This forum is antiquated.

Yeah...change is hard. 

It didn't like the changes Facebook forced upon me. But, I adapted while complaining about it. It's also free...monetarily anyway.

It's funny that people complain about their privacy while on a smart phone or the internet.

You want privacy? Get a walkie talkie and a map.

I was involved with the current design. The developer was not that experienced and, as best as I could tell, was a one man team. Issues like including imagines, easy quoting of previous posts and being able to name external links  were discussed but he was not interested in implementing them. I got the impression he had limited time to do the new site and, as I said, did not have a lot of experience with the site.

After this version of the site was released, there were some who left in a huff and usage fell off for a while. But, it picked up again and is pretty healthy these days. Why is it healthy? As many have said, it is because of the people on the forum and the knowledge they bring. Yes the mechanics could be improved, but it is the people that count.

The current format was implemented in 2015. Here is a link to a post on the likes and dislikes.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/new-format-dislike

And one that is a little more direct

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/new-forum-format-sucks

@dtc 

Thanks very much for your frank response.

Seems many people don't like change...the constant constant.

The Change,  must be logical at all times.

Happy Listening!

I agree with OP. It's pretty much impossible to have (or follow) a decent discussion; since there's no visual connection between responses. 

What I also miss is a -like- function. Some responses are pure shite, other responses are useful, beautiful, well written thoughts. I like these good ones to bubble to the top, so I can safely ignore the dregs way down below.