The glam Meet the MSE Forum Team picture…

MSE_Martin

I hope some of you will have today seen the picture of the Forum Team top right of the page – and clicked it to see the information underneath it.

The Site and the Forum have grown hugely, and while I'm still very hands-on with the Main Site it's been a long time since I was involved in daily operations of the Forum. I still get into the overarching policy and development, but not how it works, contentious issues, and the technical side.

Many people still message me about these issues though – and I'm far from in a position to help (I no longer even have the right buttons to change things – partly as a security precaution as my log-in is an obvious one to try and hack).

So we thought it time to put a face to the people who actually spend the time and work hard to try and keep the Forum running, are making the decisions and are there to help – plus a more obvious route for people to contact.

While most of the people reading this will be regulars and understand the way the Forum operates, I hope the little box will give some guidance to newbies.

If you have any suggestions for it – do let us know.

Martin

PS. Any rumours that working on the Forum Team is stressful enough to make your hair fall out are hotly denied!

melancholly

so i'm being clearly quite thick - but i can't see where you mean.....

fermi

melancholly wrote: »

so i'm being clearly quite thick - but i can't see where you mean.....

EDIT:

Now I see it. Couldn't before this post.

Former_MSE_Lawrence

Sorry about that guys,

Should be there now if you refresh

melancholly

thanks - and we don't even get to see your face, Lawrence, even though you fixed it!

poppy10_2

Sorry, don't like this at all.

Looks like a group of bouncers, which together with the rather authoritarian "WE RUN THE MSE FORUM" message, makes it look pretty scary and unwelcoming.




Perhaps retake the photo when everyone isn't wearing black, and perhaps smiling a little more? And maybe also change the message to "We're here to help" or something a little less harsh.

Just my two cents :money:

cosmic-dust

Did you steal the staff from the Jezza Kyle show?

cit_k

MSE_Martin wrote: »

I hope some of you will have today seen the picture of the Forum Team top right of the page – and clicked it to see the information underneath it.

The Site and the Forum have grown hugely, and while I'm still very hands-on with the Main Site it's been a long time since I was involved in daily operations of the Forum. I still get into the overarching policy and development, but not how it works, contentious issues, and the technical side.

Many people still message me about these issues though – and I'm far from in a position to help (I no longer even have the right buttons to change things – partly as a security precaution as my log-in is an obvious one to try and hack).

So we thought it time to put a face to the people who actually spend the time and work hard to try and keep the Forum running, are making the decisions and are there to help – plus a more obvious route for people to contact.

While most of the people reading this will be regulars and understand the way the Forum operates, I hope the little box will give some guidance to newbies.

If you have any suggestions for it – do let us know.

Martin

PS. Any rumours that working on the Forum Team is stressful enough to make your hair fall out are hotly denied!

Can I ask why you put your name to the forum then, if you not involved in contentious issues? Surely, its your reputation that gets damaged, if they are handled badly?

jamespir

they look like scary bouncers lol

MSE_Martin

cit_k wrote: »

Can I ask why you put your name to the forum then, if you not involved in contentious issues? Surely, its your reputation that gets damaged, if they are handled badly?

I both own and run MoneySavingExpert - the forum is one a part of that - not a separate site.

However in the forum just like in the main site (where there are by-lines on many guides now) I think it is important people know who is involved.

The key is I am still look at the development of the forum, I post in it, I'm there thinking what big picture stuff can we do to improve it. I'm just not involved in day-to-day organisation and administration. That's done by the forum team, of which the picture is the four senior members.

Hope that makes sense

cit_k

MSE_Martin wrote: »

I both own and run MoneySavingExpert - the forum is one a part of that - not a separate site.

However in the forum just like in the main site (where there are by-lines on many guides now) I think it is important people know who is involved.

The key is I am still look at the development of the forum, I post in it, I'm there thinking what big picture stuff can we do to improve it. I'm just not involved in day-to-day organisation and administration. That's done by the forum team, of which the picture is the four senior members.

Hope that makes sense

Perhaps you can look into why people can call another poster a

"benefits scrounging malingerer who does everything they can to ensure that they can suckle from the teat of the tax payer without having to do a single thing in return for the rest of your entire life. "

and still be allowed to remain on the forum.

Especially, when after its pointed out that that would be reported (by another user) they turn round and say they dont care - they will sign up again under a fake acccount, I quote

Doesn't bother me. I can set up endless email addresses and use many IP addresses to log in unless MSE intends on banning every user of one of the largest ISPs in the country.

And the posts get removed when reported, but no answer given to the reports, and the poster remains.