I have to admit that I almost never visit the home page. I find it overwhelming. There's too much information competing for my attention. Combine that with all the various forms of buttons, and half the time I'm not sure what I can click on and what I can't.
Instead, I generally end up reading posts only because they show up on my twitter feed, not because of any tags or anything else I follow.
So, for me, my only hope is that the redesign will focus on a "less is more" approach and make the whole site feel more relaxing to visit. Personally, when I'm overwhelmed, I just back away. And in the meantime, I'll keep an eye on the twitter feed (which is what brought this to my attention). :)
I have to admit that I almost never visit the home page. I find it overwhelming. There's too much information competing for my attention. Combine that with all the various forms of buttons, and half the time I'm not sure what I can click on and what I can't.
Instead, I generally end up reading posts only because they show up on my twitter feed, not because of any tags or anything else I follow.
So, for me, my only hope is that the redesign will focus on a "less is more" approach and make the whole site feel more relaxing to visit. Personally, when I'm overwhelmed, I just back away. And in the meantime, I'll keep an eye on the twitter feed (which is what brought this to my attention). :)
Decluttering the home page is definitely one of our main goals here. Sometimes I feel like reading newspaper from 1936 :)