I think Al is right. If we want a place the way we want it, we're going to have to do it ourselves... or in my case, wait for Al do it. :D

Why not gives Al's place a go and see what happens? Maybe we can make it like it used to be... but I think we pretty much know, at this point, that it's not going to appear on its own.

I have to say, I probably have a bit of a head start on y'all. I went thru that "home sickness" a couple of years ago. I know what you're going thru. I'll tell you - it takes time to feel at home somewhere. Our group has been together for many years [about 5], we've been thru lots of "stuff" together. It's hard to break those bonds that we have.

Maybe it's due to the bonds we have...but I feel that this group is unique. We were misfits from several of the boards when we 1st started our quests. We're probably not misfits any more, but it's hard to find a place where you feel you fit in. The technical aspect in which this group tends to deal with is not found everywhere. It's been awhile since I've been at celiac.com - that might be the closest. Delphi - again, I don't the the technical/medical spectrum is covered. There really are just a handful of CD/GS boards, and to find one that matches this groups unique abilities, might be difficult. Hence my suggestion to take it "private" [ie it's managed by the group]. Please know that I'm not saying a new home should be anything of mine - it can be anywhere. My GFNavigator forum was just an experiment for myself at this point.

Your data & info should be in more than just one place.
Redundancy I think they call it. A couple back up places in case of crashes or hosting sites going out of business.
I have my lists of favorite info & links here- and on 2 other "free" hosting sites.

Yup - backups are important. Luckily [because we kept individual backups] we were able to reconstruct the heart of our board - The Gluten File.

As for redundancy, pretty much any informational post I make here or at BT, I post to another forum. Well, recently, since the lock down on edit time, I will only post a link to the data that is editable [and backed up].

Again, with having direct control, backups can be made daily if need be. How often is this forum backed up?

Empire...I like that!

No one here has ever stated that NeuroTalk is for every taste, personality, or preference. No one place is, and we can't expect it.

That said, NT has and will continue to cater to the wants/needs of the majority as is possible.

If NT is not something that you hoped it would be, while I hope you stay, I wish you well in finding what you want or need should you choose to find another site.

If you don't want to move from one place to another, why not sit and work out something with the mods/admins that you feel might work for you? It doesn't have to be one or the other with limitations on edits, does it? If so, that's a personal preference and choice that's here to be made. Where there's a will, there's a way? No one place will be everything we need wrapped up into a neat little ball. However, we can make the most of the one that best suits us and work to gain the "more" we desire, or we might *always* be looking and not seeing what we might have at our fingertips. With that, one has a "home forum", but also frequents other sites that partake in additional offerings.

Please continue this conversation in private. I am closing the thread now as it's inappropriate to carry on publicly in my view. If you have questions, PM me.

KD