{"id":375223,"date":"2021-12-02T02:35:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T23:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/reddits-new-real-time-features-make-me-yearn-for-slower-days\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T02:35:11","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:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/reddits-new-real-time-features-make-me-yearn-for-slower-days\/","title":{"rendered":"#Reddit\u2019s new real-time features make me yearn for slower days"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Reddit<\/a>\u2019s new real-time features make me yearn for slower days<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Reddit is about to get more rapid \u2014 just as I was yearning for social media 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

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