{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/reddit/reddit-mobile/issues/41","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/reddit/reddit-mobile/issues/41/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/reddit/reddit-mobile/issues/41/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/reddit/reddit-mobile/issues/41/events","html_url":"https://github.com/reddit/reddit-mobile/issues/41","id":63972508,"number":41,"title":"Remove /r/'s from subreddit titles and descriptions","user":{"login":"Boriss","id":569650,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/569650?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss","html_url":"https://github.com/Boriss","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-03-24T11:27:38Z","updated_at":"2015-03-24T11:29:37Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Right now on h.reddit.com, link descriptions include /r/ in the line and titles include /r/ in the title.  These should be removed, such that only the name of the subreddit is visible.\r\n\r\nThis has always been in the spec, for a few reasons:\r\n\r\n* Unnecessary.  The \"/r/\" may have historical meaning to current redditors, but it gives no extra information nor context about the subreddit, except to identify it as historically included \"/r/\" in the URL\r\n* \"Safe Hands.\"  User testing has, unsurprisingly, shown that new users see the /r/ and confusing at best and a bug at worst.  By removing it, we remove the risk of simply implying the site doesn't work.\r\n* Only meaningful as an \"in-joke.\"  There's no explanation or context around /r/, meaning it only serves current users.  By removing it, we're serving new and old users by describing subreddits as simply as possible.  By including it, we're giving a nod to users already \"in the know\" while potentially confusing newer users\r\n* Saves horizontal space, meaning longer subreddits are more likely to have all letters included\r\n* More readable, as only the parse-able name of the subreddit is visible, no extra characters\r\n* Consistent with reddit app and style guide.  This one's a big one - we want to be similar across platforms, and this decision was made long ago for reddit app, for the same reasons listed above\r\n\r\nPS: Jack, I know we talked about this Monday, and I apologize that I didn't realize that pull request (https://github.com/reddit/reddit-mobile/pull/37) included /r/ in subreddit titles "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/reddit/reddit-mobile/issues/comments/85457121","html_url":"https://github.com/reddit/reddit-mobile/issues/41#issuecomment-85457121","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/reddit/reddit-mobile/issues/41","id":85457121,"user":{"login":"Boriss","id":569650,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/569650?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss","html_url":"https://github.com/Boriss","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Boriss/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-24T11:29:37Z","updated_at":"2015-03-24T11:29:37Z","body":"Examples of areas on mobile site without /r/:\r\n\r\n![mobileflow04](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/569650/6800710/56401cb6-d1de-11e4-8fb1-c947f7cb4b7c.png)\r\n![subreddit_metadata_01](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/569650/6800711/5644bbae-d1de-11e4-9ad0-5428ed1f243a.png)\r\n![subredditmenus01](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/569650/6800712/5644be74-d1de-11e4-87d5-1daa5740f516.png)\r\n"}}