A boring or plain website is exactly the type of visual rhetoric
that will keep many people off of one.
It’s hard to say whether Reddit chose their layout on purpose to keep
certain people away from their webpage, because it is extremely simplistic. The front page has a white background and a
list of links in blue about different pieces of news that other members on the
site have posted. It also looks a little
clustered at the top due to all of the specific news tabs you can click on to indicate what you feel like reading about.
The material posted to Reddit includes world news, funny photos, gross
or creepy photos, new facts that people learned that day, political news, and
so much more. There are also subreddits
created for very specific things, such as pimple popping or any other type of
obscure habit or hobby. Reddit is
nicknamed the front page of the world and I couldn’t agree more. Although it may seem very plain but
complicated to first timers, once you try the website you are absolutely
addicted. Reddit is just a vast website
of knowledge from people all over the world.
Due to all of the information that is posted on Reddit it doesn’t need a
flashy background to attract new users.
The people who take the time to at least try Reddit are immediately addicted
and that is what the website it all about.
It wants to attract users with the information is gives from other
people rather than rely on flashy tactics.
Reddit also has so much going on with all of its specific search engines
that if it did try to be flashy a lot of the smaller subreddits would be
completely over looked. Since every tab
looks equally plain the website itself avoids a lot of controversy even though
many of the users don’t. If favored one
tab over another my making its font bigger or a different color Reddit would be
favoring one type of information posted.
The front page of Reddit is decided by the number of “upvotes” or points
that each link gets. The users of
Reddit, or redditors, get to upvotes certain links depending on how much they
liked it. Therefore it is up to the
users of the website as to what links are first seen. Even though the website is plain, to some
people it seems too complicated to use or not attractive enough to captivate
them. To those individuals it is their
lose, and a big on at that.
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