Comment by smellyfeetyouhave on 25/01/2017 at 21:07 UTC

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View submission: Out with 2016, in with 2017

I interpreted it in the way of them being considerate of all the users using RES as well. I see how you could see it as a negative thing, but it came across to me as "we know how much people care about RES so we want to be sure we don't massively break RES, even if it holds back changing the site at times".

This mixed in with the fact that they don't want to break custom styles and the fact that the codebase is ancient, gives me the impression he meant it moreover that they do this because they care about the users.

If you look at the post Spez made below,

https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/5q4qmg/out_with_2016_in_with_2017/dcwcfyn/

It's clear from this the intention is to not majorly ruin the site by upsetting the users and what they like. If that means holding back on certain changes to improve the overall experience, so be it.

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Comment by honestbleeps at 25/01/2017 at 21:23 UTC

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I suppose the shoes you're wearing (RES user, RES creator) matter a lot here.

Maybe I'm taking it the wrong way because of my shoes... but at least I'm wearing my shoes, which means I'm not dead according to reddit.