Slashdot’s new interface could kill what keeps Slashdot relevant

Flashy revamp seeks to draw new faces to the community—at the cost of the old.

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[Bengie25]

Black_Obsidian[/url]":2yvj1o4p]I'm torn because I consider the "old" UI (and thus UX) to be fucking horrific, but then the content has rarely impressed me, and the comments have their own special UI/UX hell, with a bonus that they're seemingly overflowing with garbage anyway.

Because of that, I've probably visited Slashdot six times in the past decade, so I'm obviously not a user, and I don't have any "skin in the game" as far as redesigns go. The reason I'm torn is because a less-shitty UI might actually incline me to visit the site more often, but if it drives away the very people creating the content, then what's the point of drawing new visitors?

The UI is fine, but not to say it couldn't be better. If you can't appreciate /. as it is or has been, then you probably won't add much value to the user base. I've been reading their comments since around '98. Many are a waste of time, but some people can make some really great arguments. Lots of great back-and-forth. I read at -1, which means I read everything, even the fully down-ranked comments.