While this account is far from new this is oddly enough a first post made merely to add my voice to those decrying the "newsblag" restyling.
The first time I was redirected to the beta I was sure I had mistyped but consternation was replaced by shock. The value of this site is not the mainline content and never was. The value to me as a user are the highly educational, irreverent, nutty, idealist, anti-everything, pro-everything and all other manner of adjectives you care to think of comments. You misunderstand your own allure if you don't see that. I can get news aggregation anywhere I can not get discussion among old guard geeks in their hundreds, some who have been in the field since COBOL was fresh. The width and depth (and admittedly for some of us girth) of the community is what is unique here. Don't wreck it by taking advice that smells as if fresh from business school.
FUCK BETA
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While this account is far from new this is oddly enough a first post made merely to add my voice to those decrying the "newsblag" restyling. The first time I was redirected to the beta I was sure I had mistyped but consternation was replaced by shock. The value of this site is not the mainline content and never was. The value to me as a user are the highly educational, irreverent, nutty, idealist, anti-everything, pro-everything and all other manner of adjectives you care to think of comments. You misunderstand your own allure if you don't see that. I can get news aggregation anywhere I can not get discussion among old guard geeks in their hundreds, some who have been in the field since COBOL was fresh. The width and depth (and admittedly for some of us girth) of the community is what is unique here. Don't wreck it by taking advice that smells as if fresh from business school. FUCK BETA