Thanks, Tamara. While we've got your ear, could you please look at so many of the other forums where Spam rules? It seems that those are not monitored at all. And they would be much more used for valid posts if the spam wasn't so over-riding. Weddings, entertaining, etc. It seems sometimes like Kitchen Table is the only monitored forum and many of the rest are totally spam, undoing any real posts. Thanks - Suzieque

I don't know why people are surprised by this. Everything you do when you're on the internet is recorded somewhere. Every email you write is there, every bank transaction, every uploaded photo, every link that you click, any credit card or social security information entered online, which webpages you look at and how long you are there, what you post on forums, what you write on Facebook, who you interact with online, which bills you pay online, what sort of things you search for on Google...even if you delete or clear things out, it's still there, somewhere. SOMEONE is tracking it and using it if you give permission because most people don't actually read the terms of service before agreeing. I'm a little concerned that so many people don't seem to understand this. There is no privacy online. Once you log on, everything you do is tracked and can be linked back to you with enough effort. Either live with it and take reasonable precautions or don't go on the internet, ever. Those are really the only two options, and the second one is becoming less and less possible.

I agree, thanks are in order. I emailed Tamara last week with my concerns about losing archived GW content, and I was so pleased with her fast and friendly reply. Last night I went to bed worried again, after discovering the truncated post issue. But this morning I found that Tamara had already posted a reply to my question...saying that the truncated posts can be restored, in time. It's only been two days. The responsiveness to our requests really impresses me, because they seem to be listening and reacting so quickly. I really appreciate it, and it makes me feel a lot less pessimistic about the future of our community. Thanks folks, for helping us wade through our worries.

Yes, but the top edge of the links is undefined or something, and runs into the frame, thereby causing everything one has written to disappear. Even worse are when some mysterious group of keystrokes from some blasted browser update take one away from the page without even going near a button or link! When it's finished, it should only do it when you click from a page where you've written but not posted, which, unless you're often writing messages you dump out of, shouldn't be annoying. The bugs may not be out--yesterday it was still inquiring after submission, which I think is a timing thing between when the post is registered locally vs. globally, but I'm confident they'll get it right in the end. I just wanted to offer some enthusiasm and encouragement for them trying to fix one of the most annoying and discouraging things about the new format.. Please bear with them until they get it right!