Reddit's default UI went the same way, if not as far, but you can turn the vast majority of the previews and other debris off so that it looks very similar to HN (and very similar to how Reddit looked around a year in, which was UI perfection for me). I'll agree that if I'm not logged in, Reddit is a confusing jumble. Turning off previews goes a long way toward making it a solid block of paragraphs of text, which is most easy to read. For me. :)
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Reddit's default UI went the same way, if not as far, but you can turn the vast majority of the previews and other debris off so that it looks very similar to HN (and very similar to how Reddit looked around a year in, which was UI perfection for me). I'll agree that if I'm not logged in, Reddit is a confusing jumble. Turning off previews goes a long way toward making it a solid block of paragraphs of text, which is most easy to read. For me. :)