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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 23:34, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

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Alien Blue

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  • ... that Alien Blue was the most popular Reddit app for iPhone and iPad at the time of its discontinuation?
  • ALT1: ... that Alien Blue was "unofficially" considered the official Reddit iOS app, due to its usage by some Reddit employees?
  • Source: [2]
    • ALT2: ... that discontinued iPhone Reddit client Alien Blue went on to inspire other developers and Reddit's own development team?
  • Source: [3]
    • ALT3: ... that discontinued Reddit app Alien Blue heavily inspired Reddit's current official iOS application?
  • Source: [4]
  • References:
    1. ^ "Arguably one of the best, and certainly the most popular, is Alien Blue on iOS, which existed both as an iPhone app and a specialty app for the iPad." https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/15/6985829/the-best-ios-reddit-app-relaunches-under-reddit-ownership
    2. ^ "Alien Blue is probably the most preferred Reddit iOS app for the majority of regular Reddit users — including some of the original Reddit employees, who decided to forgo development on their own in-house official Reddit app in favor of using it. In other words, it was unofficially the official Reddit iOS app anyway." https://venturebeat.com/business/reddit-acquires-popular-ios-reddit-app-alien-blue/
    3. ^ "The developer also sees it as a suitable replacement for Alien Blue, which Reddit abandoned to focus on its official iOS app early last year." "Reddit's new apps look like souped-up versions of Alien Blue, with design tweaks and iconography that make the experience feel less like a stripped-down version of the desktop site and more like a unique destination." https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/23/apollo-reddit-app/ https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/7/11379944/reddit-ios-android-mobile-app-launch-alien-blue
    4. ^ "Reddit's new apps look like souped-up versions of Alien Blue, with design tweaks and iconography that make the experience feel less like a stripped-down version of the desktop site and more like a unique destination. The software preservers its predecessor's popular Night Mode feature for viewing Reddit in low-light situations." https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/7/11379944/reddit-ios-android-mobile-app-launch-alien-blue
    5x expanded by StewdioMACK (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

    StewdioMACK (talk) 05:03, 22 July 2024 (UTC).

    Review

    General: Article is new enough and long enough
    Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
    Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
    QPQ: Done.
    Overall: The article could use some screenshots to illustrate the points made about the merits of the app's appearance and interface but that's not a show-stopper. The first hook seems reasonable (though I've copy-edited its links) while the ALTs are no better. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:02, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
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