{"id":9259,"date":"2021-12-01T23:35:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T23:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1374690"},"modified":"2021-12-01T23:35:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T23:35:11","slug":"reddits-new-real-time-features-make-me-yearn-for-slower-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=9259","title":{"rendered":"Reddit\u2019s new real-time features make me yearn for slower days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reddit is about to get more rapid \u2014 just as I was yearning for social media<\/a> to slow down.<\/p>\n

The company has launched a range of real-time animations and notification features that sound unsettlingly energetic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Votes and comments will no longer be a static number on posts and feeds. Instead, users will see dynamic animations as the numbers change.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/i><\/a>Votes will animate in real-time as the counts go up or down. Credit: Reddit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The flickering arrows are already making my retinas burn. Mercifully, Reddit\u2019s made the animations optional.<\/p>\n

The platform\u2019s also getting new indicators that show when multiple redditors are typing comments or reading posts. The mere descriptions of these features have given me the jitters, although I\u2019m relieved that Reddit will anonymize the identified users.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>The indicators note when five or more redditors and when two or more are typing.<\/figcaption>