I think the design change of steemit.com is very important. It demonstrates that the project is not only alive, but also actively developing. Currently, the prevailing opinion on the Internet is that Steem is dead, we can say that at one time there was a real propaganda campaign on this topic. A radical design change will largely disprove this thesis.

I would recommend finding your own style that is different from the different interfaces on the HIVE blockchain. We all need an individual path. I must point out that this is exactly what you are doing.

I call on the Steemit team to take a step against the efforts of @the-gorilla!

And now about the design itself. I assume that earlier emphasis on the visibility of rewards was made for a reason. It was something new and unheard of, it helped attract new users. I think now the emphasis should be more on the content than on the rewards, but the rewards should still be visible.

It is also worth thinking about the greater visual appeal of design elements, but do not forget about the performance of the site. For example, if you try to access ecency from an old laptop, it will wait a few seconds, while steemit.com loads instantly.