It's a dice roll if your post even appears.
There are dead links everywhere.
Basically, the site is completely broken, it works like someone made a rough draft and a bunch of "put code here" comments on every site script, and then shipped out that version.
TR should have rolled back the first day, but they didn't and now its been broken for months.
Everyone has given up and changed websites.
A month or so ago TR came out with a great new format, which turned out to be a dud. Not only was it slow, it forgot things rapidly and had buttons missing quite often. So a lot of people gave up on the site. The site has improved since then, but there are still glitches like the lack of a response button under thread entries, and a lot of people have not (yet) come back.
Well, the site had a major update July 16, 2013,and there were some problems, many have been fixed and the ones remaining are being worked on. A number of members may have taken a hiatus, but hopefully will be back. The forums are still there, just waiting on the members to bring activity up to its previous levels. Explore the site, and if you do notice a bug, use the feedback to inform TR the details.
https://cbsi.secure.force.com/CBSi/sitefeedback?template=template_techrepublic&referer=techrepublic.com&cfs=SFS_3&data=
What in the world happened here ??!
I used to see this place as a location to share IT knowledge, help some younger people out, and stay in touch in the field. Is this no longer valid?
---shiny_topadm