You'll Get Over It: How NOT to Redesign Fark

Presented at Notacon 8 (2011), April 16, 2011, 4 p.m. (60 minutes).

In 2007, Fark.com launched a redesign which, by all accounts, drastically modernized and improved much, if not all, of the site's usability and functionality. And it was universally hated, for reasons not all that unique to Fark. A cautionary tale about redesigning any website, but especially one with a huge community of established internet users -- and how we won't make the same mistake again.


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