I communicated with Jim and he informed me that he is unlikely to return to the fool discussion boards in part because of incompatibility with his technology preferences, but also because it is the right opportunity to back away from the time committed to these boards. We will miss his contributions greatly. Thanks for all you have given so freely for all these years!
PP
Oh no! This is terrible news.
He was definitely 80% of the reason I used this board.
Well, that sucks. 
jg
The new boards seem to default to a mobile view for the new interface which I donāt like, but setting ātext sizeā to smallest helps a lot:
your avatar top right, preferences, interface, text size
The hamburger menu on top left allows you to see sidebar and populate it with your favorite picks. For now, I put Mechanical Investing and Falling Knives in āCategoriesā.
Maybe BRK can similarly be put there but I got it in sidebar by using a ātagā for it.
The >> bottom right is a silly icon for āpreview postā, but it works.
Perhaps Jim could consider reducing his time spent on the boards if it takes too much time. We are all appreciative of his insights and would hate to see him disappear completely.
Wow! I canāt say how sad that makes me. To say I will miss his informative posts is a gross understatement. I learned so much from him.
I have a OneNote notebook devoted to investing. Most of the notes are pulled from the MF boards. Looking through it, about 75% of the content is posts by Jim.
I can only wish him all the best, and hope our paths cross again.
John
I worried that might be the case. Best wishes to Jim, if he happens to read this. He is truly one of a kind, a great talent that was so generous in selflessly sharing his thoughts, ideas, and time with this community.
Rob
What a terrible and sad loss indeed. I wonder how much of this is due to TMF failing to make a firm commitment to preserve these great boardsā history in some form.
Oh, great.
Not just Jim, a number of other valuable people have said that, too.
MapG, who posted a weekly āMarket Trend Indicatorsā post on the Mechanical Investing board bowed out, too. He said, āAfter a very long journey with MF and familiar names, I will probably not be participating in the new community. Been here since 1997 when we were on AOL. It is sad day.ā
Hmmm, from the old boards:
MapG ā
Board Posts 8885
Recs Received 27430
People who have recād these posts 906
Percentage of Posts Recād 72.11 %
mungofitch ā
Board Posts 27032
Recs Received 226921
People who have recād these posts 2791
Percentage of Posts Recād 89.50 %
Me (Iām a comparative piker) ā
Board Posts 15490
Recs Received 36591
People who have recād these posts 3102
Percentage of Posts Recād 53.29 %
Note this:
mungofitch ā Recs Received 226921.
226,921
Two hundred twenty-six THOUSAND Recommendations
TMF: āWho needs him, right?ā
TMF boards just planted & exploded mines on the pipeline(s) that was the lifeblood.
What a terrible and sad loss indeed. I wonder how much of this is due to TMF failing to make a firm commitment to preserve these great boardsā history in some form.
It is always sad to see something you admired commit seppuku.
For 21 years Jim has been contributing ā unfailingly and brilliantly. The amount of information and wisdom he has provided to us all is just staggering. I could tell that before the migration, when he asked about whether the history of boardsā posts will be preserved, the responses were along the lines of āweāre looking into itā and āyou might want to save important posts,ā this did not sit very well. Picking up on something Ray wrote, the wiping out of 25 years of information and history for the sake of newfangled bells and whistles seems not a good trade for some of us old-timers.
25 years of information and history hasnāt been wiped out.
Itās still there.
OP gave the reasons Jim isnāt coming back. Makes sense.
This is terrible news. Mungofitch had such fresh and interesting ways of thinking about stocks and markets that Iāve never seen anywhere else. Tragic loss for sure.
Itās still there ā till the end of October, maybe?
Donāt know.
I see this site only goes back as far as January this year so far.
Yes, I believe just YTD posts. I think the old boards are still up as an archive, but not for long. Some have looked into downloading the old posts (database dump?), but I donāt know the status of that.
Oh no! This sad news nearly brought me to tears. I hope he elects to post again on occasion, but I respect his difficult decision. Thank you Jim for ALL your time, effort, patience and wisdom you so generously shared and broadening our perspectives on investing and life. You will be missed dearly my friend.
Jim has certainly earned the right to move on - having so graciously always replied to comments and questions about his posts over such an extended period. I can only say Thanks for what Iāve learned from him and wish him well. He doesnāt owe us that much of his time.
That action removes my incentive to learn this new system. Iāve seen the old AOL board wither and die, and I now expect the same for this board. Iāll watch for a while but doubt Iāll be active.
Any suggestions for an alternate message board with a reasonable balance of signal to noise ratio? If so, please share.
Tex
Iām really sorry to hear this. He was a big chunk of why I was still hanging out on the Fool. I guess this is just the next step in their slide into irrelevancy and final shut down.
Feel a bit like I just lost a favorite uncle.
Level-headed, data-based, articulate. And kind.
The world seems colder, and even less hospitable.
Thank you, Jim, for all that you have shared. I will miss your insight. I wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
rrr12345
Thanks Jim for being so generous on this board and sharing with us all your knowledge and allowing me to learn a lot about stock investing !
I wish you all the best !!!
Sincerely,