I've been trying to live on this site for a few days now--joined, started on a blog, attempted to upload a user pic, the normal stuff.

Everything is a constant pain. Bad Server Response Could Not Load Time Out

The standard of service from the software running this board is really really terrible.

There are plenty of robust solutions out there.

I can see from the other topics listed here that these problems are not new. What is the problem with getting them fixed?

I'm sorry to say that my real question is Where else can we go on the web for this kind of interaction between modernists trying to build? Because as it seems to me right now that we'd be better served by all joining something like a livejournal community. And I'm no fan of LJ!

The following is only for the site admins:
When trying to upload my user pic from Safari:
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Site Error

An error was encountered while publishing this resource.

ZODB.POSException.ReadConflictError

Sorry, a site error occurred.
Traceback (innermost last):

Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 175, in publish_module_standard
Module Products.PlacelessTranslationService.PatchStringIO, line 51, in new_publish
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 149, in publish
Module Products.PlacelessTranslationService.PatchStringIO, line 51, in new_publish
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 149, in publish
Module Products.PlacelessTranslationService.PatchStringIO, line 51, in new_publish
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 149, in publish
Module Products.PlacelessTranslationService.PatchStringIO, line 51, in new_publish
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 139, in publish
Module Zope.App.startup, line 163, in zpublisher_exception_hook
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 101, in publish
Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 39, in call_object
Module Products.CMFFormController.FSControllerPageTemplate, line 98, in __call__
Module Products.CMFFormController.BaseControllerPageTemplate, line 39, in _call
Module Products.CMFFormController.ControllerBase, line 243, in getNext
Module Products.CMFFormController.Actions.TraverseTo, line 36, in __call__
Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 39, in call_object
Module Products.CMFFormController.FSControllerPythonScript, line 102, in __call__
Module Products.CMFFormController.FormController, line 354, in validate
Module ZPublisher.BaseRequest, line 156, in items
Module ZPublisher.HTTPRequest, line 1178, in get
Module Products.Sessions.SessionDataManager, line 94, in getSessionData
Module Products.Sessions.SessionDataManager, line 181, in _getSessionDataObject
Module Products.Transience.Transience, line 840, in new_or_existing
Module Products.Transience.Transience, line 487, in get
Module Products.Transience.Transience, line 293, in _move_item
Module ZODB.Connection, line 599, in setstate
Module ZODB.Connection, line 628, in _is_invalidated
ReadConflictError: database read conflict error (oid 0x1ad2, class BTrees.IOBTree.IOBucket)
Troubleshooting Suggestions

The URL may be incorrect.
The parameters passed to this resource may be incorrect.
A resource that this resource relies on may be encountering an error.
For more detailed information about the error, please refer to error log.

If the error persists please contact the site maintainer. Thank you for your patience.[/code]