Yes, that seems evident.
It's funny, all the posters seeing the changes and watching the changes changing and getting all va klempt over it.
It seems obvious that John chose the weekend to upgrade some things here to give it some new features and tweak some old ones to make the forum better.
It's kinda fun to watch and see who sits back and watches and who posts to John or a Mod every time they see John's handiwork.
I think it is neat to watch the transformation.
He could have just announced that the site would be down for 48 hours and fixed it without everyone watching.
Imagine the problems that would cause!
As soon as it came back up, there would be a dozen vanity threads titled
WAS FR DOWN??? FR IS DOWN!!! ? IS IT BACK UP, WHAT'S HAPPENING!!!
With replies like
"I vacuumed my house for the first time in years!"
Not to mention 39 replies of "are you logged on?" on the thread...
LOL
I have a slightly different take.
If I were going to modify the software and the views the members saw, I would say so in advance.
That’s different than taking the forum down for 48 hours.
More importantly, do these pants make me look fat?
"It's funny, all the posters seeing the changes and watching the changes changing and getting all va klempt over it."
ROTFL
Yeah, I've been enjoying the circus of complaints. Just like previous upgrades. Then after everyone gets used to the new format, they all love it, LOL.
Here's a couple of links to some earlier formats (does anyone really want to go back?):
Federal Reserve Proposes Tax on Cash Held By Private Citizens
I just wish I had a link to one of the very first format - that would probably silence any opposition to upgrades, LOL.
Message to John: Thank you for all your hard work and all that you do.
Hi Cuz, and it’s not even Easter yet!
Remember this one when FR changed colors and format?
Titled “This Is Awful!” from March 2002.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/656273/posts?page=1001,73
“What’s Happening?” LOL. Made me laugh.
I’m reading this thread a week later,....and falling on the floor I’m laughing so hard.....Just Funny....Change is not well accepted here....wait till they see Firefox 3.0....