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a lot, but at this point I prefer DU3, think it's more user- and especially newcomer-friendly.

The default with the white background gives me eyestrain, which never happened here on DU3 (the soft gray here helps a lot). Others testing DU4 have mentioned eyestrain, too, and switching to Dark Mode, which I had to do. A newcomer running into that problem might not read long enough to decide to register.

And I do think DU3 is more navigable.

I do love the "Friendly forums for passionate Dems" subtitle on DU4.

Being able to rec replies is nice.

Some people have said they like that DU4 will let us subscribe to or follow other DUers, but I found on Twitter that I never wanted to follow even my favorites there. I'd check what they'd posted when I had time. Here I can just search for recent posts by anyone, which is what I'd do on DU4 as well.

I love the sidebar menu on every page of DU3. And the way the notifications are set up.

Personally, I love classic phpBB/vBulletin type boards. Like https://www.phpbb.com/community/index.php . And look how well the blues and grays work on that page. I know it's oldfashioned...but it works.