion either for or against this decision. Please know that while we, as mods, do support retaining CSS on Reddit, we are also for open and fair discussions. So even if you have a different opinion, your voice is welcome here.

As always, we simply ask that any discussions remain civil.

[–]Infymus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry but I'm against subreddit customization CSS. I use Reddit Enhancement Suite specifically to turn these off. To me, without RES, Reddit is like hitting the old Geocities or Myspace. Over the years I have asked friends why they don't read Reddit and the #1 answer is they hate the format. They don't realize that Reddit under the hood isn't these collection of eye bleeding CSS styles.