We are not privy to all the reasons for the changeover.  One reason given was that the old system was provided via an outside service.   That alone can be a huge issue.   We do not know all the pros/cons of their relationship with that service. 
I'll use the analogy of renting vs. owning a house.  There are pros and cons with each approach.  Let's say you are renting and the landlord decides to raise the rent substantially;  or he doesn't fix the leak in the plumbing you've complained about for 6 months, etc. etc. etc.

I've worked in IT my whole life.  I've seen seamless transitions and I've seen horrendous conversions.  This is right about in the middle.  And again, it's FREE.

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We are not privy to all the reasons for the changeover.  One reason given was that the old system was provided via an outside service.   That alone can be a huge issue.   We do not know all the pros/cons of their relationship with that service. 
I'll use the analogy of renting vs. owning a house.  There are pros and cons with each approach.  Let's say you are renting and the landlord decides to raise the rent substantially;  or he doesn't fix the leak in the plumbing you've complained about for 6 months, etc. etc. etc.

I've worked in IT my whole life.  I've seen seamless transitions and I've seen horrendous conversions.  This is right about in the middle.  And again, it's FREE.

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Things will get better.  They are making progress.  I didn't have to log in today.  First time since the changeover.

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Things will get better.  They are making progress.  I didn't have to log in today.  First time since the changeover.

Things are getting better? They are? Progress is being made? It is?

Your apparent good fortune with log in notwithstanding, seems to me everything around here is the same

And it is going to stay the same for a very long time. Trust me on that one

Only difference I notice is that dottie has stopped responding to questions/requests in this thread

Not a shocker

Folks, most of the items you've listed are not errors or mistakes or bugs ... they are features that we could not replicate from the previous software before launch because of the deadline we were given. They all will be restored as we work through our list of outstanding items. They include: 

> Edit your post 
> Gold stars to jump to your last unread post 
> Ignore a user 
> Add an image 
> Colored fonts 
> Change your avatar 
> Add a signature 
Etc. 

There are bugs, which are to be expected with a project as massive as this one: We imported more than half a million user accounts (along with all the associated avatars, userIDs, member since and last post dates), more than 3 million forum posts, and who knows how many millions of article comments. And we had to make that data, all originated in another company's software, fit and work into the platform we were building. 

We have a list of all of the bugs, including those you noted, and our devs are working through them now. We know that the bad words filters is malfunctioning (related to the "S" issue). We know that when you type in this comment box and use return at the end, your cursor disappears off the box. We know that some of the WYSIWYG tools at the bottom of the comment box aren't working. And we know that many of you keep getting logged out between browser sessions. 

I apologize for the annoyances, but believe me, several developers are on this full-time. These items all will get restored, and the bugs fixed.