There is a really good tech team here, lets give them some ideas for enhancements or to cure any bugs we find.

GF

Whoa! :-)

Well anyone is of course, quite free to post on any thread on here.

But I didn't say a new poster on that thread would be unwelcome. I tried to say, that with so much particular political banter from the resident hard core of posters who regularly amuse themselves on there, it is hard for a newbie to launch him/herself into the middle of it.

I'm an old fart now. As a parallel, I don't think I would quite fit in, if I were to walk into one of the town centre pubs on a Friday night - sorta kinda. Now I can hold my own, it's just that I wouldn't go there because I feel I wouldn't really fit in. It's not because it's unfriendly. It's for the same sort of reason that I don't go with my missus to her 'Flower Club' night. I don't think I would feel totally comfortable surrounded by 97% women.

And I do appreciate, that the 'Talk to yourself thread' is the busiest thread on here by about 10 miles.

But IMHO, the Forum side of the site has become a bit stale. It's not unfriendly. It's been like it is for the last, well, at least more than a decade.

IMHO also, the data side of things is quite excellent, by the way. I do like the Charting particularly.

Does the site need a makeover? Would it add vibrancy?

I think it kinda does and I think it would.

I like it as it is but then I hate change. The home page indices do not have correct values eg for Dow