Key Publishing.

You really should not misunderstand how much of an error this format it. You have made it nearly dysfunctional, certainly compared to how it was.

It is not a message board, it is ( or was ) a serious forum, with vast content, a really valuable and unmatched resource of information and images. Now none of the images now appear except as a link.

You provide a very small box for text ( is it meant to be phone-friendly ? ) and it is simply not fit-for-purpose for any extensive lengthy contribtions.

I think you have failed to research or understand the profile of the users of this forum, or the function which it has, until now, provided. What , I wonder is the age of the people who thought this to be an improvement.

The fonts selected are ghastly, and more suited to a cut price double-glazing poster,
To claw back some functionality I would urge you to –

1 Provide a large area for submissions, so that viewers can read a substantial body of text rather that endlessly scrolling

2 Allow photos to be shown

3 Make font a little smaller and make the whole thing less garish, ie softer colours, no dreadful bold blocky text. Make it easier on the eye. Ditch the yellow

4 Look at other forums , and see how it is done.

5 Allow us to register with old names /details. Most can’t as you know.

There is such disappointment about what you have elected to do, because you have disrupted, maybe terminally, a long-running community from which many real-world friendships have grown. You have turned a library into something more like a gaming arcade, and I fear the old faces will slip away, and not come back.

Please take time to look at the feedback here, and then act upon it.