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I've been reading several of your posts about the site in general, although I don't usually participate much. I sense a somewhat exaggerated emphasis on suddenly involving all users, as an imperative democratic necessity, which, for me personally, generates some suspicion, especially after having received some rather tyrannical and somewhat capricious "scares" from some of the platforms.

Likewise, I'd like to offer an "assessment" about what is stated in this question. As I said before, I read the posts that follow about the general change to the site. From this May 8th question, I extract three paragraphs:

– It is no longer serving the use cases or audiences that we need it to. As a result, it’s causing daily confusion, inconsistency, and inefficiency both inside and outside the business.–

– Awareness and the user experience around our paid products makes them feel like ads, rather than obvious and useful parts of our ecosystem.–

– We lack a consistent tone when speaking to our different audiences, which is often off-putting and confusing.–

From which I in turn extract relevant concepts towards a possible brainstorming, some to avoid (A) and others to consider (C):

• confusion (A)
• inconsistency (A)
• inefficiency (A)
• useful (C)
• ecosystem (C)
• consistency (C)

It's not useful to start from negative premises, so I'll transform the first three into positive ones:

• clarity
• consistency
• effectiveness

Summarizing, and going to the essence of these concepts, is this the solution you have arrived at?

Clarity, consistency, effectiveness, useful, ecosystem =

Without meaning to criticize, I'd like to add a couple of conceptual/formal considerations at the construction level.

Regarding option 1, I don't know if the concept of "démodé" is universal. It doesn't mean "outdated," which would lead us to interpret something from twenty years ago; rather, worse, it's something that has only recently become fashionable and is already on the verge of obsolescence. This is what is happening with neo-brutalism, which is the aesthetic basis of this option.

As for option 2, there are several test tools designers use when creating branding. One of them is Google Images. Here are some results:

Edit after the legal comment

This is the company link jobman.com

And this is the graphic designer link scottmurphydesign.com

I've been reading several of your posts about the site in general, although I don't usually participate much. I sense a somewhat exaggerated emphasis on suddenly involving all users, as an imperative democratic necessity, which, for me personally, generates some suspicion, especially after having received some rather tyrannical and somewhat capricious "scares" from some of the platforms.

Likewise, I'd like to offer an "assessment" about what is stated in this question. As I said before, I read the posts that follow about the general change to the site. From this May 8th question, I extract three paragraphs:

– It is no longer serving the use cases or audiences that we need it to. As a result, it’s causing daily confusion, inconsistency, and inefficiency both inside and outside the business.–

– Awareness and the user experience around our paid products makes them feel like ads, rather than obvious and useful parts of our ecosystem.–

– We lack a consistent tone when speaking to our different audiences, which is often off-putting and confusing.–

From which I in turn extract relevant concepts towards a possible brainstorming, some to avoid (A) and others to consider (C):

• confusion (A)
• inconsistency (A)
• inefficiency (A)
• useful (C)
• ecosystem (C)
• consistency (C)

It's not useful to start from negative premises, so I'll transform the first three into positive ones:

• clarity
• consistency
• effectiveness

Summarizing, and going to the essence of these concepts, is this the solution you have arrived at?

Clarity, consistency, effectiveness, useful, ecosystem =

Without meaning to criticize, I'd like to add a couple of conceptual/formal considerations at the construction level.

Regarding option 1, I don't know if the concept of "démodé" is universal. It doesn't mean "outdated," which would lead us to interpret something from twenty years ago; rather, worse, it's something that has only recently become fashionable and is already on the verge of obsolescence. This is what is happening with neo-brutalism, which is the aesthetic basis of this option.

As for option 2, there are several test tools designers use when creating branding. One of them is Google Images. Here are some results:

jobman.com

scottmurphydesign.com

I've been reading several of your posts about the site in general, although I don't usually participate much. I sense a somewhat exaggerated emphasis on suddenly involving all users, as an imperative democratic necessity, which, for me personally, generates some suspicion, especially after having received some rather tyrannical and somewhat capricious "scares" from some of the platforms.

Likewise, I'd like to offer an "assessment" about what is stated in this question. As I said before, I read the posts that follow about the general change to the site. From this May 8th question, I extract three paragraphs:

– It is no longer serving the use cases or audiences that we need it to. As a result, it’s causing daily confusion, inconsistency, and inefficiency both inside and outside the business.–

– Awareness and the user experience around our paid products makes them feel like ads, rather than obvious and useful parts of our ecosystem.–

– We lack a consistent tone when speaking to our different audiences, which is often off-putting and confusing.–

From which I in turn extract relevant concepts towards a possible brainstorming, some to avoid (A) and others to consider (C):

• confusion (A)
• inconsistency (A)
• inefficiency (A)
• useful (C)
• ecosystem (C)
• consistency (C)

It's not useful to start from negative premises, so I'll transform the first three into positive ones:

• clarity
• consistency
• effectiveness

Summarizing, and going to the essence of these concepts, is this the solution you have arrived at?

Clarity, consistency, effectiveness, useful, ecosystem =

Without meaning to criticize, I'd like to add a couple of conceptual/formal considerations at the construction level.

