On a completely distracting note though. Thank you Khawk and company for the work you are putting into the site. As much as there are always niggles with any change, it sometimes need to be said that you are still very much appreciated for the work you are doing.
I do appreciate the community's feedback. Some things I will continue to disagree about and others I'm willing to concede, but I know that ultimately we all want this gem of a community to continue to shine.
We've gone through probably 8 or 9 large design changes over the years, and I recall every single one of them involving pitchforks post-launch. So, this sort of response was expected - especially when I knew certain areas were less than ideal because I had put a hard deadline on it for non-technical reasons.
But, I do appreciate the kind words. We have a long history here as an organization and a community, and we've gone through some major changes in the last 9 months after several years of apathy. And we're just getting started - plenty more change to come. Not everyone is going to like the changes or every decision that gets made (and never have), but in the end the back and forth between these decisions and the community are all in the interest of growing and being the best possible resource for all things game development.