anytime you want to know if it is just you or is it down for every one try using this link, I keep it in my faves list. http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ just put the site address in and it will tell you Here is a link that might be useful: down for everyone

A long script may be an infection or a nasty tracking code. It could also be some 'wild code' that got away from Garden Web. What to do: Exit Garden Web. Bring up your control window of your virus scanner and check for updates. If updates are available, download and install. Exit the internet and have your anti-virus software scan your system. And then, reboot. The above instructions is not a cure-all, but a precaution. A poorly writtne or bad script can grab your computer resources to the point where not much can be accomplished. Another option some of my aquainences uses is o scan with CCleaner. The free on-lne version has been helpful in clearing out unwanted junk that clogs a sysgem. This is one of the problems with social forums. These can become infected unknowingly by a user. Often, the infection in an attachment or link to another site.

yes exactly, right on target AnneCecilia. my email blocks spam well, and i never got any messages at old garden web that made me uncomfortable or anything bad. this is the one thing i dislike most about the change. that and the WHITE!!!! beyond whatever personal preference i might have, it does not facilitate the types of interactions we have...where it is usual to just interact with a stranger briefly, quickly trade some seeds, and then maybe never talk with them again. sure we had friends and some people we repeat traded with, but some good exchanges happened between strangers, without any sense of obligating oneself to more interaction than that. maybe that sounds cold or something, but in the context it worked out well...and i think that even once this settles down...there will be a lot less trading unless that is made possible by being able to email people "cold"...and have a place for that kind of interaction. whim all means we need to be able to email people without following them, otherwise there will be a whole lot less trading.

I had it for at least a couple days, couldn't therefore respond to any posts the whole time.