Any kind of change is going to bother people who've been using a site for a long time. There's always a tradeoff between appealing to new and to old users, HN v

Any kind of change is going to bother people who've been using a site for a long time. There's always a tradeoff between appealing to new and to old users, HN values old users more. This is also reflected in the fact that you need a certain karma to downvote and flag.