Daily Mags - what is happening?

toniq

This is getting ridiculous, I'm getting insulted from thread users for daring to help on Mse.

It was never to attack anyone, The Mag thread had 47 average likes per comp, The 3 I linked had over 500+ , which shows the majority where not using the thread or noticing it.

Rather than keep attacking me in thinly veiled snipes maybe look outside of the box and see what would help everyone not just yourselves.

This is so one sided as it is in CCC, thanks for calling me the vocal minority? the figures show I'm not but people are wary of saying anything.

Also with his thread here most don't it, except the same old same old.

I linked a comp worth over £1000 to main, it still went to mag thread so everyone would have been happy.

But it blew up into this, I deleted the thread and asked Glad to intervene before things escalated further.
This thread showed how many were missing out https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4819004.

Not going to argue here as it seems people really want to take a constant pop at me.

The whole idea was to help many not a few that comp, that point I can't seem to get through to some.

surfboard2

Oh - i didn't even notice the thread had been closed.

Thanks.

mjm3346

Every one saw the daily/mag thread in the same way they all saw the compers guide and the other stickies - some people (inc me) then choose to ignore those they were not interested in/didn't want to spend time looking at.

So I would have missed out on what someone else decided were big prizes (which was way below the threshold for what I consider big), that was my choice just the same as it was the choice of everyone else to read or not read the daily/mag thread.

Hippy110

Biker*Chick wrote: »

So sad to see this has happened. I think Cornish, Mums, Fire*Fly, Jambo and everyone else involved have done a fantastic job :A and the mag dailies thread has worked a treat up to now. I only joined the forum earlier this year so don't know what it was like in the past, but can't think that adding each new mag comp onto the main board will solve the problem in any way, shape or form. If the sticky didn't placate the disgruntled MSE members then I suppose this must be the only option. It doesn't seem like any progress to me though.

Ah well - at least it'll free up the previously dedicated mags daily updaters to spend more time entering comps!

Agreed - thanks all

Blulu

Nobody involved should feel or be attacked for their views on this. It's very complicated and everyone's input is valid and hopefully welcome.

The way I see it, is that it is hard to find the perfect solution that will suit all compers.

For those who do the magazine dailies regularly, having them in their own thread works really well. And it is seemingly much easier to post them this way too.

The trouble is though those who don't do them regularly, and therefore don't look at the daily thread, miss out on seeing what comps are available to them.

So someone might not want to do 'the magazine dailies' but they might be tempted with the odd one, if they saw it posted on the main board.

What we need is to find the best compromise, which was clearly Glad's point about how the daily thread was set up as an experiment. It was an experiment that worked well in some ways, but not so much in others.

So that's the issue. The point is then, what to try next.

I don't know if this would work, but I have one idea to throw into the bucket.

What if it was kept as it is now, with the dailies thread, and separated into, magazines, RCs and others there. But we also asked for another volunteer to post a link to each NEW daily comp once on the main board. It wouldn't take that much posting, because it should only need the title, and the link in the main body.

In that way, we might have the best of all worlds. And also hopefully we can placate Cornish, who none of us would want to upset after all the work she's done for us. I can understand that you feel messed around CP, but please don't feel unappreciated. That is sooooo not the case.

Whadyafink?

Blu X

defairmans

toniq wrote: »

It was never to attack anyone, The Mag thread had 47 average likes per comp, The 3 I linked had over 500+ , which shows the majority where not using the thread or noticing it.

toniq, I am not having a go, but I would expect figures like that because, like the dailies, a lot of people work off of the front page posts, so it is not an indication of how many people are entering the mag comps. Also, people are more likely to enter the bigger prizes as a one off on the main thread then go through each mag every day.

defairmans

I am really upset that the dailies thread is locked. I think Cornish did an amazing job as did all the posters putting each new comp up. I don't know what happened, but the way the thread was seemed perfect. I only do the mags lately and found the new thread wonderful. Like a lot of other posters with health problems, I found it easier to use. Everyone makes their personal decision about which comps to do and a lot of posters skip the mags.
The Daily thread gets so long now with all the rafflecopters. I agree with what another poster suggested regarding a separate sticky for dailies, mags and rafflecopters.
If posters wanted to check for big prizes, they could subscribe to the thread and scroll through the new posts at the end. Just my opinion.
I think the community is brilliant and I am so grateful to everyone who works so hard.
I would genuinely love to help with the threads but I know I wouldn't be able to update them as often and as well as posters like Cornish.

Nicky63

defairmans wrote: »

toniq, I am not having a go, but I would expect figures like that because, like the dailies, a lot of people work off of the front page posts, so it is not an indication of how many people are entering the mag comps. Also, people are more likely to enter the bigger prizes as a one off on the main thread then go through each mag every day.

Which is the point in case! Sorry to chip in but I would have totally missed these "special" Christmas comps worth between £1k and £3k (if they're not classed as "big" then I don't know what is!) if they had not been highlighted by Toni and posted on the main board for all to see. They didn't appear on the list on each mag's website under "Prize Draws" as they were only printed in the magazines, therefore anyone that just puts each mag up now and again to scroll through and see what's there would never have seen them, which what Cheekychicken explained the other day too.

And just for the record, YES PLEASE! to the Rafflecoptors going in their own thread, it drives me bonkers having to scroll through them all looking for ordinary dailies.

grannybiker

Oh dear
I haven't read everything but as I interpret it...
The main "For" was that it suited many people and freed up the daily thread that was becoming clogged with mags.
The main "Against" was that comps were only in the sticky and not on the main board- something that many feel is vital if ALL compers are to benefit.

I interpreted Glad's suggestion that we have 3 daily stickies...
1) Daillies
2) Rafflecopters
3) Mags

(If I'm wrong, please don't flame me, I'm truly trying to help )

Now surely there's a compromise?
If, like other dailies, (including the rafflecopters that are now dominating dailies thread,) all comps are posted on THE MAIN BOARD then linked to the appropriate sticky, won't that suit [STRIKE]both[/STRIKE] all camps? It's done with other dailies, so why not all?

rugmaker

The current system has been working brilliantly and I am very sorry to see it stopped. If people want each mag daily linked from the main board that should be fine (if someone is happy to do it), but what we must avoid is having to open a separate thread on here for each mag daily (to get the link and the answer - I know I could just work off the mag sites, but I would forget the answers!). The list of comps for each mag with the answer next to the link is as easy as could be. Opening 200-300 threads a day to get to the mag comps would be a nightmare.

Please let's not throw the baby out with the bath water and lose the ease of use of the current system to address an entirely separate issue of visibility of these comps.

I would also like to thank Cornish for all her great hrad work on the mag dailies and the many wins that have resulted for me and many others.