I guess it just seemed like quite a lot was going on right on the home page -- too much for me to get my head around all at once. It's possible you're trying to

I guess it just seemed like quite a lot was going on right on the home page -- too much for me to get my head around all at once. It's possible you're trying to achieve too much: discussions/comments like News.YC, longer articles, featured member pages, job openings, generic wiki, etc. Perhaps not; maybe just simplifying the home page a bit would help my perception.