Man,
The natives are restless all across the boards. Has me wondering what the administrators might have been thinking when they decided to push this through.

I understand the ad revenue angle and with publishing taking a hit, they are certainly welcome to try things in order to stay afloat.

But to unveil (as has been seen in the cooking, gardening and threads forums) this thing that in itself appears so opposite the usable forum we knew screams ?..........

The oft repeated "it is a changeable platform, we'll be tweeking this in the future" doesn't sound so sensible.
Certainly could have been "tweeked" in advance to at least keep a modicum of user friendliness.