In addition to the points already raised, you are completely ignoring the many changes that have resulted from LW users raising ideas and/or concerns. Briefly, off the top of my head, the front page and upper menus were redone for more intuitive use, new comments added to a previously viewed thread now have a pink border, links to the latest open thread/rationality diary were added to the sidebar, and the karma display for posts and comments now allows you to see the percent of positive votes.
Your picture of a terrible, stagnant optimization process is inaccurate.
In addition to the points already raised, you are completely ignoring the many changes that have resulted from LW users raising ideas and/or concerns. Briefly, off the top of my head, the front page and upper menus were redone for more intuitive use, new comments added to a previously viewed thread now have a pink border, links to the latest open thread/rationality diary were added to the sidebar, and the karma display for posts and comments now allows you to see the percent of positive votes.
Your picture of a terrible, stagnant optimization process is inaccurate.