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Yet more confusion - why not ask Forum members what they wanted?

I appreciate that MSC tried to anticipate what people like Martin might want.  But why spring this on us unannounced, when MSC knows that there's existing Forum members (from Adams and other MSC products) that are quite passionate and wouldn't mind helping get a new site to have some nice functionality?
 
It just really seems like somebody made a decision in a vacuum without customer feedback.  And even if you nail it with what users want, it's not generally a pleasant experience to find somebody has switched the rug out from underneath you without even consulting.  Obviously it's MSC's ball and they can play with it how they want, but at least from the Adams side, a lot of the heavy Forum lifting was done by non-MSC forum members, and it would be good to involve them in the gameplan.
 
And I hate it when my only form of feedback is a pissy post on a new Forum.  Sorry for my rant!  :)
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  • I suppose maybe the transition wasn't ideal for people who used the old forum, but perhaps this one will attract more new users? I guess time will tell.
     
    FWIW, the options I see in user settings seem very much in line with what other forums use these days. In a way, I'm a bit surprised MSC didn't just pull the plug on the old forum, and leave it to some of the external sites that host MSC software discussions.
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  • I suppose maybe the transition wasn't ideal for people who used the old forum, but perhaps this one will attract more new users? I guess time will tell.
     
    FWIW, the options I see in user settings seem very much in line with what other forums use these days. In a way, I'm a bit surprised MSC didn't just pull the plug on the old forum, and leave it to some of the external sites that host MSC software discussions.
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