User blog comment:SsVivid/DON'T FREAK OUT/@comment-5958647-20140105053848/@comment-5523905-20140105173256

"black background with white text is distracting"

Well, yeah. It was brand new and you weren't used to it. Of course it was distracting.

The background was changed to a gold foil, looks like you didn't hard-refresh the website.

Reading sources are typically white because, when people started reading off of paper, they had to read it in a well-lit area and it's easier on your eyes to read on a background closer to the shade of your surroundings - that, and paper came around at a time when they didn't HAVE the white ink to make black paper work. Considering that rsrpers are most often around in the evening/night - so, in low flourescent lighting or darkness, a dark background is actually better for your eyes.

Also, I sort of think that if somebody's going to be scared off from a website just becase it has a dark grey background, they're probably either 11 or a very immature 43 and the community is better off without them.