Hello Bob!
Yes, when Creative COW moved from our original behemoth of a platform to this smooth crisp new platform, I believe a little nostalgia was lost, to begin with.
Another recent event was a database back-up that I believe few sites have to deal with. 20 years of accumulated users had resulted in such a giant number of old and unused emails that could no longer receive our notifications, (Bessie was, in a sense, constipated) that forced us to unsubscribe the whole site in order to start again. Now we are living through a time of undelivered forum/discussion subscriptions while people re-subscribe.
Mads is correct that these days other forum sites provide profiles that can not only be a hub for people seeking technological advice, but the latest cat photos, marijuana grow tips, and current political discussions all in one consolidated feed.
Moving forward, everyone should know that Creative COW listens to your requests to improve this place that we all love, to deliver to you what you need in your creative and professional careers. Like recently the COW, due to popular demand, upgraded the search function to include many new parameters for search such as date sorting and relevance.
These are the changes we are committed to making in perpetuity as the need arises. At the start of the platform changeover the progress was slow, since we were still developing and correcting many behind the scenes functions. But now we are pretty caught up, and ready to move in the directions that will further the COW’s usefulness.
So we appreciate any and all suggestions to make this the place that you prefer to spend your time. This is your community, and we want it to stay that way.
Please don’t hesitate to mention how Bessie can better serve you! (encouraging more qualified contributors has been duly noted as well…)