MSE has closed the Money Saving Arms.

Tom_Mix

Oh well..The Arms is nout but a bunch of dead roses anyway.

Mind you if they'd closed it down during the halcyon days of 5 or 6 years ago I would have been heartbroken.

I suppose if it was gonna happen, now seems like a good time to pull the plug.

Shame though..

Never mind I'm left with some good memories.

Stay safe peeps!

Tigsteroonie

Just seems daft when so many are championing the importance of keeping good mental health during this lockdown, it's as important as keeping your finances sound. Yet they close the board that helps with the sense of belonging to a community, thereby creating silos of people with specific problems.

Ageing_Disgracefully

colinw said:

It is a bit shocking really to cut off a online community at this time especially, it might be the only contact some shielded people have with people

This is the big concern and I feel sorry for those who have suddenly lost the one bit of contact that have with others.

Sadly, there was one particular poster with more than one AE who was reporting every post that they didn't agree with and causing huge problems for the mods.  Ban one AE and another was added.  That person should be seriously ashamed of the harm that they have caused to a small number of people who it was clear relied on the forum.

TheNickster

Ageing_Disgracefully said:

colinw said:

It is a bit shocking really to cut off a online community at this time especially, it might be the only contact some shielded people have with people

This is the big concern and I feel sorry for those who have suddenly lost the one bit of contact that have with others.

Sadly, there was one particular poster with more than one AE who was reporting every post that they didn't agree with and causing huge problems for the mods.  Ban one AE and another was added.  That person should be seriously ashamed of the harm that they have caused to a small number of people who it was clear relied on the forum.

How do you know this? Do you have contact with the mods or are you a mod?

Herzlos

_mayonnaise_ said:

TheNickster said:

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

Wow, a user friendly forum. What a contrast with this MSE shambles!

They even have a long running Dominic Cummings thread that didn't need to be deleted every other day.

And no lame messages about closing forums because they're busy because of Covid.

I registered.

Absolutely, it certainly seems like an improvement. I'm pretty much just here because the other forum I used banned all politics discussion and it provided a better view outside of my bubble, but since digitalspy seems to be able to have politics threads that don't vanish it may be a better home.

Mrs_Arcanum

Herzlos said:

_mayonnaise_ said:

TheNickster said:

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

Wow, a user friendly forum. What a contrast with this MSE shambles!

They even have a long running Dominic Cummings thread that didn't need to be deleted every other day.

And no lame messages about closing forums because they're busy because of Covid.

I registered.

Absolutely, it certainly seems like an improvement. I'm pretty much just here because the other forum I used banned all politics discussion and it provided a better view outside of my bubble, but since digitalspy seems to be able to have politics threads that don't vanish it may be a better home.

If it is any help, DS General Discussion forum leans right, Politics forum is more LW. Chatter is the Arms equivalent of A-Z type threads. 

waamo

Ageing_Disgracefully said:

colinw said:

It is a bit shocking really to cut off a online community at this time especially, it might be the only contact some shielded people have with people

This is the big concern and I feel sorry for those who have suddenly lost the one bit of contact that have with others.

Sadly, there was one particular poster with more than one AE who was reporting every post that they didn't agree with and causing huge problems for the mods.  Ban one AE and another was added.  That person should be seriously ashamed of the harm that they have caused to a small number of people who it was clear relied on the forum.

The reporting system has been broken for several days so it's currently not a problem. New and improved innit.

colinw

Ageing_Disgracefully said:

colinw said:

It is a bit shocking really to cut off a online community at this time especially, it might be the only contact some shielded people have with people

This is the big concern and I feel sorry for those who have suddenly lost the one bit of contact that have with others.

Sadly, there was one particular poster with more than one AE who was reporting every post that they didn't agree with and causing huge problems for the mods.  Ban one AE and another was added.  That person should be seriously ashamed of the harm that they have caused to a small number of people who it was clear relied on the forum.

You always get the odd idiot who wants to spoil it for everyone else

wilfred30

Here's another alternative to MSE.  It has a lot of useful boards as well as General Discussion:

https://www.diynot.com/diy/

WillimS2020

wilfred30 said:

Here's another alternative to MSE.  It has a lot of useful boards as well as General Discussion:

https://www.diynot.com/diy/

Hi wilf has discussion board been closed, I can't get on?