I don't know why we think we matter this much.

We are a flux commodity. The ebb and flow in our social network has been forced here, but it's really just a ripple in the big picture for Active.com. Users come and go from and to sites all the time and the spaces unhappy customers leave here will fill in again with the tide. In a virtual world, we all boil down to user traffic on a server, little blinking lights. The users who stay will adjust to the interface and new users will fill in the flocks pretty seamlessly.

We're not individuals; we're potential consumers of the advertisers' products. Sure, we're making noise now and Active.com could do well by making some user interface changes and modifying the log program to be a better end use product, but how much does it really matter to them? Do the few irate CoolRunners make a significant difference to their financial reports?

I''d say the whole effect is not more than a minor blip that was probably already foreseen in their takeover forecast.

It's really all just 'forward progression', the big power machines harvesting the almighty dollar with the new social marketing scheme.

ha, you had my hopes up that this was fixed. however, when i hit the "login to reply" button to your answer, i was yet again dumped to the active main page. does it still work for you today? mozilla had lots of troubles, so i'm using internet explorer now... and i'm still forced to login, hit the back button twice and the update page button once. sad. and this from a company that runs an internet-based business? sheesssh, anyone of my students could produce a fix to this problem in a day, and they don't get paid to work on web pages or internet interfaces.

FYI on the KR thing Ray. They are not looking to scoop up anyone. They welcome anyone, however it's a nonprofit site that was built for a place to hang for some folks that were disgusted with CR a long time ago. Getting bigger was never the object but now that they have they are putting their own money into making it bigger.

ETA Egret, you are spot on lady!

Tom,

You already are a little blinking light, a cute one to be sure.... but blinking merrily along with the rest of us. Please do a pirouette so the goddesses can admire your taillights.

One thing is the relogging in is driving me nuts.

I may check in on the daily once a day while I see how thigs shake out.

-Craig

really, i mean if they can find and kill f a r t with their software, (i.e. ****), they can at least correct pro's typos. geesh.

see you at runningahead pro. i notice that you're not making typos there.

edited: oops, almost forgot the original cynical reason for my post... d'oh...

progression:

monday active_girl: "we are installing the old threads as we speak"

wednesday uncle_bob: "you will see updates here during the next week"

any bets about the status next week? errr, hey, golly, that's the holiday vacation... gosh darn it...

as my favorite band is fond of saying: don't believe the hype.