Regarding option 1, I don't know if the concept of "démodé" is universal. It doesn't mean "outdated," which would lead us to interpret something from twenty years ago; rather, worse, it's something that has only recently become fashionable and is already on the verge of obsolescence. This is what is happening with neo-brutalism, which is the aesthetic basis of this option.

As for option 2, there are several test tools designers use when creating branding. One of them is Google Image. Here are some results:

I've been reading several of your posts about the site in general, although I don't usually participate much. I sense a somewhat exaggerated emphasis on suddenly involving all users, as an imperative democratic necessity, which, for me personally, generates some suspicion, especially after having received some rather tyrannical and somewhat capricious "scares" from some of the platforms.

Likewise, I'd like to offer an "assessment" about what is stated in this question. As I said before, I read the posts that follow about the general change to the site. From this May 8th question, I extract three paragraphs:

– It is no longer serving the use cases or audiences that we need it to. As a result, it’s causing daily confusion, inconsistency, and inefficiency both inside and outside the business.–

– Awareness and the user experience around our paid products makes them feel like ads, rather than obvious and useful parts of our ecosystem.–

– We lack a consistent tone when speaking to our different audiences, which is often off-putting and confusing.–

From which I in turn extract relevant concepts towards a possible brainstorming, some to avoid (A) and others to consider (C):

• confusion (A)
• inconsistency (A)
• inefficiency (A)
• useful (C)
• ecosystem (C)
• consistency (C)

It's not useful to start from negative premises, so I'll transform the first three into positive ones:

• clarity
• consistency
• effectiveness

Summarizing, and going to the essence of these concepts, is this the solution you have arrived at?

Clarity, consistency, effectiveness, useful, ecosystem =

Without meaning to criticize, I'd like to add a couple of conceptual/formal considerations at the construction level.

Regarding option 1, I don't know if the concept of "démodé" is universal. It doesn't mean "outdated," which would lead us to interpret something from twenty years ago; rather, worse, it's something that has only recently become fashionable and is already on the verge of obsolescence. This is what is happening with neo-brutalism, which is the aesthetic basis of this option.

As for option 2, there are several test tools designers use when creating branding. One of them is Google Images. Here are some results:

Edit after the legal comment

This is the company link jobman.com

And this is the graphic designer link scottmurphydesign.com

I've been reading several of your posts about the site in general, although I don't usually participate much. I sense a somewhat exaggerated emphasis on suddenly involving all users, as an imperative democratic necessity, which, for me personally, generates some suspicion, especially after having received some rather tyrannical and somewhat capricious "scares" from some of the platforms.

Likewise, I'd like to offer an "assessment" about what is stated in this question. As I said before, I read the posts that follow about the general change to the site. From this May 8th question, I extract three paragraphs:

– It is no longer serving the use cases or audiences that we need it to. As a result, it’s causing daily confusion, inconsistency, and inefficiency both inside and outside the business.–

– Awareness and the user experience around our paid products makes them feel like ads, rather than obvious and useful parts of our ecosystem.–

– We lack a consistent tone when speaking to our different audiences, which is often off-putting and confusing.–

From which I in turn extract relevant concepts towards a possible brainstorming, some to avoid (A) and others to consider (C):

• confusion (A)
• inconsistency (A)
• inefficiency (A)
• useful (C)
• ecosystem (C)
• consistency (C)

It's not useful to start from negative premises, so I'll transform the first three into positive ones:

• clarity
• consistency
• effectiveness

Summarizing, and going to the essence of these concepts, is this the solution you have arrived at?

Clarity, consistency, effectiveness, useful, ecosystem =

I've been reading several of your posts about the site in general, although I don't usually participate much. I sense a somewhat exaggerated emphasis on suddenly involving all users, as an imperative democratic necessity, which, for me personally, generates some suspicion, especially after having received some rather tyrannical and somewhat capricious "scares" from some of the platforms.

Likewise, I'd like to offer an "assessment" about what is stated in this question. As I said before, I read the posts that follow about the general change to the site. From this May 8th question, I extract three paragraphs:

– It is no longer serving the use cases or audiences that we need it to. As a result, it’s causing daily confusion, inconsistency, and inefficiency both inside and outside the business.–

– Awareness and the user experience around our paid products makes them feel like ads, rather than obvious and useful parts of our ecosystem.–

– We lack a consistent tone when speaking to our different audiences, which is often off-putting and confusing.–

From which I in turn extract relevant concepts towards a possible brainstorming, some to avoid (A) and others to consider (C):

• confusion (A)
• inconsistency (A)
• inefficiency (A)
• useful (C)
• ecosystem (C)
• consistency (C)

It's not useful to start from negative premises, so I'll transform the first three into positive ones:

• clarity
• consistency
• effectiveness

Summarizing, and going to the essence of these concepts, is this the solution you have arrived at?

Clarity, consistency, effectiveness, useful, ecosystem =

Without meaning to criticize, I'd like to add a couple of conceptual/formal considerations at the construction level.

Regarding option 1, I don't know if the concept of "démodé" is universal. It doesn't mean "outdated," which would lead us to interpret something from twenty years ago; rather, worse, it's something that has only recently become fashionable and is already on the verge of obsolescence. This is what is happening with neo-brutalism, which is the aesthetic basis of this option.

As for option 2, there are several test tools designers use when creating branding. One of them is Google Image. Here are some results: