Richie, funny you should say that, it took a long time for this to come up to comment on. It is discourasging but not the only thing Active Rain ownership is not tending to.

Yes... I'm very frustrated and have been having many second thoughts about how much time to spend/waste here.

Distraction is not on my closest acquaintances.

I stay through it all if it is AR because it has SEO value and it has community value and great business value. Most of my peeps are here. 

You bet!

The care and feed dwarfs the benefit causing me to cease blogging over a year ago.

Not omly here but anywhere. I won't hesitate to tab away or I'll be wasting the time I don't already have.

I am under impression - today it is extremely slow connection.

No, but it takes longer than usual

I don't seem to have any of the issues you describe

then again I don't use my phone to post ;)

no... Richie Alan Naggar you can easily correct the font size....spellcheck works on Word where I write my posts.... if the post disappears, I post it again because it's on Word....

Yes Richie, it's the hassle factor involved. Sometimes it's the internet connection also & then the whole thing just becomes unbearable.

Hi Richie Alan Naggar 

     Debe Maxwell, CRS is presently serving as a Super Ambassador.  Perhaps she can bring this to the attention of the Powers That Be.

       You may have also read the encouraging words from Debbie Reynolds who spoke face to face with Ben recently.

        Don't throw in the towel yet.   There is a lot going on behind the curtain;  AR may be on the verge of rolling out a new and dramatically improved platform.

Richie,

Communicate this to Debe Maxwell, CRS .  She is our conduit to the ownership.  We have had crazy moments on AR..We are fond of many people here.  A

I adapt and keep moving forward.

I do step away, too frustrating, and not enough time.

Certainly; we have curbed back a great deal of activity due to this and the uncontrolled robo-posting allowed

Yes.

Yes, as been happening a lot here.

Loading times can be an issue.

Most definitely!  My goal of blogging multiple times per week has long been abandoned.  

Richie Alan Naggar - Using an external editor has helped me bypass these limitations on ActiveRain - so to answer your question - I found another answer instead of participating less. And remember, that's just me!

My blogging is down right now

It works on my attitude

It can be anoying, however I open up all the unread questions at once so the actual delay for me is negligable.

There seem to be more slow days lately!

no

Yes.  There are enough other things in life that suck my time and cause me to lose focus.  I will find more productive things to spend my time when that happens. 

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 

I may need intervention help.