Welcome to the new Boards.ie platform - Version 1.0 :)

I dunno, I, personally, would prefer that the “team” got to work on what needs fixing rather than answer, repeated, questions about “dark mode” or ridiculous, angry, outbursts from unhappy users.

The CEO and the like are not sitting down coding solutions.

Answering questions from unhappy users is exactly what they should be doing. People genuinely want to know what they think of this **** show? They want to know why they went with a raw solution, never mind a half baked one.

I'm well aware I'm entitled to nothing thanks. The owners of the site should realise that they are not entitled to content and traffic either.

We have no idea if the staff think this migration has been a success for example.

Digital Spy’s forums use Vanilla, they too migrated from vBulletin. That’s probably the biggest one I know.

Lads cut Niamh and Mark some slack. They likely had nothing to with the clusterfcuk and are equally as frustrated. And they have the added pressure of having to deal with all the frustration and aggro. I’m sure the decisions that were made go beyond them but the frustration that amounts falls right in their lap. I don’t envy them

I agree with @retro:electro. People are attacking employees and expecting them to publicly criticise their employer's decisions at work - that doesn't tend to end well.

If I went into work everyday and faced a barrage of abuse I wouldn't be happy. We all know the migration went tits up, we know that everyone is doing what they can to sort it with a small team and probably very limited resources.

It will take time and no one can be expected to be at work 24/7. Everyone has a life outside of work and is entitled to leave.

I will add though that there are technical users who could help and have provided code etc. to help other users. The only 2 I remember the names of are @[Deleted User] and @ohnonotgmail. Maybe it's time to involve them because it's a mammoth task for one developer.

has odhran left the building?

two evenings now he's swerved an update, not very becoming of a person who claims to want the site to do well is it? instead sending a different minion out each evening to ignore everything, type a bit on nonsense about issues no-one really cares about and ignore everything else

seems like odhran has had enough

Drop down menus? Or did the lad fail that class in college?

If the staff are reading-particularly yourself Mr. Ginnitty...

It's often been said here, at least I've often thought it, that the userbase here represents a cross section of expertise, experience, and constructive suggestion that would be the envy of many an organisation.

And the site was built on volunteerism, I am unsure if you "got" that in terms of the likes of adverts.ie, but surely you recognise it full well in this instance.

So, leverage THAT. Put out a call for superusers, those with experience in coding, or even a few from the mod side who can provide suggestions around processes, such as new forum suggestions, the like/thanks function, forum management in lieu of the loss of infractions...whatever, but firstly and most importantly, in regard to weeding out the bugs and making the site usable!

Coding suggestions can be run by your developer, to take the work off his back, those who have trawled the site can make pointed and concise suggestions around improvements, and the mods can be given some clarity on how to do their own jobs.

Seagull observance of multiple threads across the site is not a targeted or efficient way to capture the collective expertise and support base provided by the users, and the key thing now is to move forward as quickly as possible, before you don't have a viable site to worry about any more.

The fire chief doesn't have the luxury of ambling home in the middle of a towering inferno, does he?

See, that's the big question. While I think the site has improved a lot since the (disastrous) initial launch, and I'm getting used to it, it's not very obvious to me what the benefits of the migration were. I can understand it might be easier to maintain, and how that would make sense for the people who run the site. But from a regular user's point of view, I can't really think of anything that is better than in the old one - most things seem to work a little worse, or a lot worse. I hope whatever was bought from Vanilla wasn't very expensive.

And I'd normally be excited about change and like to try out new (tech) things.

Still wishing everyone involved all the best in getting things to work.