@Jeffro ... I will never turn the content section of the site too look like a Nascar sponsored vehicle [sexed-up, form-over-function social buttons ... before we read the content].

Policies & practices like this are part of why I'm 'here', and not 'there'. Matt Mullenweg, who mind you certainly enjoys his stylistic flourishishes, obviously approves too.

Going with style & form over the useful & meaningful can attract eyeballs & clicks, but once these features are seen & shared, they have no further value. Content takes more of an investment, both to produce and to consume, but can deliver value over the long haul.

The glitzy & theatricized does attract the camera crews, and gets more 'coverage', but that doesn't mean sensible behavior is now a loser at the ballot box.