The purpose of any UI is to be usable, to help us find and curate the content we desire most. The purpose of this redesign was clearly to be trendy and nothing more. Yes, your UI was bad before, Twitch. But this one is an unqualified disaster by comparison. You already have tons of critical feedback to help you fix it. I will simply add this: Where are my followed Categories?!!
The purpose of any UI is to be usable, to help us find and curate the content we desire most. The purpose of this redesign was clearly to be trendy and nothing more. Yes, your UI was bad before, Twitch. But this one is an unqualified disaster by comparison. You already have tons of critical feedback to help you fix it. I will simply add this: Where are my followed Categories?!!