How are people feeling about the channel changes?

If i can be totally honest, this change made me less attracted to using FC. I find myself using it less as I cannot post my thoughts into channels - they feel gatekept. Why should I go back to posting to my main feed when i got so used to post relevant thoughts into relevant channels, which later on made it much easier UX - go to channel for specific content based on my interest.
The new notifications where people post into channels seems unnecessary too? 
Maybe it's just me being overwhelmed by social media content consumptions? 

Some extra food for thought: 
This is definitely not something that FC team can affect, but I've heard multiple people complaining about the content on FC being just a few people in a room talking to each other. People are unsure what content to share here - it can be harder to navigate for new user how to grasp FC as it feels like a mix of reddit - not really advices but general discussions, twitter - but not really CT, lots of pic which gives it a feeling of flickr?