I really doubt you're "random." Not moreso than anyone else, anyway.
But yes, the site did look different before. There are threads about that somewhere, but tl;dr version is basically, "the site got erased and Mahz is rebuilding it from scratch." So...we lost 7 years of posts and such. But yeah, we need YOU to help rebuild it. Do so. Now. But wait! One more thing! Welcome! -welcome hug-