MSE has closed the Money Saving Arms.

TheNickster

I for one am not sorry because it was far too addictive and consequently time consuming. 
We all can now get out more and get a life (covid permitting)!

cognoscenti

Agreed, although ................ it means I might have to actually do some work! 

waamo

Given the inevitable drop in site traffic you have to wonder if this forum will last much longer. It seems to be limping along with fewer and fewer regular members posting.

colinw

I think this decision stinks and is a kick in the teeth to the people who have posted in there over the years, I appreciate things might be busy with Covid going on at the moment but a lot of people rely on that forum, I suppose we are not making any money for them though and therefore get dumped

Tigsteroonie

Of all the flaming timing - I'm now off work for 9 days, I've got time to post in the Arms

waamo

colinw said:

I think this decision stinks and is a kick in the teeth to the people who have posted in there over the years, I appreciate things might be busy with Covid going on at the moment but a lot of people rely on that forum, I suppose we are not making any money for them though and therefore get dumped

Things aren't that busy though. Many of the boards are like tumbleweed. The admin are probably busy trying to fix the car crash of the forum they foisted on everyone. If that's the case it's a self inflicted busy.

babyblade41

I don't think it has any correlation with moderating certain boards especially as we are slowly getting through the worst of SD.

I think by closing one board at a time it will be the inevitable closing of MSE altogether 

Mrs_Arcanum

waamo said:

colinw said:

I think this decision stinks and is a kick in the teeth to the people who have posted in there over the years, I appreciate things might be busy with Covid going on at the moment but a lot of people rely on that forum, I suppose we are not making any money for them though and therefore get dumped

Things aren't that busy though. Many of the boards are like tumbleweed. The admin are probably busy trying to fix the car crash of the forum they foisted on everyone. If that's the case it's a self inflicted busy.

Exactly. The new layout and the diabolical nested threads & HTML code are foul. It's as if they want to actively put people off posting.

TheNickster

For those suffering withdrawal symptons try this:-
https://forums.digitalspy.com/categories/general-discussion-forums

Mrs_Arcanum

TheNickster said:

For those suffering withdrawal symptons try this:-
https://forums.digitalspy.com/categories/general-discussion-forums

The politics forum gets interesting too.

NeilCr

TheNickster said:

For those suffering withdrawal symptons try this:-
https://forums.digitalspy.com/categories/general-discussion-forums

Thanks

Have joined and will see how it goes. Looks interesting on first pass

I am inclined to agree with others that MSE has lost it's way. Poorly managed and poorly resourced. No blame on the forum team or the board guides - they haven't got the manpower, knowledge  or authority to  moderate this place, properly.