See >>365672 for the exciting sequel to this image.

…36 comments out of tens of thousands of users…
 
TSP, I don’t know if this is sufficient response for you but if you want more, may I suggest a banner announcing either the forum post or this image for a few days?

“seems legit” tag… somebody’s not familiar with names around here :D

@The Smiling Pony  

 
I have no problem with that. At least I’d notice when there’s a change.  
There’d be plenty of image changes on the rest of the page to compensate. :-)

I’ll make an update later today.
 
@Feral_Socks  
The problem with that is a lot of people only have one or two tags in their watchlist, like an artist or a specific ship. Meaning they’d only get a new image displayed there once a day, if that.

Looks good.  
I would put the watched images up top, though. Same size area for them and everything, just above the regular images.

Hmm. Very nice. Very noticeably different. I like it!

I would suggest putting forum activity above the top scoring stuff (if that even needs to be on the main page aside from maybe the weekly top scoring)
 
EG, something like:  
Featured image  
Weekly top scoring  
Forum activity  
Recent comments  
Livestreams
 
The forums need more attention if we want to get rid of the random 8-page comment roleplaying threads, meme images that would be better as forum threads, etc.

It looks simple yet efficient. Right on my man.

@ED-SKaR  
Even with small thumßnails?

I like it, but it does get in my way, let me explain.
 
I use a wide screen TV with W7s half screen windows setup, IE I have one window on each half of my screen, so each window is actually very narrow.  
Given that the browser window is so narrow these extra things down the side limit me to ONE COLUM of images on the first page…
 
However, I have been using more of the site given the recent change, particularly the forums. So I’m not going to ask for its removal, It’s certainly a good thing to have.  
Just keep it to one page :P

Looks pretty nice.

My first impression and gut feeling: I like it!

I’d like it when the sidebar would be on the right,  
because when you go over to the second page  
it be a more “smooth” transition then.
 
If the sidebar is on the left and disappears  
after clicking on page 2 the whole site moves  
rigged.

I like it.

Might take a little getting used to, but it looks good.

It looks ok sure why not I approve :)

I like it on the whole; however, I don’t see the point in putting “All Time Top Scoring” in the sidebar as it’s going to change very rarely. By the same token, I’d be tempted to change “Weekly Top Scoring/Commented” to a shorter time period, say 3 days.
 
Part of me would also like to move “Forum Activity” to just below “Featured Image”, and put the “Top Scoring/Commented” section at the bottom of the sidebar, but I know that would break up the current arrangement of having content grouped with similar content, so I don’t know if it’d be worth it.

Liking all of this page design.

@Bobrellakan  
[bq][ /bq] without space before slash
(“Block Quote”)

@FamusJamus Another thought for the sidebar: perhaps use fewer large thumbnails so the text side and the image side naturally separate?

I agree with the people who’ve said the sidebar needs some visual distinction (though I prefer the colourisation option - grey and lighter grey backgrounds as opposed to the white on the other side?).
 
As for the option to not use it, why not a setting to select this “portal” or images/forums/streams/etc. as a user’s homepage?