Why did MedHelp revive this 'new' format again?

[JackieCalifornia]

By narrowing the initial post to one person and one comment, with *no* indication of who else has commented on that initial post, the entire effort has no depth to it -- and you gotta trust me on this:  Lyme has plenty of depth and complexity and variability, so that stating only the title and the original question does not give any information about the direction the comments take, and thus limiting the initial post to not very much data and very little conversational flow among the posters on that thread.  ---  In the 'old' style, it was possible (and very useful) to see the original question, a bit of the poster's questions and comments, and then bits of several additional posters' comments.  That 'old style' approach provides enough depth and breadth for the reader to have a sense of the flow, and makes it (in my experience) more likely that a reader will be more interested in clicking through.

Lyme is a complex disease set with many variables and possibilities, so limiting the visible text to a single, necessarily shallow, comment does not inform or inspire other readers.
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The 'new' approach you are taking on this site can be summed up this way:

Q -- What color should I paint our house?
A -- Beige.  [Signing off now.]
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The current approach you are now abandoning can be summed up this way:

Q -- I have been considering painting our house white, green, or blue.  Blue doesn't match the neighborhood, and white is a bit plain.  What do you all think?

A-1 -- I would go with a color that fits in with the neighborhood 'feel', but not so rigid as to make everything look the same.  If there are a lot of white houses, I would consider a soft color such as a mild green, tan, or soft blue.  
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Without the nuances, the whole interaction is limited and not particularly helpful.

       ===>>>    Please, please, MedHelp!  Go back to the more interactive approach:  Lyme is a still-developing infection for which diagnosis and treatment can be complex and take time, and being told to 'take two aspirin, and good luck' is not useful or informative.

[JackieCalifornia]

I suspect they are putting it online to road-test the new format and then taking it down to de-bug, using only a small sample of the site.

Put up messages about keeping the old format -- otherwise we are DOOMED!  :)

[JackieCalifornia]

You're right! ... and I hadn't even noticed it!  It just felt like home.  :)

Here's hoping!

[wonko]

It's still new format on my desktop computer...

[wonko]

I just refreshed the page on my phone and now it's the old format again?