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Do people actually like all of the overdesigned clutter to the point where it makes them not want to switch sites?
To me, the stripped down clarity on Lemmy is a feature. I remember back in the day when people flocked to Facebook from MySpace, in large part because they were sick of eye gouging customized pages and just wanted a simple, consistent interface. The content, not the buttons to click on it are the draw right?
The same complaint was raised on Lemmy yesterday. Also some people gravitate towards kbin mainly for design reasons :p
I will say for me that kbin looks extremely outdated. I'm very much a fan of newer layouts and in my opinion (at its current stage) kbin doesn't look nearly as attractive as new Reddit (at least on mobile).
It is WAY more responsive though, and I also have faith it will improve. I'm definitely here for the long haul as it has way better content and a better community. I am definitely looking forward to the apps though!
I like it. And with users creating user scripts, a nice interface like RES is bound to appear.
Nobody wants to monetize "devoid of style and design"! KISS principle for the win.
I love the fed designs. The dark minimalism is so nice and clean.
I like a simple design. Lemmy is simple.
I do think there's opportunity to refine the UI. Doing simple but also beautiful and intuitive isn't easy, and Lemmy isn't all the way there yet. I think there could be benefit from a few really good design nerds working on the design.
The platform is not the content. The content is the content.
Reddit website is one of the slowest among big corporations, hdare they judge others.
I love Lemmy's layout. Too much clutter is an eyesore.
I do use Lemmy because the whole thing with Reddit just sucked, but holy hell yeah, new Reddit looked so much better. It's not the world, I can get used to it and it's fine, but the preference is clear.
No. I like functionality, I don't care how it looks.
A lot of these people don't understand that Lemmy and other sites like this are made by coders and not UI people. It took me a while to get use to the stripes back nature of Lemmy but it makes sense when you start using it.
I don't mind the design, but it's definitely not pretty. Like a pair of Birkenstocks, ugly but effective.
Hopefully once sync is up and running we'll have something both utilitarian and attractive on mobile.
Idk, customized accents and images/identity is an accessibility thing for a lot of people, helps them have a sense of being where they're intending to be & not lost in the content soup, which I do think a lot of decentralized projects do fall a little flat. It's a tough line to toe!
(edit: i think i maybe misunderstood some here, but imo lemmy's ui could use a little more clarity and polish, but ultimately like its lighter load visually)