[Sean K.]

All that needs to be said I think.

 

[Bender]

Agreed.

 

[TexasChris]

......yup. We really messed up not buying the forum from Lex.

 

[Reject DI embrace Piston]

Do I just not see it or did this format get rid of the recent posts section? A section like that is pretty necessary for small forums

 

[Chowwow]

I hate this modern website format that Facebook, eBay, all the banks and now here are trying to push. What's with all this empty space? My 24 inch screen is now seeing less information on the page and I have to keep scrolling. Is that the intent? To get us to scroll past ads?

 

[Sean K.]

Do I just not see it or did this format get rid of the recent posts section? A section like that is pretty necessary for small forums

Upper right corner...bubble that says "new" in it.

 

[Loonster]

Ahh, this is the same format that Homesteading Forum switched to. That site used to be very busy. Now it is garbage.

 

[Loonster]

Notice the "Recommended Reading" section at the bottom. This is a good way to encourage necro-bumping 14 year old threads.

 

[Loonster]

Community Feedback: New Forum Software Is Live!

We are excited to announce that we are live on our new forum platform! It’s been a long time coming. Let’s face it. Sometimes older forum technology lags behind other parts of the internet. Although seeing the same format for a long time is comforting, the member experience shouldn’t include...

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And the admins locked the announcement thread so we can't bitch directly on how bad it is.

 

[navalbeaver]

Did we lose some posts from yesterday?

 

[Sean K.]

Did we lose some posts from yesterday?

No idea....didn't notice.

 

[TomAiello]

This will definitely take some getting used to.

 

[TomAiello]

At least it has a dark mode to make it less hurtful to my eyes.

 

[Sean K.]

No idea....didn't notice.

Mostly b/c trying to follow the threads in this format is confusing....

 

[Loonster]

The BB forums from 16 years ago would be a huge improvement.

Hell, one of the most popular boards for tech savy people is Hacker News. They use a basic message board system.

 

[captain92]

This is the same format the M14 forum took. It blows balls. But, what can we do about it...nothing. At least there is something on the web for us XCR (and M14) folks.

 

[fmunk]

For a brief moment, I thought the site has been cloned/hijacked. So, which one of you is going to pony up $20/mo for the "premium" experience? *laugh

 

[Sean K.]

So, which one of you is going to pony up $20/mo for the "premium" experience? *laugh

Not this balla, lol.

 

[Decoy26517]

Yeah I'm not a regular, but I'm not a fan of this new system. Reminds me too much of how bad Digg was just before it died.