If I had to guess, I'd say I'm a lifer ban.

Thanks for your post. It's refreshing to finally hear from someone in the company who thinks of us as customers or clients rather than as adversaries. Yes, we act like children in here sometimes, but that's more for our own entertainment -- our way of nurturing the relationships we've developed as the result of many hours spent "together" online. I've been on CR for about 2 years, and like everyone else I've had my life changed for the better, not only in my athletic pursuits but in my ability to critically examine my own thoughts, beliefs, and opinions, and in simply meeting a handful of the wonderful people that CoolRunning, and specifically the ClubHouse, attracted.

It was really, really hard to see all of that seemingly threatened by the move to Active. As you perhaps can appreciate, Active doesn't have the warmest reputation among some runners. Our gut reaction these last few days was really grief for a community that we were afraid we were losing. I hope that, with your continued presence in CoolRunning, we'll be proven wrong and this little corner of the internet will continue to play a part in our online lives.

Mike

In replying to this thread I had to click on the "log in to reply button".

It took me to a log in page.

I logged in.

It took me to another page. Maybe the front page.

I had to click on "community"

Then click on "cool running communities" or some such button.

Then click on "clubhouse"

Then find this thread and click on it

Just to get back to where I was

Why couldn't it take me back to where I was when I clicked it in the first place?

And why do the ads slow down the page loading so much?

You have a running log here? Funny, none of the main pages have a button that says "running log".

And why did ACTIVE say the running log was being upgraded when in fact the new log sucks? And it sucks big time. I am approaching a PR for yearly mileage, and the new log cannot tell me what is my total mileage for the year (that I have been able to find). WTF? That is the most basic purpose of a log.

So far this transition is a debacle. The Active site is poorly organized and cluttered, not user friendly (I had to navigate through 4 pages to get back to where I was). Several other online running sites have seen a surge of interest, especially if they have a decent running log. A mass exodus is in the offing.

Plus the administrators seem aloof and uncaring.

This is the best that Active can do after 10 weeks of planning?

Uh oh.

smooches!