REJECTED Announcement Block on the Left? Feedback please.

[Syaxamaphone]

I really hate this change. It really works at pulling your attention but its a huge pain trying to read the content when this big announcements bar with large text is like "hey look at me you should have your eyes over here"

I feel that the elements you'll be doing the majority of your reading on should be given priority on the left. That's where your eyes will default to when you move to the next line after all.

News was completely noticeable on the right and I checked it regularly and could easily ignore it after to continue reading the content of the page.

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