The idea is to reduce clutter, not have the home page scream with content, colors, submenus. I basically took denser, which is the least cluttered frontend and cut things. I used myself as the prototype Hiver and looked at what I use most, what I care most about. What I dont care at all. What was 1999 and how to make it modern. In some ways I modeled Lumen after Medium.
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Makes sense, the additon of dark mode makes me more inclined to use it. As long as the algorithm is pointing me towards content I actually want or should be digesting.
I have to agree, its too easy to get swamped by colours and content on Hive.
Keep on pushing forward!