Has the usage dropped dramatically since the format for this page was changed?

I can't see how it hasn't. The new format is awful. It's so hard to follow threads the way they're displayed. I liked the old format waaaaay better.

Once users learn how to navigate and use a website, the application changes its format with no significant improvements in usability.  It's just different, not really better, in some cases worse, and the drudgery of learning feels like a mental treadmill without no cardio benefit.

How does 1 edit a post of their own?