The new format is Just plain RUBBISH……if you click on the BF banner it takes you to this trending nonsense. Same thing happens when your in a tread and click home. Why not give logged in users the ability to choose what their homepage is .
Has to be something about web page hit counts . That can be the only reason for adding new layers that must be navigated through to get to where you want to go.
Obviously those that approved this new format are not subscribers of keeping it simple.