Saturday Q&A

Questionable Innovation

Greetings, crickets and trolls. Welcome to very special Saturday edition of the Friday Q&A. I held off on posting, in hopes that Fark's new site design would go live. I've been anxiously awaiting its arrival so that I can comment on how much I hate it.

Q: When will changes take effect?

A: No one knows for sure. A Fark blog posting from 2/24 heralded the upcoming changes, but Drew and company have been silent on the issue ever since. This means they most likely learned their lesson from the disastrous Fark redesign of 2007, and are ironing out any kinks before the premiere. What a novel concept. No doubt they want to avoid the pitfalls suffered by former competitor Digg.

Q: Why change anything at all?

A: I was never a fan of the 2007 redesign. Not just because of the size restrictions imposed on images, but also because of the eye-raping color scheme chosen seemingly at random. The latter issue to be solved with this new design, but I've seen no mention of whether or not we'll be getting our pixels back.

Q: Why not fix the images restrictions?

A: I can think of $everal rea$on$ why. Spoiler alert: all of them have to do with money. I just can't see Drew relinquishing any precious ad space, especially with the economy in the shitter. Fark has bills to pay. They're the only non-corporately owned site involved in the ongoing nuisance lawsuit that was filed against several popular news aggregates. Besides, I think we're pretty well adjusted to the change at this point. As long as they don't limit the size further, or place banner ads in everyone's comments, I think we'll be okay.

That's all for this time, gentle reader. Thanks for stopping by. I hope all the new changes at Fark go off without a hitch. Drew and company seem to have paid close attention to the recent failures seen by competing sites. Let's hope this knowledge, along with the hard lessons learned in 2007, are enough to forestall any negative consequences.

Stay tuned for more cautious optimism from the Doctor!