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Never got into new Reddit. It feels so charmless and soulless.
It's optimized for pictures and videos and ads. The old layout works better for text and links and it shows. Old Reddit was perfect for quickly checking a niche subreddit - just skim the 20 or 30 headlines, open interesting links in a new tab or check some comments and you are informed about what is currently happening in that niche. Maybe you also read some text posts with questions. New Reddit is optimized to keep you scrolling and to put an endless stream of ragebait in your face.
I think this is a big part of why they're trying to kill it. They want to trap you in an endless doom scroll. They don't want you to be able to quickly see there's nothing new and get out. Everything you look at needs to be another attempt to ensnare you and shove ads in your face.