I’m just curious if this log in problem is causing any new potential ratebeerians to be turned away from joining the site? Is it hindering ratebeer user growth?
Sadly, this is definitely happening. If users don’t see the instructions for how to log in, i.e., via the Legacy part of the site, they will likely give up, as I’ve had confirmed from several people.
Yes, it would be if there was anyone employed by ABI to work on the site, but there hasn’t been for a while now. Joe T is the only one with access to the back-end, and he only has so many resources. Unless some ownership change is made, this is unfortunately the state of things.
ZX folded, so RB is just floating around as a zombie asset somewhere in ABI now. They don’t intend to really do much with the asset, unfortunately, unless someone could somehow convince them to divest it (which they might be willing to do).
What does Joe T even do now? He might have limited resources, but does he use them to any purpose? I haven’t heard of him doing very much of anything for quite a while…