I suggest a test. We could wait to see if this new change leads to new users staying on the site for longer.Right now, the standard is that most new accounts make a debate and then forfeit and leave the site forever or become completely inactive.Hence, we meassure the pool of active users to see if the pool increases or stays the same.
Yeah I know, that sucks, but the inflow of users depends on a lot of things and the design barely matters here, I am afraid. My plan is to get back the old features, polish everything to make it more friendly for people that have no idea what's happening here and then advertise it somehow and that could work.