Katie et al.-the new forums have been up for a few weeks. Please tell us whether there are more or less posts. I'll bet you can also tell us whether there are more or less hits as well. Inquiring minds (stuck in the last century) want to know. Thanks.

I'd be curious to know as well!

The forums are very slow, but is it due to the new format or is it due to the bad economy and folks staying home? Happy Travels!

Guenmai,

Walking down Kalakaua Avenue in the heart of Waikiki yesterday and seeing nary a tourist in sight, I would say that it is the economy and just not much interest in travel now rather that the new look of Fodors.

Aloha!

The numbers will tell us whether our subjective impressions of posts and hits are correct. It will provide some insight.

I am one that thinks the number of posts/hits has not dropped so I am looking forward to the "hard" numbers.

ahhh, walking down kalakaua on a beautiful sunny thursday, some guys have all the luck.

Yeah-try walking down Connomwealth Ave. avoiding the slush flying off of the cars speeding by. It's cold and dark. The numbers will shed some light, if not any heat.

My brother (the same cheapskate that tipped 20 baht) used to work for Yahoo as a data miner. They kept track of every hit, post, etc. I hope Fodors is doing the same.

That's Commonwealth Ave.

More curiosity on this end. Thanks for letting us know how the transition is going, Katie.

kuranosuke, lol

Your right, I meant to say that I was beating the pavement trying to scrape up a sale so I can make it to the LA GTG and meet all the Fodors stars that I admire

Your right though.....it was a fabulous day!

You'll be missed, Ken! Happy Travels!

btw, the muck and slush flying off cars along commonwealth avenue is from volvos owned by people from cambridge who are to lazy to shove off the snow from their cars...

btw, the snow is nearly gone in needham, so god only knows if he has even been outside in the last few days....

time to change the meds again...

The numbers are definately less. The Forums started slowing down even before the Fodor's change.

My sense is that the numbers are down. But they can confirm or refute easily.

BTW, we recognize that the actual numbers are proprietary (forget it Bob, it's too complicated to explain) we're interested in the comparison between before and after the change.

Well we know we're missing "our" Gloria. But she stopped posting about a year ago. Hope she's OK...

My entirely subjective impression is that the Asia board is still slower, but that the Europe board has picked back up.

Carol, I've had some correspondence with Gloria. She was fine but very busy catching up at work.

Just way way too slow - I am only posting this because I saw what it was about, have been on travels this week but didn't bother to post as I knew it would be so slow - signing in now just took ages, it would be interesting to know the figures and I am sure someone at Fodor's monitors these things but impression is greatly reduced number of posts.
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Have a great time at your GTG

I've taken to opening two windows and working them simultaneously. My usual solution for slow sites.