'What's New' page layout

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Two things now I find weird about the What's New page (my de facto home page for PF).
  1. The Latest Profile Posts at the bottom I have always felt was weird. I don't know why I'm seeing the profile messages at all on my What's New page, let alone:
    • from and to complete strangers whom I have not interacted with.
    • with zero context, so I couldn't make sense of them even if I tried.
    To-wit:

    1762371222502.webp


    Me: :wideeyed: ??


  2. The Trending Content at the top (which I think is relatively new) simply forces me to scroll past it to get to the Latest Posts section I came here for.

    :sorry:

I'm not really complaining, per se; after all, I'm just one member. I just wonder if I'm the only one who prefers the What's New "classic" page (which I have been using for about 20 years).



New 'What's New' screenshot:
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The main use of the recent profile posts for me is that I can see them and report the spam ones, which outnumber non-spam ones two or three to one IME.
 
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