There is so much demand for the original boards that I have a proposal. I could, or others could of course, programme a rudimentary board with near identical look and feel to the old boards and place the boards back there. The server demands for such a text-based board are ridiculously small.
I would name it something like “The Outlandish Investor” message boards to get to the earlier spirit of mocking at the mainstream of Wall St.
I would leave out all the gimmicks such as CAPS and just support reading, editing, and return to the old navigation and board separation. That would be stage 1, and we can then add a few navigation improvements such as search, however the main point would be to restore the format that people are accustomed to.
Reading would not require a login, so people could lurk - as before. A note on the signup would remind users to use a familiar username also, so acquaintances will know who they are.
Technology is about emotion as much as function, and the emotions here going in the wrong direction and causing the community to seriously rapidly decay.
Also the earlier nature of boards being separate (attendees seeing only the boards they want, and not forced to read everything) was partly what allowed communities to form. By having them all mixed up together, a dumbing down effect results, with replies gravitating towards the lowest common denominator.
But the community can still be saved.
— Manlobbi