Health and Beauty Board.

LittleTinker

Is it just me or has the health and beauty board turned into a mess?

I used to love reading that forum with all its handy tips on makeup and spot cleaners etc.

But now it seems it is filled up with diet after diet support threads, slimmer challenges, weight lose advice and what to eat supplement wise.

On top of that there is mental health support, depression support and counselling question threads.

Can anyone tell me how any of these threads stick to this..........
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Warning! This board is about Health MoneySaving. This is not a place for discussion/ treatment of medical issues[/FONT]

.......which is pasted at the top of the board?

Not only that, but the depression threads are all repeated elsewhere on the site.

Its a shame because it did use to be a nice board.

Nile

Hello LittleTinker

You know it could be the time of year, lots of people decide to go on diets and join gyms in January/February because they want to lose some weight and get fit..................to lose the pounds they gained at Christmas.;)

Around May/June we'll get lots of threads about allergies and where to find the cheapest hay fever medicines.

I'm not interested in every subject that's posted in the 'Health & Beauty' board either but it doesn't stop me from looking at it every day.

I think the board guides do a great job.

Regards

Nile

Savvy_Sue

As ever, if you think a thread is inappropriate you can report it to abuse. Because as you know, board guides don't / can't / aren't expected to read every thread, and the sky tends to fall on our heads if we're too quick to merge / move / delete.

LittleTinker

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

As ever, if you think a thread is inappropriate you can report it to abuse. Because as you know, board guides don't / can't / aren't expected to read every thread, and the sky tends to fall on our heads if we're too quick to merge / move / delete.

It does seem a bit harsh to report all these posts to 'abuse' when there isnt really a great deal of abuse going on.

It would also seem that the abuse team have a backlog or something because there are still posts on the boards that have blatant medical advise that are still there.

Savvy_Sue

LittleTinker wrote: »

It does seem a bit harsh to report all these posts to 'abuse' when there isnt really a great deal of abuse going on.

As it happens, I can't report by just clicking on the red triangle, so I do get the chance to say in my (numerous) emails if I think it's actual abuse, or just maybe the wrong side of the Medical Advice line, or some other issue. Even if I COULD just click on the red triangle, I would sometimes do that, just to clarify exactly why I am reporting.

LittleTinker wrote: »

It would also seem that the abuse team have a backlog or something because there are still posts on the boards that have blatant medical advise that are still there.

Either that, or they've decided they're happy to leave them. As a mere BG, I am not privy to the working of the minds of the Forum Team.