I guess I'm not alone in having the same problems. I'll keep logging onto .net as long as it still allows me to. But I'll say this, one of the owners last posts was along of the lines of "I don't know, its way above my paygrade and that is the way it will be". That is the impression I have, he is too busy making a living. So many have offered help but for whatever reason he doesn't accept it. Pride? "I'm going to fix it!" or something else?
Perhaps, like many of us who had a lot of 2A hopes in CA 15 -20 years ago have seen how the game is being played simply know 2A is going to be a long slog and the CA organizing days of years ago are no more, the whole CA specific effort is just spinning the wheels just like in other Progressive Democrat strongholds, so .net isn't a priority? For whatever reasons, its been over 3 years, that is painfully honest.
What I took from his last post is that he's trying to 'learn' how to work with the language(s), having never had to with the previous host. It's all part of the problem. I've never believed that the site was his primary responsibility in terms of income. That means, his time is limited in terms of his personally dealing with the site's technical problems as family always comes first.
When you indicate that many have offered to help, bear in mind that there's a difference between someone in the cheap seats offering to help, someone who actually can help based on their technical knowledge, someone who has the time to actually help, and someone who offers to help, but has other agenda in mind. If you're the owner, how do you determine who to trust? It's just like the last two. The first indicated he'd have it fixed quickly, then updated on the 'other' site, then effectively disappeared. The current one who is 'helping' has indicated he's been inundated at work and hasn't had the time.
It's been a well established 'fact' or suspicion that there are forces, including Government agencies and competing sites, which would like to get their hands on information only available behind the curtain. Thus, that's also a consideration. In short, it's not simply about 'the owner doesn't see it as a priority and doesn't accept help.' We know that, in fact, he HAS reached out to proffered assistance, both from software companies and from amongst the membership, and we're still where we're at.
With all that said, I agree to the following extent. The site is reaching or has reached a point where a decision is going to have to be made to fish or cut bait. While there are a number still active and many more who are occasionally active or who try to be, there is an ever-increasing number who are, in essence, moving on. In many ways, .net is still FAR superior, in my opinion, to what the 'other' site is proffering when it comes to the 2nd Amendment and California. But, if you can't access it or rarely can, it doesn't mean much to be 'better' and even if, like me, you have no intention to participate on a competitor's site, the reality is that, for many, they can't effectively participate on .net and haven't been able to for some time now.
As I said before, there is the positive, the negative, and the realistic in terms of how to view .net and what's going on. Loyalty and tradition only go so far and that is measured by whether it goes both ways. I'm not ready to 'give up' just yet; but, even for me, that time is coming. Setbacks and issues were expected as they were bound to happen. It's just that Life goes on and, at some point, we all have to go on with it. Bearing in mind that one's individual, personal problems can be accommodated, up to a point, it also has to be borne in mind that EVERYONE has a personal life to lead, including with their own problems, issues, and level of tolerance.
