I think Dan Hicks had not been posting at BT for quite a while before it crashed. I couldn't tell you exactly when he stopped or why, but I had noticed his absence for some time.

We have a split board with Gluten Sensitivity/Celiac Disease, now too, and we completely lost a fair number of members during the 'outage'...some people just found other places to post and haven't returned. (or they broke that addiction...lol...don't they say it takes 21 days to break a habit? we were without a forum for longer than that)

I really like it here, too. We have been assured we are here to stay, and because Doc John leases the servers (rather than own) there is much less risk of any extended downtime and data loss. I also like the moderation team concept here, and think there is much less risk of things going wrong in that area, as well.

But... I found it hard to walk away from BT completely. Old members still trickle in there, and some new people find their way, too. Some boards have mostly moved back there (like child neuro), and have members who might like to cross post within BT. Google will bring new people into both boards. I can't stand the thought of someone entering an empty forum and not being welcomed, so I check in on both forums daily...to answer questions, direct to information, etc. My loyalty is to spreading the word about gluten sensitivity and neurological disease. I can certainly understand those who have bigger problems with things that happened there, who have no desire to go back or look back.

I put most of the information important to me into The Gluten File (website edition), so that is how I solved that issue for the information I collect and maintain. I don't think anyone will be building any stores of data at BT, though, at least not without keeping their own back ups. It is a lot of work to rebuild it. I've done that a couple of times, and frankly have lost the motivation to keep rebuilding.

It has been hard for everyone . It is still hard for some, but life goes on and the sun will shine again .

Welcome Diana!

Sorry to hear about your shoulder, Glenn . Hope it will get back to normal soon. I don't mind your long-windedness at all (from one lw to another ).

Cara