My S.O. Carmen is trying to post for the first time here. Her and her father's name are actually on the title to the house I’ve spent thousands of hours trying to deal with for her. Her first attempt was rejected with an error message. She was knocked off the site and couldn’t get back on as a result of trying to submit.
The sign up process went okay. I had to go through posting tips to beat the bugs. Have to wonder if this is why so many sign up but never do a post or file a complaint.
If it had been anyone else they would have just left and not returned. I had presumed the primary reason for the drop in forum stats was due to the mortgage crisis taking center stage. But the drop off dates correspond to the board’s technical issues.
We have thousands of members who have signed up here, and are capable of posting. Fear or apathy do well enough to stop people from going public with builder issues. No telling how many complaints or comments are rejected by a software glitch.
I fear fixing the software might mean wiping the current data though, unless someone is very good at understanding code. Again for those that try to post and have issues, avoid posting through AOL. Use IExplorer directly, or download the free Mozilla browser.
http://www.firefox-download-3.com/