Reddit’s new real-time features make me yearn for slower days

Reddit is about to get more rapid — just as I was yearning for social media to slow down. The company has launched a range of real-time animations and notification features that sound unsettlingly energetic. Votes and comments will no longer be a static number on posts and feeds. Instead, users will see dynamic animations as the numbers change. Votes will animate in real-time as the counts go up or down. Credit: Reddit The flickering arrows are already making my retinas burn. Mercifully,