Links that would take me to the old boards a few days ago, now just redirects to the new boards. I can’t access the old messages that were not migrated.
https://discussion.fool.com/FavoriteBoards.asp
I suppose this was done to help users get to the new site?
I also have run into some broken links. But these still work for me:
Old Fool Boards
METAR
Saul’s Investing
First Post
First MI Post
First BRK Post
The old board could disappear any day. Hard to believe they would throw away millions of posts made over 25 years, but that appears to be the plan. If done poorly, this could shatter trust. Why spend the time to craft a post that will be arbitrarily discarded. Some discussion would help. What is happening with the old board posts, and why?
You can still get to the old boards at this link and opening them works and doesn’t redirect. But yes, the redirect on the favorites page was to help people get to the new boards without the extra steps.
I’ve limited these redirects to the premium boards now, you may need to clear browser cache to make it work again for links you’ve already clicked.