Why have "Comp-liments" disappeared from Competitions Time? 27 March at 11:37PM in Site Feedback 9 replies 641 views

One-Eye

At some point this evening "Comp-liments" have disappeared from Competitions Time and Sub-Forums. They have also gone when you view "My Profile". They have NOT been replaced with "Thanks".
What is going on?

thingamaBob

Could they be implementing "Make it more obvious when a post is thanked/Comp-limented"?

fire**fly

 both, was confused this morning about it all, hope it's ok have posted your help in T-A-B thread as others asking also .

lizd31

It happened a couple of weeks ago two for a couple of days. I thought they were supposed to be sorting out the almighty mess this forum has become but it seems to be getting worse as I couldn't see any twitter links the other day without refreshing the page again like it did when they first launched the new website

ellasmommy

Anyone around to tell us why????? Absolute ridiculous what this site has done to the competitions board.

Misslayed

The very small forum team, like everyone else on the planet, have revised their priorities, and are working flat out (from home) to keep the forum going in this unprecedented crisis. They deserve our respect.

waamo

Misslayed said:

The very small forum team, like everyone else on the planet, have revised their priorities, and are working flat out (from home) to keep the forum going in this unprecedented crisis. They deserve our respect.

You have a very good point. The small amount of unpaid volunteers who help keep this site going are an absolute credit to the community. They deserve the utmost respect and praise in these difficult times. 

grannybiker

Misslayed said:

The very small forum team, like everyone else on the planet, have revised their priorities, and are working flat out (from home) to keep the forum going in this unprecedented crisis. They deserve our respect.

We appreciate this, and I may be flamed for saying this, but - there has been no progress on reinstating the lost functions of the comps board or even an update with anticipated time frames since way before this all got seriously scary.  We were dumped into a new and unfamiliar forum where nothing seemed to work, then went the best part of a week at the end of last month with non-existent/unreliable search and nothing seems to have happened since this was eventually sorted.  While a proper Thanks button would be nice, it's hardly the thing that most impedes efficient comping. 
The impact of COVID-19 can't be held responsible for everything.  Less than 2 weeks ago, children were still in school, most of society was functionally relatively normally and it was deemed safe for just under 69,000 extra visitors to stream into Cheltenham for the Gold Cup festival.  
Perhaps if we'd had updates it would be easier to appreciate the work going on behind the scenes... For those staying loyal to MSE and struggling to continue comping, (Particularly those who've now been confined to their homes,) we've seen no progress or even a glimmer of hope that things will improve.
Stay safe everyone.

J_B

Misslayed said:

The very small forum team, like everyone else on the planet, have revised their priorities, and are working flat out (from home) to keep the forum going in this unprecedented crisis. They deserve our respect.

MSE dumped this 'new improved' forum on everyone a while back, much to most users derision, as borne out by a snagging thread of about 1300 messages in a week. Sadly, in my opinion they were sold a dud and really heads should roll as a consequence, but I'm sure they won't, especially in the current climate.

Why a business the size of MSE (which has been reportedly sold for "up to £87mil") needs to rely on a 'very small forum team' many of who are volunteers is quite frankly a disgrace. Rant over!

Anyway, hey ho, it is what it is and we have to live with what we have now as there are much more important issues to deal with. Many thanks for trying your best to deal with the mess that has been forced upon you!

waamo

J_B said:

Why a business the size of MSE (which has been reportedly sold for "up to £87mil") needs to rely on a 'very small forum team' many of who are volunteers is quite frankly a disgrace. Rant over!

The team in charge of implementing the new forum are paid professionals. The board guides are unpaid volunteers.

My words above in my previous post were chosen carefully