Comment on Techmeme redesignComments−radley14yThis is a huge opportunity for something else to replace them.It's simply terrible. Really disappointed. I usually scan the site 3x5 times a day.- functions more like a blog than an aggregate.- emphasizes sponsors and sharing over the actual headlines.- prominent sponsor section forces more headlines below the fold, only one or two relevant articles are displayed as a result.- Newest headlines look like and are placed like Adwords.- Newest headlines are squeezed so narrow it takes 6 lines of text to say 2 lines worth of information.- barely any contrast between content and links so the content is now part of the "clutter" they sought to avoid.- I just blocked(!) Sponsors and Hiring from the page, leaving a big white hole between the content and Newest.
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This is a huge opportunity for something else to replace them.
It's simply terrible. Really disappointed. I usually scan the site 3x5 times a day.
- functions more like a blog than an aggregate.
- emphasizes sponsors and sharing over the actual headlines.
- prominent sponsor section forces more headlines below the fold, only one or two relevant articles are displayed as a result.
- Newest headlines look like and are placed like Adwords.
- Newest headlines are squeezed so narrow it takes 6 lines of text to say 2 lines worth of information.
- barely any contrast between content and links so the content is now part of the "clutter" they sought to avoid.
- I just blocked(!) Sponsors and Hiring from the page, leaving a big white hole between the content and Newest.