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I haven’t done any proper comping for about three years. So much has changed in that time. So many regular posters have disappeared. 

I am trying to get to grips with the compliment button to keep track of where I am in with the regular magazine comps but is not as friendly as the old thanks button. I am finding myself having to click it to see if it goes up or down to find out where I last left off. Is that what everyone else does, or am I missing something.

Also no where near as many comps as there used to be. I actually managed to clear the main board, something that I had never achieved in the past.

Here is hoping for a positive (not covid) 2022! 

Good luck all.

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  • Ms_Dee
    Ms_Dee Posts: 8,042 Forumite
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    Hi @clairecymru it is a shame we are missing some of the regular posters, some occasionally pop by.
    Although there does seem to be less competitions, I think there are a silly amount out there that don't get posted. 
    If you enter social media competitions, you could probably enter an endless amount, as there seems to be so many on there recently.

    Absolutely the Comp-liment button is not as friendly, as you can't really see if you have pressed it unless you are one of the last ones, this has been mentioned to the board admins/moderators, I'm not sure if there new system can make it anymore friendly for us, but here's hoping.

    Wishing you all the best for the new year, if I get more time in the new year, once I've sorted some things out, hopefully I can go competition hunting and get some more on the board.

    Really looking forward to starting the new competition challenge too. :grin: 
    Thank you to everyone who posts competitions and good luck to everyone who enters.
  • Blulu
    Blulu Posts: 7,841 Forumite
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    Hi Claire, you are not alone in what you are saying. As Ms Dee mentioned, the fact that we can now only see the names of the last 10 who have clicked the compliment button is one of several issues raised with MSE. The last they said on the subject was that they are working through our (as in MSE compers) list of issues. It's not clear if/when we can expect any of these improvements to take place, but MSE have said they will do what they can to sort what they can for us, in time.

    As well as posting here, you might want to bookmark either/both of these threads, where comments from MSE tend to be posted.

    This one sits at the top of CCC
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6204908/forum-update-re-changes#latest

    This one is in Site Feedback - where MSE are more likely to see comments made.
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/78691844#Comment_78691844

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  • janE1956
    janE1956 Posts: 2,260 Forumite
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    i use the entered button to see if I have entered or not, used to use the thanks but as you say the compliment is not as user friendly
  • I use the entered button too @janE1956 but that is only useful for the main board, it doesn’t really help with the comps on the regular board.
  • janE1956
    janE1956 Posts: 2,260 Forumite
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    I use the entered button too @janE1956 but that is only useful for the main board, it doesn’t really help with the comps on the regular board.
    if you mean puzzler and the take a break ones, i bookmark them and then get a notification when it has been updated then enter the same day so keep up to date with them (same as the advents really) good luck x

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