Kits 
Honestly. I couldn’t care less about your forums. The new homepage sucks. People don’t come here for “the community”; the come here for horse images. No one gives a fuck about your community save those already circle jerking away. And they already know all this stuff.
Featured images and recent comments are also stupid. No one gives a fuck about recent comments. I mean, how asinine can you get? Featured image at least has something to do with why people come here, but I doubt most people care what you all like or what your algorithm likes. Livestreams being called out is also worthless. You already had that link. People could already get to it. Using more space for it is dumb.
Why must every fucking site try to become some sort of network? Not every site needs to have “a community.” Inevitably, the admins begin to think that their community is important enough to push on the people who just want to use the site. They can’t comprehend that people don’t want to be a part of their bullshit. It happens with almost every service. Look at Google desperately shoveling G+ and tricking/forcing people to sign up for it.
This homepage wreaks of circljerking bullshit. This is an image booru, not a facebook group. It does not need all this ancillary bullshit shoved onto the front page.
@Clover the Clever
>I’m not really sure what we can do to make the page less ’busy’ without losing some of the information we’re trying to push to the fore – design-wise we like minimalism where we can
Um. The “information [you]’re trying to push to the fore” is the problem. No one cares about it. It’s all crap anyone who does can find already. It’s worthless and you should feel bad for thinking otherwise.
It’s always going to be “too busy” because you (plural you, unless you’re the sole designer) have no fucking clue when it comes what a good layout is. Here’s a hint: a good layout for an image site doesn’t include a huge box for forum links, recent comments, or the other circlejerking BS you put there.
Featured images and recent comments are also stupid. No one gives a fuck about recent comments. I mean, how asinine can you get? Featured image at least has something to do with why people come here, but I doubt most people care what you all like or what your algorithm likes. Livestreams being called out is also worthless. You already had that link. People could already get to it. Using more space for it is dumb.
Why must every fucking site try to become some sort of network? Not every site needs to have “a community.” Inevitably, the admins begin to think that their community is important enough to push on the people who just want to use the site. They can’t comprehend that people don’t want to be a part of their bullshit. It happens with almost every service. Look at Google desperately shoveling G+ and tricking/forcing people to sign up for it.
This homepage wreaks of circljerking bullshit. This is an image booru, not a facebook group. It does not need all this ancillary bullshit shoved onto the front page.
@Clover the Clever
>I’m not really sure what we can do to make the page less ’busy’ without losing some of the information we’re trying to push to the fore – design-wise we like minimalism where we can
Um. The “information [you]’re trying to push to the fore” is the problem. No one cares about it. It’s all crap anyone who does can find already. It’s worthless and you should feel bad for thinking otherwise.
It’s always going to be “too busy” because you (plural you, unless you’re the sole designer) have no fucking clue when it comes what a good layout is. Here’s a hint: a good layout for an image site doesn’t include a huge box for forum links, recent comments, or the other circlejerking BS you put there.