Ask HN: What website redesigns had an initial positive reaction?

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Changes to website design often seem to be negative, at least initially, with most not caring after some amount of time. Has there been a website that has undergone a significant visual change with the initial reaction from its user base being a positive one?

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I've worked on two redesigns that had a large positive initial reaction, but I think that was because the original design was very old and very unpopular. If you have something that feels pretty modern and not a large number of complaints from your userbase a redesign will probably be more unpopular than popular, no matter how much you think the redesign will in the end improve some metrics.

When CNN got created lite.cnn.com.... not exactly a redesign but a service is a service

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