MSE has closed the Money Saving Arms.

colinw

It peeves me the way the Arms is lumped in with the angry mob in DT, I am sure the Arms part could exist quite happily without too much work for the forum team

minimad1970

colinw said:

It peeves me the way the Arms is lumped in with the angry mob in DT, I am sure the Arms part could exist quite happily without too much work for the forum team

Come over to the new forum Col, no angry mob over there 

colinw

minimad1970 said:

colinw said:

It peeves me the way the Arms is lumped in with the angry mob in DT, I am sure the Arms part could exist quite happily without too much work for the forum team

Come over to the new forum Col, no angry mob over there 

What if I wanted a mob at a later date? could I hire one?  

Marisco

colinw said:

minimad1970 said:

colinw said:

It peeves me the way the Arms is lumped in with the angry mob in DT, I am sure the Arms part could exist quite happily without too much work for the forum team

Come over to the new forum Col, no angry mob over there 

What if I wanted a mob at a later date? could I hire one?  

Yep, mob available on request

minimad1970

colinw said:

minimad1970 said:

colinw said:

It peeves me the way the Arms is lumped in with the angry mob in DT, I am sure the Arms part could exist quite happily without too much work for the forum team

Come over to the new forum Col, no angry mob over there 

What if I wanted a mob at a later date? could I hire one?  

Yes, I'm sure that could be arranged 

203846930

colinw said:

It peeves me the way the Arms is lumped in with the angry mob in DT, I am sure the Arms part could exist quite happily without too much work for the forum team

Come up to The Compers Inn colin, some of us are temporary nesting there until things settle down.
If nothing else you can say good morning and talk about the weather.

Pyxis

colinw said:

Can I just ask why the Hell have you brought your arguments to the Feedback thread? it is totally selfish behaviour as it will no doubt lead to this thread being closed as well, can you not go scream at each other somewhere else? I wish they would just split up the part of the Arms where we say Good Morning to each other off from DT where a few people just seem to scream and shout at each other

Hear, hear! 👏👏👏
The 'ordinary' Arms was where people could just chat with other and have a laugh and share info, and yet it was lumped in with DT with all its aggro. Spoilt for everyone and now it's all happening again here. ☹️☹️☹️

As Colin says, why not go and open a forum just for people who want a snipe-fest? Then the rest of us can get on with just being nice to each other. Some people, including myself, have become very lonely during lockdown, and this place was a way of having some human communication that wasn't just a few words with a delivery man at a distance once in a while. 
Even more, it was a place to have a good laugh, and by golly, I need good laughs.
That has now gone down the plughole. Thanks. 

Misslayed

Even more, it was a place to have a good laugh, and by golly, I need good laughs.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6119959/lets-bring-out-some-smiles-and-laughter#latest

@pyxis

Algorfa

cognoscenti said:

"Don't post here blaming other people" - while you're doing what exactly?
Why are you taking @Sapphire to task here and not @Algorfa who made the first allegation?
It wouldn't be the result of your own bias, would it?

It is very unfair to yourself blame one person when that person was responding to a confrontational post - and that is what the problem has been: posters jumping on an opportunity to blindly follow their bias just like there while the poster doing the provoking no doubt chuckles quietly at their success in getting the emotional responses they wanted.
The way this thread is heading it too will be removed if some people really are so incapable of common decency.
It's a great example of why the "thanks" button was removed too with the cliques becoming very obvious.

Instead of @Algofora saying "The forum went downhill when the right wingers took over." which is unquestionably provocative, 
"The forum went downhill when the extremists took over." would have been less confrontational - as well as probably more-honest.

I didn't pick out any particular people by name, although it is true that all the quotes get lumped together.  Another example of how rubbish this format has become.  But, in the case of the one you name....If the cap fits!  No debate to be had there which is what an ignore list is for.  I believe I have never responded to that person. 

I can live with the quote in bold.  However, there is no doubt that the balance is far more to the right of centre, some very extreme.  As there are a few left of centre it would be ok.  It's the racist bigotry that is not acceptable on a site such as this.  Even moderately left of centre posters, of which I number myself, have to walk on eggshells with posts while some of the bigots post with impunity.  I have made no secret of my feelings about your performance as a board guide in the past and that, in my view, has permitted the worst excesses to flourish.  As I said, the forum is now such that it is no loss.  I suspect it will not return.

miriamac

Algorfa said:

cognoscenti said:

"Don't post here blaming other people" - while you're doing what exactly?
Why are you taking @Sapphire to task here and not @Algorfa who made the first allegation?
It wouldn't be the result of your own bias, would it?

It is very unfair to yourself blame one person when that person was responding to a confrontational post - and that is what the problem has been: posters jumping on an opportunity to blindly follow their bias just like there while the poster doing the provoking no doubt chuckles quietly at their success in getting the emotional responses they wanted.
The way this thread is heading it too will be removed if some people really are so incapable of common decency.
It's a great example of why the "thanks" button was removed too with the cliques becoming very obvious.

Instead of @Algofora saying "The forum went downhill when the right wingers took over." which is unquestionably provocative, 
"The forum went downhill when the extremists took over." would have been less confrontational - as well as probably more-honest.

I didn't pick out any particular people by name, although it is true that all the quotes get lumped together.  Another example of how rubbish this format has become.  But, in the case of the one you name....If the cap fits!  No debate to be had there which is what an ignore list is for.  I believe I have never responded to that person. 

I can live with the quote in bold.  However, there is no doubt that the balance is far more to the right of centre, some very extreme.  As there are a few left of centre it would be ok.  It's the racist bigotry that is not acceptable on a site such as this.  Even moderately left of centre posters, of which I number myself, have to walk on eggshells with posts while some of the bigots post with impunity.  I have made no secret of my feelings about your performance as a board guide in the past and that, in my view, has permitted the worst excesses to flourish.  As I said, the forum is now such that it is no loss.  I suspect it will not return.

I think you have a case of mistaken identity re 'board guide'.