Grizzle about personal messages

[ChloeJane]

Ok, my rant and grizzle!

How, are we all to help people or see advice if every body sends personal messages.

It makes it hard when you want to give input too and cannot as personal messages to advise people means you can't add anything that may be ommitted or view responses.

Nothing worse when you go to post something and you don't know what has been said! Pointless then to help as help has been given and templates and information not being shared.

Right, now grizzle over and there is nothing for me to do, I will have to post in the bear garden!!!

I just think information should be for every one to view.

[tomterm8]

I agree.

Note my new funky sig

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All advice is offered freely, informally and without prejudice. I am not a qualified or practicing lawyer.

Please note, from 20 November I will not give advice via PM. If you especially need help, please PM the name of your thread and I will try to get back to you.

[Michael Browne]

I just think information should be for every one to view.

Absolutely.

I tend to reply to PM's on their thread, for that very reason, unless it's clearly of a confidential nature.

It helps keep continuity of the thread.
Any duff/ misleading advice can be picked up immediately.
It discourages people PM'ing needlessly, just because they haven't had a reply within 10 minutes
PM's take longer to reply to cos invariably there is no link to their thread and you have to search to find it first

[MilkTrayMan]

Originally Posted by ChloeJane

...I just think information should be for every one to view.

Some PM's contain personal info that would identify someone to the M.I.B. CJ...

...Also how could we talk about U behind your back??...lol...
(...only kidding CJ!)


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[tomterm8]

Originally Posted by MilkTrayMan

Some PM's contain personal info that would identify someone to the M.I.B. CJ...

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But how do you know the person you are PMing for advice isn't a member of the M.I.B?

Anyone can register on here.

Edit: If you post on the main forum, at least people can spot bad advice.

[Lula]

do you mind if I copy that onto my own Sig Tom?

[tomterm8]

Not at all.

[MilkTrayMan]

Originally Posted by tomterm8

But how do you know the person you are PMing for advice isn't a member of the M.I.B?

Anyone can register on here.

Edit: If you post on the main forum, at least people can spot bad advice.

I would have thought that the words Site Helper/Moderator/Admin just below their username,
might be a good clue??...

...Or are U trying to say that is NOT the caseTT8??...

[tomterm8]

I think it's highly probably that Site Helper/Moderator/Admin would not be a member of the MIB. However, most Site Helper/Moderator/Admin that I have dealt with are keenly aware that they are not lawyers* and are fallible.

In fact, i am keenly aware that the badge I've got means people are more likely to trust what I say, but I am entirely capable of being wrong**, and it is extremely important to put my advice up for public scruitiny like any other member.

* well, except for any that are, and let me tell you lawyers are fallible too LOL.
** I do try my best, though, LOL.

[MilkTrayMan]

Good answer TT8!...

...But some Posters are shy/sensitive/secretive about their financial matters?!

[Bookworm]

At the risk of sounding insensitive (so what's new...), I feel that people who post on here with the kind of problems they have, have more things to worry about than their shyness/sensitivity/secretiveness. they need to get back on track, send DCAs packing, stop the harassment, reclaim their charges. If they don't realise that their dignity is being stripped from them in a far worse manner by the antics of the money merchants than by describing their problems on thread, (hopefully) hidden behind their anonymous nick, then they have some serious realignment in their thinking urgently needed.

We have had evidence provided of people trying to lure other people into paying for their dubious services. We have had evidence provided of DCAs posing as OPs to try and trick them into revealing their info. We have had evidence provided of seriously poor advice being passed on under cover of the PMs.

We also are the leaders in the consumer fight because we are a community, sharing, discussing, growing. If more advice was provided by PMs, that vibrant community would soon wither and die.

Not a lot ot gain, the hell of a lot to lose, IMO.

[Lula]

how are the kittens tonight Bookie?

[Bookworm]

Hush, you wicked wench.

[MilkTrayMan]

I think I have a headache coming on...