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Am I the only one who likes the lack of Snoo icons? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by shinnoodles@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It feels nice to see people express themselves with an icon and banner of something they like instead of how homogenous the icons are on Reddit, unless you paid up of course. At least that's how I feel. Definitely an unexpected pro.

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[–] ForTheLoveOfGod@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I used old reddit and RIF. I don't think I ever actually saw someone's snoo icon thingy. A lot of the new reddit stuff just passed me by.

[–] shinnoodles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Interesting perspective. I only joined after the new UI was implemented, so I didn't even take that into account. What did you see instead, or did old Reddit just not have icons at all?

[–] andrew@radiation.party 3 points 1 year ago

Old Reddit didn’t have user icons at all.

[–] ForTheLoveOfGod@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

As I recall, we didn't have anything.

[–] mustyOrange@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same boat. I thought those were something you had to go to somebodies profile to see.

Anytime I saw new reddit I think I blocked it out of my mind entirely, like an eldritch horror

[–] ForTheLoveOfGod@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

New reddit is just so dang ugly. I would see it sometimes if I was not on a browser with RES installed and me logged in. I don't know how anybody can use it. I guess new people don't knnow any better, but anyone from the Before Times who uses new reddit scares me.

[–] shinnoodles@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

How do you older Reddit users feel about Lemmy's UI? I've seen a lot of people say it's very remiscient of old Reddit.

[–] yukichigai@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I much prefer being able to use my own avatar.

[–] haelusnovak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not only do I dislike that little Reddit dood, I don't like the name of them, I find the paid versions rather clashy and ugly, and it feels a bit annoying.

[–] thescoutisaspy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

For sure a nice change of pace I can say.

[–] DripGeronimo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Never really thought about it, but you're right the Snoo icons lack a lot of personality compared to traditional pfps