Change is always hard. It seems many people are disappointed with the new Mastodon version.
Once admins upgrade to v5, there's no going back to v4. I hope users won't be hateful towards admins for upgrading the software. If the change is too much for you, we have options in fedi: apps, alternative interfaces like elk, alternative instances running forks like glitch-soc or my instance mementomori.social, and even something other than Mastodon that suits you better and lets you connect with Mastodon users (Akkoma, Friendica, GoToSocial, and so on).
We can thankfully modify and use the fedi as we see fit, unlike in big tech platforms where we just need to accept the change. That's the beauty of it. Please don't give shit to people who are trying to do their best. There's a lot of good in this. Together, we can make the fediverse even better.
@rolle I must admit when I saw it for the first time I was like "What the hell is this?" But now I don't think it is horrible. I have a bit hard time to find new post -button but in general it feels pretty good. It always takes a bit time to get used to new things but in general I don't feel the update is horrible.