Hello, this is my forst post and glad to be here. I have finally quit the official Apple discussion board after something like 18 years. Here is my profile in case you wonder:
https://discussions.apple.com/profile/GnarlodiousI was forced to log in this morning using a 2FA code, and that is really the last straw for me. Imagine a mere discussion board pretending they are a high security website. Now I realize Apple has armies of smart programmers that need to pump out the product to be useful, but you would think they could make the website a little more usable. Because ever since Steve died the discussions.apple.com website has gotten ever more pretentious and stratified. It is honestly barely usable, and I am pretty sure every knowledgeable helpful person has long since bailed out. It looks great though, kudos to Apple’s web programmers for a nice looking website.
I think what ruined it was the scoreboard system. Once you create a quantitative incentive suddenly it turns into a scramble to rack up the scorecard. So while discussions.apple.com has always had the scorecard system, after Steve died the numbers rose to be more important than the people. And it ruined the website.
