Very good question....
Personally I think the new format is much much more difficult to read. I do a lot of scanning of thread titles--not easy now.
Too bad; have frequented these boards for 8 years. I don't think I will much anymore. Which is sad, valuable info. But difficulty navigating has taken me away from other boards (one that used a similar format to this one)
DIS was a lot like cruise critic--much easier to read, imo.