Thanks twilyth appreciate the link.

The time frame for the change was last 12 -18 months prior to Sep 2013, so that fits.

If there's a World Community Grid Advisory Board why do we (the volunteers) know/hear virtually nothing about it? Who are they? What do they advise on? etc etc

I'll do some reading, then some thinking and put some ideas together.

Yep, this is currently (still) under investigation according to my thread.

Sometimes it seems so unnecessarily tricky to identify what caused an issue for something that I know for a fact used to work until just a few (or so) months ago.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry about this part though, as I actually find myself in that:
Sorry if I am beating a dead horse even though the conversation seems to have moved on a bit, but felt like adding my 2 cents to the picture.

Cheers!

What great news this is

Sorry, but it seems this is not yet resolved either. Or at least not entirely. What we seem to have instead is just a workaround that sends daily digest emails even when the watch is set to "System default" which used to mean "Non-digest". Did I miss anything here?

@twylith: I fully understand and share your frustration here and I'd hate to think that I'm the only one. It's not about it being an issue, it's about common sense. Simple as that. Nobody needs to die (figuratively speaking, of course) to change this (literally) God forsaken forum software.

Cheers!

Thanks Candyman.

I think we both know from previous responses that we're not the only ones appalled by this duct tape based forum. I once drove around for a couple years with the front bumper of my car duct taped to the chassis and that was fine for me since it was my car and didn't really care what it looked like. Aside from causing some transient emotional distress for others who happened to see my work of art, it didn't affect anyone else.

But to use forum software that is cobbled together with so many patches and hacks and even then still can't manage to even come close to what a real forum should be is, at this point, completely intolerable.

The only reason most people who come here on a regular basis DO tolerate it is because they've had to deal with this cr*p for so long that we're used to it. And the fact that there are people who still defend it I think is a clear case of Stockholm Syndrome - where you become so traumatized by your captors that you begin to adopt their views and attitudes - however absurdly out of touch with reality they may be.

To have jhindo have the unmitigated gall to come back with same arguments we've always been force fed is nothing short of pompous and insulting, especially when I have specifically addressed those arguments and shown them to be without any merit of any kind.

However for the benefit of those who have not bothered to follow this thread thus far, I'll briefly recap.

While the Ripple XRP giveaway has FINALLY brought a significant influx of new crunchers to the fold, the way you keep and motivate those same people is by keeping them engaged. And the way you do that is by creating a sense of community and camaraderie.

Sure, a small fraction of the newbies will stay anyway for their own personal reasons, but we should be striving for more than that. If you look at our stats in terms of new members, even though we have a hundred or more people joining on a daily basis, the critical stat - the number of ACTIVE users - has actually started to decline as seen here .

Given the generous contributions by Ripple Labs, that is simply inexcusable and we need to do EVERYTHING humanly possible to retain members - ACTIVE, crunchers not just people who sign up and then do virtually nothing. This forum is critical for keeping members, especially new members interested and engaged. Yet it is treated as a tertiary priority at best. One so low on the list that our own admins essentially indicate that it will NEVER be much more than the eyesore it is now.

I have previously labeled this attitude myopic but that is a description that is, in my opinion, beyond charitable