[ptasci67]

Just as an alternate data point, I personally prefer the new design as I find it more inviting, and easier to browse on mobile. I think both should exist because there are enough people who prefer the old way but it does beg the question of whether it is worth supporting both from an engineering perspective. I'm sure it has a real cost to Reddit.

[flanbiscuit]

For mobile web, I can see how the new design would be an improvement there. The old site doesn't even support mobile.

I posted a reply to another comment here about some of their stats accessible to mods of subreddits. So far it seems to me that enough people use old.reddit.com to make it worth it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34506885