I’ve always loved the old.reddit experience and plan on sticking with it until they don’t support it anymore. At the same time, we’ve used the same theme on r/nba for over a decade and it’s become extremely antiquated and janky over the years with lots of little broken and outdated things.

Over the last several months I’ve been chipping away at a redesign of the sub and I’d like to now invite other old.reddit users to offer feedback, make requests/suggestions and beta test the new theme before we implement any changes.

Please comment below if you’d like to participate!

Edit: I’ve set up a discord chat for people to offer live feedback on specific elements and features. Hop in here:

https://discord.gg/wybPFr8Bs

TotallyKyleSchwarbs | 76ers

56 | 8 hours ago

there are dozens of us. DOZENS!

Evilsj | Nets

38 | 6 hours ago

They can pry old.reddit.com from my cold, dead hands god dammit

pixeloffortune

9 | 6 hours ago

I recently read worrying news that old.reddit could be scrapped because Reddit claims it’s an avenue for AI scrapers to steal their data.

Evilsj | Nets

6 | 6 hours ago

Wouldn’t surprise me. That said, they also dropped support for Third Party Apps, yet here I still am using a work around to use Reddit is Fun because I can’t stand the official Reddit App. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

_MMAgod | Spurs

3 | 3 hours ago

the new design of reddit literaly gives me a headache

urfaselol | NBA

1 | 14 minutes ago

There are other 3rd party apps that popped up after the death of rif and Apollo. Check out relay or redreader for the android and narwahl for iOS

EBtwopoint3

1 | 9 minutes ago

Relay is better than RIF to begin with.

Kaz_Altezza | Heat

14 | 6 hours ago

Seriously thought most of us were on old. Never used the new layout lol

LemonButterRum

20 | 8 hours ago

unpopular opinion, but the antiquated design fits old reddit really well. it’s almost retro now

nbaredesign

12 | 8 hours ago

I don’t think this is going to be an unpopular opinion! Those of us who are the type of people who still use old.reddit are often also the type of people who like old-fashioned, classic looks, haha. That’s why it’s been one of my priorities to try and stay true to elements of the old theme while refreshing some of the broken/messy things.

LemonButterRum

8 | 8 hours ago

appreciate you trying to improve user experience.

_Meece_ | Lakers

5 | 7 hours ago

You should go beyond staying true and just fix the sidebar, while keeping everything else the same.

coldfusion999

3 | 6 hours ago

Also great job on the initial look of it, best old reddit design I’ve seen imo.

nullstellensatz1

17 | 8 hours ago

I’m fine with the theme of old reddit, I just wish the live game scores at the top of the page were reliable. I don’t know what changed with NBA’s API, but the box scores have been basically useless for a couple years now.

fireemblem4812 | Spurs

5 | 5 hours ago

Yeah this is my main desire, I just want to have plain readable text box scores.

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11 | 8 hours ago

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nbaredesign

6 | 8 hours ago

This is most likely because you’re using RES night mode, yeah? Unfortunately we’ve never properly supported night mode on r/nba but that’s going to be changing with this redesign! I plan on fully building out a complete night mode theme to go with the new default theme.

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5 | 8 hours ago

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nbaredesign

7 | 8 hours ago

You got it!

Kashmir33 | NBA

3 | 7 hours ago

I’m using this stylus RES dark mode tweak which looks much better for r/nba! This might be worth a look until the new old.reddit design is there.

_Meece_ | Lakers

2 | 7 hours ago

Will we get an option to keep the current css?

DaymanSunChampion | SAS

2 | 7 hours ago

Looking forward to it as another RES night mode user, thanks!

Kaz_Altezza | Heat

2 | 6 hours ago

Please, its the only way i’ve been using thiis site for years and kinda just put up with this sub cause its this sub lmao

iambiggzy | Toronto Huskies

10 | 8 hours ago

I like the old design. Call me a curmudgeon if you want lol

_Meece_ | Lakers

3 | 7 hours ago

Yeah you should just leave it honestly /u/nbaredesign

its awesome.

dirtyshits | Warriors

6 | 8 hours ago

Old forever

k0fi96 | LAL

7 | 6 hours ago

If they kill old.reddit I probably stop using the website tbh

NavySpurs | Spurs

5 | 8 hours ago

Joined the discord and happy to provide feedback.

nbaredesign

2 | 8 hours ago

Thank you!

indreams159

5 | 7 hours ago

i don’t know anyone who doesn’t use old reddit

Koalathom | Jazz

3 | 8 hours ago

Old.reddit and baconreader

TrashAssRedditAdmins | NBA

4 | 4 hours ago

We still exist

_Meece_ | Lakers

3 | 7 hours ago

What is antiquated or janky about it?

Personally other than the sidebar never being kept updated, its genuinely perfect. The current design was always the best use of reddits CSS when it was the only thing used.

Fix the lack of sidebar updating, but tbh leave the rest. The simpleness of it, is its strength. I’d probably just switch to new Reddit for this sub if it gets changed.

ero_mode | Thunder

3 | 7 hours ago

I useold.reddit with night mode on RES, I would like a compatible old.reddit night mode style

deleted-user | Raptors

3 | 6 hours ago

Not to sound demanding but I hope this redesign has better compatibility with dark mode.

nbaredesign

7 | 6 hours ago

It will have a fully functioning dark-mode sister theme :)

deleted-user | Raptors

2 | 6 hours ago

Incredible, thanks for the hard work.

BcuzRacecar

3 | 6 hours ago

Willing to test

Imagine this would affect the sidebar on anyone using a third party app like I do

Joined the discord

Low-Lunch-7248 | Rockets

3 | 4 hours ago

I’ve no feedback other than to say i still use and love old reddit. I’m fine as long as the sidebar shit still works.

A_Fancy_Lizard | Jazz

3 | an hour ago

Never left old reddit so I’m down.

Bignova | CHA

2 | 8 hours ago

I’d test it out

nbaredesign

2 | 8 hours ago

Hi! Do you have Discord? I’ve set up a feedback server:

https://discord.gg/wybPFr8Bs

BunyipPouch | Heat

2 | 7 hours ago

Rough timing as spez just announced a couple days ago that old reddit is being killed soon, after years of saying it’ll never go away:

https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/comments/1vgbkge/modernizing_reddits_infrastructure_with_you/

nbaredesign

5 | 7 hours ago

It sounds like they’re trying to find a way to preserve it while modernizing the backend. Fingers crossed the experience survives.

BunyipPouch | Heat

3 | 7 hours ago

amen, brother

andresalejandro1120 | MIA

2 | 4 hours ago

I am not gonna enter yet another Discord chat, but I will say that I like the look of the old Reddit as it is with the wood background, team subreddits at the top, and standings on sidebar. I agree some things were broken though. I noticed this season that the upcoming games on the sidebar stopped showing which were on national broadcast. Also the standings would glitch with missing team logos. Just appreciate mods still care about the old Reddit.

_MMAgod | Spurs

2 | 3 hours ago

i’m in

muratbae | Supersonics

1 | 36 minutes ago

I exclusively use old reddit even on mobile and on multiple devices.

I’m also a UI/UX guy that has spent more time AB testing then he’d like to remember.

Very happy to help as I’m here a ton.

Looking for old.reddit users interested in giving feedback and beta testing a redesign of the old subreddit theme