Corinne,

The aesthetic of the home page is not pleasing to our eyes.  In our opinion from a design stand point, there are too many colors.  The photos are out of focus once enlarged.  We too stay away from the home page, and just go to the featured posts tab, or the daily drop.  

I don't like the home page at all - too chaotic and busy looking. Featured photo's still too huge.

Corinne Guest, Managing Broker I agree, the page is blown out of proportion the rainbow effect is annoying.

I don't care for the home page ane vere visit. I select featured or following posts on the blogs page

Print could be a bit smaller and the page toned down a bit!

I never visit the homepage...#2 is my way

Corrine, I really like to offer my full support to the ActiveRain bosses, but I spend as little time on the home page now as possible.  I do like the way the list popular posts somewhere toward the side or bottom of the page.  But the featured posts are just too in your face. 

I never read the features page.

I avoid the home page.  I go directly to my notifications and then from there I click the blogs link.

I do not visit the home page.  I do not believe the design us up for vote. It was addressed a few weeks ago. 

I rarely go to the "front page" but understand the opposing opinions.  When it comes to ActiveRain there are always changes, upgrades, updates and revisions.   

I rarely see the Homepage, my site is bookmarked in Chrome, so I open directly to the sign-in page 99% of the time. I search Featured when I want to read them. I do like the home page though, if you are featured, you're REALLY featured there!

I would vote for a redo of the homepage and would do number 2 as well!

It is an in-your-face presentation and I do not care for it. I find I don't go to it either.

 The new home page is challenging.  Too big, too many colors.

I haven't been visiting the home page. 

Since you asked the question Corinne Guest, Managing Broker today is the only the second time since the revision that I have visited the 'home page'.  Add my vote to the nays.

I agree with the responses that the home page should be revised and I rarely visit it.

I read from the home page.

I believe the plan/thoughts Bob had (esp from some of the feedback) was to make them smaller and also have more on the page.

One courageous AR member identified the home page as amateurish at best, a few weeks ago.

Ben, has a plan, and unless you have been asked, he will move forward with what he has in mind. The intent, as was shared months ago, is for AR to become a content authority. Of course, that means agents supply the content.

Have you noticed how this change in direction has changed participation in AR sections such as Q & A and the newbie blogs.

I do not spend even a fraction of a second on the home page and no longer review the featured blogs.

I look  on the big page

Blogs page then featured. I don't like the format on the home page now. You're right it's like whoa turn down the large print!

As you mentioned, if you don't like the new home page design, one can still get a similar look to the old design in the blogs area by sorting as featured. Here is the quick link to that:

http://activerain.com/bloghome?search_query%5Btopic_slug%5D=&since=2016-10-14&filter=featured

I'm sorry you're not a fan. After we redo the profiles and the blog pages, we'll circle back and make some tweaks to the home page design. That being said, It is highly unlikely that it would return to the previous design.

Thank you for the feedback that every has left here and in other places. We are not ignoring it and our designers and the rest of the team are all directed to posts like this to read through and get a sense for how people feel.

Something we've never done before is 'use driven development'. Where we analyze exactly what people click on and how they use the site to try to improve it. That's become our focus as we design different elements of the site. So if there is a massive drop in the engagment on the home page (or even a small drop), we'll know about it and we'll make adjustments. 

Again, thanks for starting the discussion Corrine.

I am using and viewing AR's home page on a mobile device, but I like the new layout/design. It is mobile-friendly  and in turn will make our blogs more google-friendly. 

I used option 1 until the recent home page design.

Hi Corinne - I never visit the home page ordinarily, and I agree that it could use a bit of tweaking to make it more user friendly.

I do not even check there. I usually check blogs of those I follow or search for a specific topic. 

I will look through my activity feed.

I normally do not search for these posts.

'Featured' is an elusive description.

I do agree.  

 I go to http://activerain.com/bloghome and select "Featured" in the drop down field "Type"

I glimpse the home page since I log out every day, I focus more on blogs I follow as opposed to featured

And yeah, thoe home leaves much to be desired IMO - it really does look amaturish

Corinne Guest, Managing Broker - I still love the home page! New look it is.

I love featured posts