I understand both sides of the fence on this, which is why I engage in both, personally. One site I have I wanted to control things a lot, and different styles were not useful or called for in my view. But other sites, due to their nature, called for it - people wanted choices, or at least, appreciated them. It was also very easy to add the new style choices. I think the trend going forward is to offer users a lot of different choices, to help them custom it to their liking. Some really like dark themes, some like bigger fonts, etc. In fact, one day, I expect a revolution in forum software that allows users to really custom their own look and experience, nevermind just have a bunch of skins to pick from.

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