Hi Jen,
If I’m understanding correctly, historical posts from open boards (e.g., the 284,000+ posts from Mechanical Investing and 86,000 posts from Saul’s board), will not be moved to the new platform?
Todd
RHinCT,
making myself a bit of a nuisance asking questions
You are definitely not a nuisance! That’s why us CMFs are here - to answer questions and help out. And even though I’ve been using the new boards for awhile now (Options got moved over some months ago), I’m still figuring out the the finer details. Just today I again tried to figure out the Notify feature, and couldn’t get it to do anything useful.
Bruce
um, will counselors be available for the traumatized? (asking for a friend) :^)
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Here is one URL
Looks pretty busty and complicated, it will take some time getting used to it.
I happen to like minimalist design.
https://www.google.com/search?q=minimalist+web+design&ne…
Denny Schlesinger
If I’m understanding correctly, historical posts from open boards (e.g., the 284,000+ posts from Mechanical Investing and 86,000 posts from Saul’s board), will not be moved to the new platform?
That would be bad. I follow that board myself. So I just went onto one of the migrated boards, a paid board of course. It has messages from when the board was created in November of 2006. I don’t believe the open boards are to be treated any differently.
The list of messages is a list of threads, with avatars pictured for all (unless there are too man) participants on the thread, a count of Replies in the thread, a count of Likes, and of Views (zeroes to start for old messages, but it incremented on the message I read), and finally an Activity column. Activity is how recently there has been a post to the thread. All the columns are sortable; I sorted on Activity twice to bring the oldest to the top. I found it interesting to sort on Likes, which could be really interesting on Saul’s board.
One thing we have here but not there is the individual message number, and its “Go To” feature. I didn’t use it much, and don’t expect to miss it.
I like minimalist designs, my Tesla Y’s dash an extreme example. I have found some very busy screens in the new side, but not so much in the ones where I’ll be spending my time.
I just tried out Search. I put in my handle, RHinCT. It returned messages where it appeared in the text, not a list of messages I’ve posted. For my posting activity I had to explore under my avatar. But I couldn’t edit the URL, changing my handle to someone else, and get their activity.
I think having a recognizable avatar will be worth it there.
That would be bad. I follow that board myself.
That should have been I follow Saul’s board. I could have fixed that in the new system. 
That should have been I follow Saul’s board. I could have fixed that in the new system.
and “very busy screens in the new side,” 
Is there a time limit on editing posts? I hope so!
The Captain
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Is there a time limit on editing posts? I hope so!
I’m not sure, memory laps. What I am sure of is that it preserves the original (and any interim versions), and anyone can see it. They have to go look, but it is available.
How do you even get to the new site?
Good question. Is there a new address such as www.fool-new.com or some such?
The shortcut I use to get there, and show me the most recent activity:
What I am sure of is that it preserves the original (and any interim versions), and anyone can see it. They have to go look, but it is available.
That is the original hypertext! (Project Xanadu) by Ted Nelson, nothing was ever deleted.
The invention of hypertext[edit]
Starting in 1963, Ted Nelson developed a model for creating and using linked content he called “hypertext” and “hypermedia” (first published reference 1965).[6] Ted Nelson said in the 1960s that he began implementation of a hypertext system he theorized which was named Project Xanadu, but his first and incomplete public release was finished much later, in 1998.[5] He later worked with Andries van Dam to develop the Hypertext Editing System (HES) in 1967 at Brown University. HES was the first hypertext system available on commercial equipment that novices could use, and it didn’t have arbitrary limits on text lengths.[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hypertext#The_inven…
Denny Schlesinger
Denny, here’s the website for the ISP I started, from 1996. That minimal enough for ya? 
https://web.archive.org/web/19961219220208/http://greatbasin…
The current version is just as minimalist, and even uglier. I’m glad I haven’t been involved in 12 years.
Bruce
Yes there is a time limit. I want to say 15 minutes, IIRC.
Bruce
Denny, here’s the website for the ISP I started, from 1996. That minimal enough for ya?
Looks like a 1996 website! We learned a lot since then.
My first website was started on 1998-06-01 based on Claris FileMaker (Apple’s database).
The current version is just as minimalist, and even uglier. I’m glad I haven’t been involved in 12 years.
Can’t blame you!
Denny Schlesinger
Yes there is a time limit. I want to say 15 minutes, IIRC.
There are actually 2 time limits on editing.
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Within the first 5 minutes after a post is created, you can edit with no history. It’s basically to handle typos and the oops of hitting enter too soon and posting an incomplete message (you might be amazed how many requests we get to delete partial posts - this handles that).
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Any time after 5 minutes, the history is maintained and can be be accessed by clicking the orange/red pencil on the upper right of a post. There you can see any prior edits and compare them.
Jen
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Thanks for the clarification, Jen!
Bruce
It is important to understand that all those non-financial boards cost the company money to maintain and support
We are talking about internet message boards. Which have been around for 3 decades. The software is often free. Costs are infinitesimally small.
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We are talking about internet message boards. Which have been around for 3 decades. The software is often free. Costs are infinitesimally small.
Technically true if you leave the boards to their own devices, not if you monitor them which requires paying salaries. Pulling posts is expensive.
Denny Schlesinger
We are talking about internet message boards. Which have been around for 3 decades. The software is often free. Costs are infinitesimally small.
THIS message board was written in-house at TMF, so none of that applies.
Technically true if you leave the boards to their own devices, not if you monitor them which requires paying salaries. Pulling posts is expensive.
Also, being home-grown, and subjected to so many years of patches, it could be a pile of spaghetti and an operational nightmare.