Another change where we have to opt-out. And another that was not among what members asked for in the poll last year

I'm disabling. "trending" is not a criterion that matters to me when it comes to threads or forums. Why that criterion would be made primary in a forum redesign isn't obvious to me but I'm sure there is some revenue-enhancing reason behind this change.

I skim the forums and will click on a thread that looks interesting or which I've already been reading. Whether a thread is trending or the popularity level has no bearing on my interest. While I have forums I read regularly I'll also check out others from time to time, so having the new theme only show subscribed threads is of no value to me either.

The trending design is also odd and clunky though of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

How about addressing the things that most users have asked for and stop fixing what isn't broken?