Moving this board.

Rikki

I have found since this board was created a lot of what was normally discussed in DT moved over to here. I feel we have lost some contributors to discussions threads as these board have become a closed shop and have made people feel unwelcome.
I believe it would benefit us all to open these discussion up the the wider audience of mse.

ad9898_3

MSE_Martin wrote: »

I have to say if this thread is any evidence of the rest of the forum. I think deleting it rather than moving it is the right option.

There's no point in having something this vitriolic and I certainly dont want it in the core MoneySaving boards.

Notice how apart from Dan, your 'thankers' never post here.:rolleyes: This what winds people up. Looks like you have a few groupies who follow you about.:D

Edale

MSE_Martin wrote: »

I have to say if this thread is any evidence of the rest of the forum. I think deleting it rather than moving it is the right option.

There's no point in having something this vitriolic and I certainly dont want it in the core MoneySaving boards.

I understand why you feel this but I think I speak for lots of users when I say I find this board very entertaining and useful. If you could get rid of about 10% of the posts it would be fantastic. It would be a shame if the actions of a few could spoil it for the many. That is why it needs to be moderated more actively, there are many posts/threads that nearly all who read this board would agree need to be deleted. To delete the board completely is allowing the lunatics to take over the asylum.

Topov_3

MSE_Martin wrote: »

I have to say if this thread is any evidence of the rest of the forum. I think deleting it rather than moving it is the right option.

There's no point in having something this vitriolic and I certainly dont want it in the core MoneySaving boards.

This thread is an indication of what the whole board is like Martin. As I said in the original Changes to the Boards thread, any newbies who come to MSE for advice about house buying or are afraid of losign their jobs in the recession must be appalled when they stumble into the Housing/economy and see all this going on. Many of them must turn tail and leave, taking with them a very poor opinion of MSE.

Anyone with financial problems, debts, facing reposession are roundly turned on, anyone who is considering buying a house is roundly turned on, anyone who has a BTL is roundly turned on. It gets really vicious and really drags down the rest of MSE.

You just need to make sure that the board guides are vigilent with the other housing related boards to make sure this lot dont wreck those too. I think if you combined all the housing related boards (mortgage, house buying & renting, mortgage free wannabee) into a single Housing area, then this would help dilute the more extreme posters on here due to the larger numbers of 'sane' people who regularly post on those boards.

Basically, this board is poison and the sooner you move it to an MSE backwater the better it will be for the other boards.

ad9898_3

Rikki wrote: »

I have found since this board was created a lot of what was normally discussed in DT moved over to here. I feel we have lost some contributors to discussions threads as these board have become a closed shop and have made people feel unwelcome.
I believe it would benefit us all to open these discussion up the the wider audience of mse.

Another Martin groupie, when did you last post on house prices, economy or recession, christ we will have korkythecat here soon.:D

pizzaboy

MSE_Martin wrote: »

I have to say if this thread is any evidence of the rest of the forum. I think deleting it rather than moving it is the right option.

There's no point in having something this vitriolic and I certainly dont want it in the core MoneySaving boards.

Cmon big boss,tell em all to grow up a bit and that its just an internet forum,the snobbery towards the arms and DT is staggering!.

Rikki

ad9898 wrote: »

Another Martin groupie, when did you last post on house prices, economy or recession, christ we will have korkythecat here soon.:D

When the board was first introduced but after being ignored and not taken seriously because I regularly posted in less acceptable parts of the site to this, I took my leave.

Groupie? News to me.

SingleSue

I've come to the conclusion that it is going to happen regardless of what points are made.

So unusually for me, I am giving up the fight (in the word sense, I am completely non violent) to keep it in pure money.

ad9898_3

And another one.

MSE_Martin

Just to reiterate the point about "it needs moderation". We don't moderate, if people report posts we will look at them. Yet we're never going to have people proactively going through posts to make the thing work - both resources, time and practice don't permit it.

The key is if you think a post is abusive then report it. Yet ultimate in a debate forum there will be disagreement. I understand that. I just am not convinced Pure Money is the place for it.

THanks for all the opinions, Im going to ponder.