This TT4 really SUCKS!!!!!!

I hate to say it after only two days, but this TT4 really sucks.

Apparently they have even deleted the poll concerning whether the TT3 should be brought back!!! It was 90% in favor of bringing back the old one when they deleted it.

I e-mailed them---they don't even list moderator contacts anymore!!!---and complained that the latest postings/replies were NOT at the top. They have yet to reply to me, which is reasonable---BUT---now they show me replying to a thread on Nov. 24, when I actually last replied to it way back in October!!!

I don't mind the ads, that's to be expected. But it seems to take a L>O>O>O>ng time to even post a reply, and of course even longer to find the most recent ones.

I think we ALL need to e-mail them via their "contact us" form, or some other way, or I fear it will never change. If it doesn't change, I'm outta here.

Maybe one of you computer savvy types could set up an alternative Pacific Islands bulleting board?????

Not a bad idea!!! Even if it cost a bit, and you had to put some small ads on it to pay for the costs, it could work, at least for the Pacific Islands. Just a thought, but please reply to this and let me know if anyone wants to handle this big project.

I'd be all for abandoning this disaster, but let's admit it: Even if a new, way better forum were set up somewhere, it would never get as much traffic as TT does, simply because folks find TT via LP.
So on any new forum, old TT hands would eventually just be chatting to each other.

Just like any other guidebook (like Moon's) will never sell nowhere nearly as many copies as LP ones (poor as they might be) simply because users buy LP by default.

Not that I am happy about these things, just being a realist.

But like you, I'm also really upset by this horror called TT4.
An old post of mine now also sits near the top of the Indonesia branch, displaying "last replied to on 24th Nov" despite having been untouched since October.
New posts are quickly buried.

And moderators now seem to give free run to advertisers (like one on this branch, recommending his company in every post) while dealing ruthlessly with disgruntled TTers. The deleting of that poll is a prime example.

Like you, I'm considering to abandon the whole thing.
In fact I might temporarily do so from tomorrow, heading for Sulawesi or Borneo, then check back in early December to see if any positive changes have occured. Then if it's still like this...

With all good intentions - I do no understand this new system.
A bit further down the thread:"Diving in Yasawas or Vanua Levu" posted by ChamBound, last post by dutta 13 *ON 26-Nov-2007 23:23 . But if you open the post you don't find a single post on that day, last one is 28-Oct-2007 19:49 by dutta 13. Anyway, the original question was posted in May 2007. This people have probably long gone from Fiji.
My Private message box tells me that I have 57 new messages - I checked they are all old ones.

You guys at TT: please re-think this system again, it's no longer fun to open this bulleting board.