Reddit River - a mobile river of stories for Reddit fans

March 27, 2008 by Mark O'Neill |

Digg may get all the relentless fawning but Reddit isn’t that bad either at the end of the day (Mixx is another goodie). I was introduced to Reddit by Kiltak who swears by it.

One other Reddit fan has proved that the love is there by creating a mobile version of the site which is apparently three times lighter than the regular site.

Reddit River is run using Python. It automatically detects mobile versions of all the links on Reddit’s front page and redirects you there when you click on one. For example, if it finds a printable version of a linked article on the Washington post, it sends you there.

This is especially handy if you’re trying to access the page on your phone and speed is of the essence. You don’t want to be standing there with the phone in your hand while it tries to download a large JPG picture of Britney Spears spreading her legs.

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Comment by Fen

2008-03-27 19:31:33

I love reddit. The reddit river article appeared like two days ago, though.

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2008-05-19 02:09:04

[...] Reddit - again, like Stumble Buzz, Reddit can get a bit tabloid-like, but still you can get a few gems from it sometimes. Kiltak likes to submit GAS stories to it, so when I am over there checking out how these stories are doing, I like to browse around and see if I can find anything else worth using. I often find human interest stories that generate a lot of discussion and comments, which is what bloggers like. If you have a cellphone, you might instead want to use Reddit River which I previously covered on GAS. [...]

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