Why was the thread pulled - Is the Market Cooling?

Slithery

BikingBud said:
Perhaps you could enlighten us about the rules that were broken and the conduct that was considered unacceptable.

Sure. From the 'Debate House Prices' board...

We’re struggling at the moment with the huge volumes of messages we’re getting from Forumites about coronavirus and the impact it’s having on their finances. We’re a small team and we’re doing our best to manage this spike in demand. As a result, we’ve reluctantly decided to temporarily close the Debate House Prices & the Economy Board so that we can redirect our limited resources to those who need us most at this time.

Please do not post content intended for this board elsewhere in the forum – we appreciate your help and understanding during this exceptionally difficult time. It goes without saying, we hope to get back to full business as soon as possible!

BikingBud

Slithery said:

BikingBud said:
Perhaps you could enlighten us about the rules that were broken and the conduct that was considered unacceptable.

Sure. From the 'Debate House Prices' board...

We’re struggling at the moment with the huge volumes of messages we’re getting from Forumites about coronavirus and the impact it’s having on their finances. We’re a small team and we’re doing our best to manage this spike in demand. As a result, we’ve reluctantly decided to temporarily close the Debate House Prices & the Economy Board so that we can redirect our limited resources to those who need us most at this time.

Please do not post content intended for this board elsewhere in the forum – we appreciate your help and understanding during this exceptionally difficult time. It goes without saying, we hope to get back to full business as soon as possible!

@Slithery - Is that you surmising or is that the site's official position?
 
Why is this still live https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6265306/do-we-expect-a-slow-down/p1 then?

As Soon as Possible - Nothing posted on that board since Mar 2020 over 14 months ago!

It would be better and more transparent if they confirmed that they decided that they did not wish to support discussion about the most significant financial commitment that most people ever make. Moreover all those threads have been closed and locked but have not been removed. Again if the subject thread was going off course the site could apply a measured response and not go for the totalitarian approach. 

Thrugelmir

Anybody would think that starting another thread that serves no real purpose on the forum is in itself obtuse. 

Slithery

BikingBud said:

Why is this still live https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6265306/do-we-expect-a-slow-down/p1 then?

Because these forums have no moderators and they only take action when a thread is reported?

But thanks for pointing that one out, I'll report it now...

[Deleted User]

BikingBud said:

Slithery said:

BikingBud said:
Perhaps you could enlighten us about the rules that were broken and the conduct that was considered unacceptable.

Sure. From the 'Debate House Prices' board...

We’re struggling at the moment with the huge volumes of messages we’re getting from Forumites about coronavirus and the impact it’s having on their finances. We’re a small team and we’re doing our best to manage this spike in demand. As a result, we’ve reluctantly decided to temporarily close the Debate House Prices & the Economy Board so that we can redirect our limited resources to those who need us most at this time.

Please do not post content intended for this board elsewhere in the forum – we appreciate your help and understanding during this exceptionally difficult time. It goes without saying, we hope to get back to full business as soon as possible!

@Slithery - Is that you surmising or is that the site's official position?
 
Why is this still live https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6265306/do-we-expect-a-slow-down/p1 then?

As Soon as Possible - Nothing posted on that board since Mar 2020 over 14 months ago!

It would be better and more transparent if they confirmed that they decided that they did not wish to support discussion about the most significant financial commitment that most people ever make. Moreover all those threads have been closed and locked but have not been removed. Again if the subject thread was going off course the site could apply a measured response and not go for the totalitarian approach. 

@Slithery isn’t surmising. That is literally what it says at the top of the Debate House Prices and the Economy board. 

I did post a while back on Site Feedback that it be reopened because threads that clearly belong on that board have started to spill on to other ones such as this one and there’s a beezer on the Mortgages & Endowments board about interest only mortgages. 

As to why the one you linked to hasn’t been removed you’d need to ask those at MSE Towers. Maybe it was an oversight. 

cymruchris

Things are approaching more of a normality in real life - but I wonder how the 'huge influx of coronavirus' enquiries is going now for the small team that run the boards. It would be nice to know how they're doing (even if they are extremely busy still).... A little update here and there wouldn't go amiss. 

Davesnave

cymruchris said:

Things are approaching more of a normality in real life - but I wonder how the 'huge influx of coronavirus' enquiries is going now for the small team that run the boards. It would be nice to know how they're doing (even if they are extremely busy still)....

Some parts of that section are very quiet now, but there are probably quite a few legal ins and outs regarding pure legal and money matters to keep up with.

On a personal level I'm wary of posting about matters involving Convid, having received warnings for reporting or saying things which conflict with the well-controlled government narrative. Anyone would think MSE was now an arm of the BBC, but they probably just want to avoid controversy as it tends to cause bad behaviour and isn't easily monetised.

Scotbot

Slithery said:

The thread was pulled because it broke the rules.
It's a privately run website, they can have whatever rules they wish regarding the content of posts.

Absolutely they can but a post saying why would be helpful.  The house prices discussion board was closed over a year ago so many posters won't be aware of it or why. 

MobileSaver

JJR45 said:

Yes, looks the people not looking at buying at the moment got it shut down.

I think you are right, I have long suspected that many such threads are actually reported by HPCers.

They've been wrong for so long and their latest arguments are so contrived and easily rebuffed that they'd rather a thread was removed than having to own up to their delusions.

Davesnave said:

On a personal level I'm wary of posting about matters involving Convid,

If you want to discuss such things with other conspiracy theorists then Quora may be the place for you; you can also discuss that 9/11 was a hoax, the U.S. election was rigged and the holocaust never happened. All bizarre and even distasteful discussions to me but each to their own.

Davesnave

MobileSaver said:

Davesnave said:

On a personal level I'm wary of posting about matters involving Convid,

If you want to discuss such things with other conspiracy theorists then Quora may be the place for you; you can also discuss that 9/11 was a hoax, the U.S. election was rigged and the holocaust never happened. All bizarre and even distasteful discussions to me but each to their own.

What makes you think I'm a conspiracy theorist or interested in the above?