D.T still closed

JCS1

Misslayed said:

stephen77 said:

Not sure how much this site makes from advertisement.
More traffic = more payment from adverts. 
Dependant on the answer of the above would effect if it was the correct move to make. 

There is no advertising on MSE, it's a fundamental principle of the site.

No, but there is skimlinks.

Misslayed

JCS1 said:

Misslayed said:

stephen77 said:

Not sure how much this site makes from advertisement.
More traffic = more payment from adverts. 
Dependant on the answer of the above would effect if it was the correct move to make. 

There is no advertising on MSE, it's a fundamental principle of the site.

No, but there is skimlinks.

You can turn them off.

203846930

the only way DT (and other boards) is going to open is if they remove the report button, that way they wont have to deal with all the button pushing snowflakes that haunt these boards.

luxor4t

The annual Strictly Come Dancing thread in the Arms tried relocating to TV Money Saving on Saturday,  but it was deleted.  Fair enough as not quite the right place - but where can we go now, on MSE? 
It is a trouble free thread with a fair crowd of regulars, so it would be a shame to lose it. 

Quasar

luxor4t said:

The annual Strictly Come Dancing thread in the Arms tried relocating to TV Money Saving on Saturday,  but it was deleted.  Fair enough as not quite the right place - but where can we go now, on MSE? 
It is a trouble free thread with a fair crowd of regulars, so it would be a shame to lose it. 

Every year we had a thread on the Eurovision contest. Ok, not exactly a permanent fixture, but it ran and ran with our very own live commentaries and quite a few good laughs. No hassle, no trolls, no arguments - just general good humour. Same for many other threads on ongoing TV shows.

waamo

Quasar said:

luxor4t said:

The annual Strictly Come Dancing thread in the Arms tried relocating to TV Money Saving on Saturday,  but it was deleted.  Fair enough as not quite the right place - but where can we go now, on MSE? 
It is a trouble free thread with a fair crowd of regulars, so it would be a shame to lose it. 

Every year we had a thread on the Eurovision contest. Ok, not exactly a permanent fixture, but it ran and ran with our very own live commentaries and quite a few good laughs. No hassle, no trolls, no arguments - just general good humour. Same for many other threads on ongoing TV shows.

And yet threads on the House Buying... board are discussing the economy and house prices with no issues despite the dedicated board being closed. 

zagfles

The boards I use are still as active as ever. Just went on "new posts" and there's 6 pages of posts made in the last hour! Hardly a dying forum!

I think the problem was that DT and the arms were supposed to be a diversion for money savers, but for a large number of people they became the main event, people who had no or little interest in discussing money saving or finance and just came here to discuss politics, TV etc. The clue is in the URL, this site is about money saving, not for ranting about Tories eating babies or discussing who did the best foxtrot etc. 

The house price board was even worse, it was pathetic, mostly willy waving house price rampers going "na na na na na" to "crash trolls" and vv rather than any real "debate". Don't really blame MSE for closing them. 

waamo

zagfles said:

The house price board was even worse, it was pathetic, mostly willy waving house price rampers going "na na na na na" to "crash trolls" and vv rather than any real "debate". Don't really blame MSE for closing them. 

Whilst a bit more subtle that's still happening though. Discussions tend to end up about house prices crashing yet that is seemingly allowed. If that is allowed why not a none controversial discussion thread that people enjoy?

[Deleted User]

Seems to me that a number of people want to justify to themselves why they still spend a lot of time on MSE , could it be that they are too lazy to find other forums? there are many of them out there with better formats and to be quite honest that are better run, i've found some excellent sites since all but abandoning MSE all of which offer far better forums.

203846930

venison said:

Seems to me that a number of people want to justify to themselves why they still spend a lot of time on MSE , could it be that they are too lazy to find other forums? there are many of them out there with better formats and to be quite honest that are better run, i've found some excellent sites since all but abandoning MSE all of which offer far better forums.

and yet here you are, still waiting for DT to re-open.