Thanks for this observation! Funnily enough, “bookish” is exactly the descriptor we were using for the old design.
I’m sorry the information feels overwhelming, and we’d like to see how this plays out as we all get more used to the new design.
I want to expand on some of the reasons we’re showing more information and using friendlier fonts.
One of our goals on the Forum team is to make the Forum accessible to people who are getting more engaged with the ideas of EA, but haven’t yet been part of the community for a long time.. Without getting into a full theory of change here, I think we’ve neglected designing for this user group a bit over the last several years. Some of the barriers to entry for these folks include:
Feeling that the Forum experience (fonts, look and feel) is quite jarring, and different from a lot of the internet they’re used to.
Understanding what the Forum as a space is all about
Of course, we have to balance designing for this group of users with folks who actually use the Forum on a regular basis, and we’re hoping to strike that balance by collecting feedback like this, seeing how things play out, and continuing to experiment.
Thanks for this observation! Funnily enough, “bookish” is exactly the descriptor we were using for the old design.
I’m sorry the information feels overwhelming, and we’d like to see how this plays out as we all get more used to the new design.
I want to expand on some of the reasons we’re showing more information and using friendlier fonts.
One of our goals on the Forum team is to make the Forum accessible to people who are getting more engaged with the ideas of EA, but haven’t yet been part of the community for a long time.. Without getting into a full theory of change here, I think we’ve neglected designing for this user group a bit over the last several years. Some of the barriers to entry for these folks include:
Feeling that the Forum experience (fonts, look and feel) is quite jarring, and different from a lot of the internet they’re used to.
Understanding what the Forum as a space is all about
Of course, we have to balance designing for this group of users with folks who actually use the Forum on a regular basis, and we’re hoping to strike that balance by collecting feedback like this, seeing how things play out, and continuing to experiment.