Why Does Medium Look Like a Clean but Generic News Page?

Also, what happened to the writers’ names?

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EDIT (8–10–2020): Before you read this rant or stream of thoughts, the writers’ names have returned to the home page! It either was a bug (which is hard to imagine because I know Medium internally tests features before they deploy), or a test to see how the users would react. Either way, I am…