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by jdbeast00 5815 days ago
i feel like i'm the only one, but isn't reddit just really really hard to use?

* No subreddit directory (you can't even group the reddits that you are subscribed to)

* no groupings of subreddits, or related subreddits

* help is really bad ("subscribe" means hitting '+frontpage'?)

* Postings would be so much better off with a tagging system that would prevent users from having to cross-post

* search

3 comments

1) Sort of directory: http://www.reddit.com/reddits/

2) Usually, there are links in subreddits descriptions to similar subreddits.

2.1) MultiReddit! http://www.reddit.com/r/php+perl+python+startups

3) It should be improved, yes

4) I guess cross-post and double-post are hard, really hard to improve

5) search is a bit awful, yes

while i know it is possible to do many of the things i want with some tomfoolery, these should be built into the UI so anyone can find out about them easily.
Yes. The UI must be improved. It's almost an imperative to do so. They need to hire a designer just like Twitter did two years ago. Twitter kept simplicity and get a lot of style and really nice themes.
> no groupings of subreddits, or related subreddits

check this out

http://www.reddit.com/r/ada+applescript+Arc+asm+brainfuck+cl...

That is neat but I would hate to type that in or try to find it in my bookmarks. A better solution, IMO, would be to have a Programming "folder" where all these reddits could nest. I could then click that folder and the page would display stories from them.