IB doesn't get FT and never has ... creating an IB-only forum won't improve anything. Getting them involved and communicating on tech issues that are theirs to address, is usually a minimum half day event and usually a day or more before they pop in to say they are looking at, aware of it, or whatever. Rarely is it an exchange as in the days when HOM ran the place and I freely admit to missing that. The different levels of support and responsiveness (and even competency on occasion) are significant, and I think we as a community need to continue to lower our expectations which is just sad.

As for comments Randy has made in this thread regarding Mods and their communication with IB, while I appreciate they have a forum in which to complain, and I know they do plenty of complaining themselves, I think Randy's assertion that Mods reflect regular user activity is a misnomer, as they tap the system differently, for different purposes than the regular user community and we all have different expectations. They can definitely play a role in trumpeting issues we're experiencing and have documented, but they should not be representing all of us in what changes should be made, especially with no discussion out to the community. Moreover, if IB communicates with them maybe removing that layer will provide more visibility to the community by IB than currently exists, and which absolutely contributes to the frustration experienced since their takeover.

A comment that I believe was also Randys that we could never expect to read all of FT is THE point which makes IBs latest change a poor one for the FT world, as people just do not read everything, ever. Whether it's within one busy forum or across the whole board - there just isn't enough time in the day to read all that and have a life (and travel, must include travel). We all pick and choose, but with this new enhancement that picking and choosing became significantly more difficult with a lot more clutter than there ever was before. I think "regular" users would have provided a different response to IB than the Mods or whoever sbm12 is so busy saying was involved with the testing/review/assessment process for new "enhancements".

IMO - this latest enhancement is just another scenario where IB has once again failed basic expectations in communication and technology with the FT community.