What happened? I see a lot of people talking about being banned, and suddenly none of the questions I search for show Jiskha, it's suddenly harder to even find the website like I'd have to dig just to use it, is something going on?

Answer 1

Ahh yes, as an ex-tutor of almost 10 years I agree with you.

The original Jiskha website, so userfriendly and very efficient, has been going downhill for the last couple of years and now is unrecognizable.

- the "search " feature , where you could search for topics, names of tutors or just key words, has been having more and more problems, and now has
totally disappeared.
- the number of regular tutors, several for different subjects, has steadily declined. e.g in math, the most popular subject, now has only about 3 or 4 regulars
- pages were numbered at the bottom of the page, so it was easy to go back and forth --- no longer the case, the feature is gone
- your post was dated, with a time stamp so that could easily find your post
and see if it has been answered ---- no longer the case
- tutors were allowed to post links to other webpages , that could answer
a question ----- no links allowed
- there was a section where you could jump to certain subjects ---- no more
- the passing of Ms Sue, one of the popular tutors, has stopped many of
her students from coming back. She has been sadly missed.
- many popular tutors such as Steve, Damon, SraJMcGin, Reiny, Mathmate, Writeacher, etc all have stopped answering.

Jiskha is basically dead.

Answer 2

In addition Jishka has been renames as questions, LLC
But the page numbers at the bottom of the page is back. The time stamp was a blessing but no more.