Proposed Forum Changes...

arunadasi

innovate wrote: »

I would support the suggestion to rename the board, for the simple reason that the word "Gambling" put me off even going to that board for almost a year. Eventually, it remained the only MSE board I hadn't peeked into, and I needed to finally know why on earth Martin is allowing a 'gambling' board. Now that I know what it is about, I regret I didn't go there earlier since there is no other board that helps you how to make so much money with so little effort.

Really? So what's that board about? I haven't been there either, for the same reason!

eternal_sunshine

BlueIsTheColour wrote: »

I have to disagree with a few posters, sorry, and say I think separating the diaries section in DFW is a good idea, there are so many now, and thats a good thing, but it can sometimes make it hard to actually find the threads that need or offer advice cos there are so many diaries in there, if the diaries were a sub-board like the IVA/BR one is, I think the great DFW community woud remain, but it would make the DFW board much more easy to use. I have really struggled lately to find threads that offer the advice I am after.

Just my opinion tho

agree 100% about separating the diaries-i don't think it would harm the community by being put somewhere separate, in fact I think it means people would be more inclined to look at diaries they'd not previously ventured into before. Having lots of diaries on the main board definitely makes it a lot more difficult to see the non-diary threads and they end up getting pushed off the front page

eternal_sunshine

redmandarin wrote: »

I am disturbed that "sexism" is not included in this list. Please can you tell me why it is not?

There seems to be a double standard at work here. Please can you explain why, according to site rules, the posting of racist posts is deemed to be bad (quite rightly), yet sexist posts are considered to be perfectly acceptable?

I don't think that statement is saying that sexist posts are acceptable at all, but surely if a word was used to describe every form of unacceptable post then that statement would go on forever and would end up looking a bit daft.

Edinburghlass_2

welshgirl78 wrote: »

I'm afraid I am another agreeer for a sub board for diaries - or perhaps a trial basis?

fermi has an unofficial poll running here with some good alternative suggestions.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1536193

fermi

Edinburghlass wrote: »

fermi has an unofficial poll running here with some good alternative suggestions.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1536193

Yep.

But as said there, if you want the site team and Martin to read your comments then please post them on this thread.

shelly

arunadasi wrote: »

I love MSE but am new enough to be happy with all changes you decide to make, but I do have one itsy-bitsy suggestion:

For the last 5 years I've been on another forum which seems to use the exact same format as MSE -- it;s vBulletin -- and so I'm wondering if one feature of that forum could be adopted here: posting on a thread is an automatic subscription to that thread.

Perhaps I'm spoiled from that forum, but I often forget to subscribe when I post on MSE, and then I wonder why there have been no follow-ups, and then the penny drops and I go and look for the thread. It's no big deal, but this is such a huge forum threads do get buried very quickly so it means a search for my own posts.

I don't know if other people forget to subscribe, but I think that many newbies probably don't realise they have to if they want to find a thread easily after posting.

What do others think? And is this at all possible? That other forum is identical in format to MSE in almost every other way...

PS and yes, I remembered to subscribe to this thread!

When you post on a thread you do automatically subscribe to it.

To find the threads quickly you can click on UserCP and the most recently posted on threads will be listed there. To find older threads click List subscriptions on the left hand side once in UserCP.

HTH

rog2

redmandarin wrote: »

However, I have a problem with the statement "If you spot a spam, illegal, offensive, racist, libelous (sic) post or PM please email [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"]abuse@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL]"

I am disturbed that "sexism" is not included in this list. Please can you tell me why it is not?

Surely "sexism", and for that matter "ageism" would come under the heading of offensive and can, indeed should, be reported as such.

rog2

So_Sad_Angel wrote: »

Also IVA as sub to BR&LWI board & then a new DMP sub board to DFW.

Okay, ssa - I agree 100% with what you are saying, and would like to take it one stage further:

At the moment, DFW comes under the general section of 'Pure Money' as do credit cards, insurance, mortgages etc.
DFW is, undoubtedly, one of the largest and most visited, boards in this section. The whole reason for debating any changes to DFW is, in my opinion, due to the high usage and, as we all know, the current economic climate is only going to 'add' to that usage.
So - is it time that DFW becomes a 'section in its own right'? Maybe under a General Heading of 'Debt and Dealing with it'

That way, instead of 'sub boards' each category could have its own, dedicated board, including a DMP Board, Bankruptcy Board, IVA Board - even, possibly a Debt Diary Board.

I hasten to add that I am not going back on my earlier comments - I feel, very strongly, that the 'diaries' are, and should remain, an integral part of DFW, but if the whole area of 'DFW' were to be reviewed, there could be a solution which will satisfy both of the emerging points of view,

Gemmzie

As a DFW poster and a DMPer, I think that splitting DMPs to a sub forum is more important than the ongoing diary issue in the current climate.
We only have one thread which is for quick questions and support but increasingly newbies are posting their SOAs in that thread and getting lost. So I think that needs a sub-forum more, it's worked very well for IVAs and bankruptcy.

rog2

Gemmzie wrote: »

We only have one thread which is for quick questions and support but increasingly newbies are posting their SOAs in that thread and getting lost.

Exactly, Gemmzie - just how the 'Bankruptcy' board started - one thread, just two years ago - and look where it is today.