Moving this board.

lostinrates

MSE_Martin wrote: »

Just to clarify this is not a proposal to merge the board it is simply to move it into the discussion & debate section of the site which is the Money Savers Arms. I have added a poll as requested

Can I ask if you are reading our responses and what you have thought of the ideas?:o:)

SingleSue

misskool wrote: »

I am a board guide on this forum, and I do read it a lot more threads on here than I post. I do have my personal opinion on things but it seems difficult to post them when there are is a clear clique on this board. It is made harder by the fact that everyone on here seems to have a dagger dug in deep towards the board guides.

The same threads rehashing the news stories in different guises and in the GIOL board, I would merge them but to do so here would incite an uproar so it gets left.

Some would be the operative word....I have no dagger in any board guides back, I know how hard it is to moderate a forum.

lostinrates

misskool wrote: »

I am a board guide on this forum, and I do read it a lot more threads on here than I post. I do have my personal opinion on things but it seems difficult to post them when there are is a clear clique on this board. It is made harder by the fact that everyone on here seems to have a dagger dug in deep towards the board guides.

The same threads rehashing the news stories in different guises and in the GIOL board, I would merge them but to do so here would incite an uproar so it gets left.

I've read and even thanked an occasional post of yours. In fact, it was you I was thinking of when I was hoping more interest was there.

Its interesting cliques are so clearly seen. I think there are cliques through out the site, and, as I have already agreed, I think we are a bit, but I think rather than being one clique we are a group of interlinkied cliques. But your perception is different, it seems. Can yu expand at all? It might be that you feel you can't in your role though, I understand that.

News stories ARE looked at from a different angle here, I agree, but I think its part of the point of ''us''.:o

Topov_3

Harry_Powell wrote: »

I also don't understand the obsession with 'sock puppets' (I had to google that and 'troll' to understand what everyone was going on about), either from those using them or from those accusing others of doing so.

People here seem to be convinced that certain people have certain other usernames, but I can't figure out how they know. Is there some sort of tool on MSE or elsewhere that tells them?

They cant, they just blindly accuse people in a similar way that they used to shout "witch" in medieval times. Its another way for the clique to control the board, if your face doesnt fit or they dont like what you have to say, you get accused of being a sock puppet and hassled, mainly to stop you posting or to dilute the point of your posts.

It's easier to dismiss you by claiming your a sock puppet than face the alternative that there is a lot of people who dont agree with them.

Its another form of bullying, something this board excels at.

misskool

carolt wrote: »

Less personal abuse on this thread would be helpful, as it detracts from the point of the thread.

I'm sure there are people who come on MSE purely to bicker, but to make a decision based on their behaviour or views would be a sad neglect of the hundreds of regular users, not to say the tens or hundreds of thousands of less frequent or new users.

I think to ignore discussion of the most important, expensive things anyone will ever buy - houses - and shunt it off to the murkiest reaches of a moneysaving site seems very odd to me.

Surely, it should be right at the top?

What could be more important?

Not everyone's personal ambition in life is to buy a house.

SingleSue

It's certainly not mine Misskool!

Errr....not so sure why I am here, mini identity crisis looming (joke by the way, this is not nasty sarcastic, just lightening the mood)

lostinrates

Topov wrote: »

They cant, they just blindly accuse people in a similar way that they used to shout "witch" in medieval times. Its another way for the clique to control the board, if your face doesnt fit or they dont like what you have to say, you get accused of being a sock puppet and hassled, mainly to stop you posting or to dilute the point of your posts.

It's easier to dismiss you by claiming your a sock puppet than face the alternative that there is a lot of people who dont agree with them.

Its another form of bullying, something this board excels at.

Topov, with this, at least I agree with you. I think in the beginning at least, it was just this, and it annoyed the dickens out of me. But its quite clear now people are joining with plays on names etc, its become tedious in the extreme. I don't accept rudeness and accusations are limited to this board though...sadly.

StevieJ

MSE_Martin wrote: »

Just to clarify this is not a proposal to merge the board it is simply to move it into the discussion & debate section of the site which is the Money Savers Arms. I have added a poll as requested

My concern would be that the very bearish posters would stray into the housing board, best to contain them here where they seem quite content :cool:

Edale

I also think this has to be the hardest board to moderate. What seems irrelevent to someone is very relevent to someone else. The boundaries are much fuzzier and censoring/moving any post will probably lead to an avalanche of criticism. Here's a hug to all the board guides (divadee included) :grouphug:

Snooze

lostinrates wrote: »

I've read and even thanked an occasional post of yours. In fact, it was you I was thinking of when I was hoping more interest was there.

Its interesting cliques are so clearly seen. I think there are cliques through out the site, and, as I have already agreed, I think we are a bit, but I think rather than being one clique we are a group of interlinkied cliques. But your perception is different, it seems. Can yu expand at all? It might be that you feel you can't in your role though, I understand that.

News stories ARE looked at from a different angle here, I agree, but I think its part of the point of ''us''.:o

If you want to see real 'clique' in action, get yersen over to the DFW board!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Rob :rotfl: