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View submission: Out with 2016, in with 2017
Visual designer here. I see your point and agree with your concerns, but I would also add that one thing doesn't necessarily have to come at the expense of the other. In fact, one should HELP the other.
Design is form and function. It's not just about making something "pretty" (though that comes with the package when the job is done right). Reassessing the design of the reddit site should be about exactly that; optimizing the information flow. Making the browsing experience better and more rewarding.
If they do it right, they'll consider what their current users love about the site in terms of functionality and make it even better for them.
Take Wikipedia for example. Have you noticed in the last 10 years how that site changed? It was gradual, but VERY dramatic. I've never heard anyone complain about the new design of Wikipedia. Why? Because they had priorities; they used design as a tool to serve their content, so users have even better access to it.
HTML and CSS had so many limitations back when Reddit started, which became a bit of the sites aesthetic. It's possible to keep that in mind, but also use all the possibilities we have with the modern web to make things work better.
That said, here's hoping Reddit is actually gonna pay a lot of attention to their users. Whatever is indeed working shouldn't need to be fixed.
There's nothing here!