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Admin/Hosties - WHY WON'T YOU TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON?
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A simple enough question - all we want is a simple answer.
The forums have been allowed to die a long, slow, painful death - yet you want us to vote for Handbag to receive an award?
I know I've posted and even emailed offering my services as a host to help things, and to know what's going on - even if it's just to be told that maybe a relaunch or something is in the pipeline. And I know I can't possibly be the only one who's asked.
But no response. Just deafening silence. And to be quite frank it's an insult.
We, your readers/posters have kept this site going. If it wasn't for us, you'd have nobody to keep the site going for. And what do we get in return? Silence. I wouldn't even treat my worst enemy with the ambivalence and ignorance you now show your users.
Go on admin - prove you care. Prove you give a damn about this once thriving site.
Stop insulting us by begging us to vote for the site.
Either do something positive - or just close the forums once and for all.
It will just fall on deaf ears as usual though
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They won't reply, they never do...
And that's what's SO frustrating - I typed that pretty much knowing it wouldn't get a response but I just wanted to say it: either tell us what's going on or just shut the forums down. Hearst Digital are treating users who WANT to keep this place going, with absolute contempt.
I know - its almost unbelievable isnt it. I have never heard of a large company simply ignoring people in this way.
Its embarrassing, shocking and infuriating.
There must be people laughing out there (rival companies etc).
It got changed in April. It is now November. Crazy. Simply crazy.
Its embarrassing, shocking and infuriating.
There must be people laughing out there (rival companies etc).
It got changed in April. It is now November. Crazy. Simply crazy.
Ha! Handbag.com editor Debbie Djordjevic is on Twitter as 'scaredcrows'. Could I suggest that all of us who care about these forums and who use Twitter 'follow' her on there, and ask her what's going to happen to the community? Then we might - just might! - get an answer.
It is frustrating I whole heartedly agree... I can't bear the page loads, it just takes too long and i'm still the post not being posted straight away and then it's another 6-9 seconds to refresh, 6-9 seconds to come out of the thread and 6-9 seconds to go back in again just to view it.
The host team know just as much as you lot as far as i'm aware.. i'm hoping that the changes that we were promised happen soon.
The host team know just as much as you lot as far as i'm aware.. i'm hoping that the changes that we were promised happen soon.
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Well the longer this sorry saga drags on, Hearst Digital are fast losing the little remaining goodwill of the few remaining users, and the more money and effort they'll have to spend on PR and advertising to get the place going again.
What's going on with this place Admin?
A reply and some kind of explanation would go a very long way.
A reply and some kind of explanation would go a very long way.
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Still no answer, do you think everyone has abandonned ship
The hosts as they were know as much as you do, one day we were hosts, the next day nothing with no explination of what would be hapening so it's admin really you need to be waiting for. Although with the length of time it takes to load pages anyone still around must have the patience of a saint so you may not mind waiting another 7 months for a reply.
Sorry I did mean Admin not hosts as I know you got screwed over too
Hi all,
I apologise for the silence - I simply don't have any substancial news to share. We as a company are currently reviewing the technical aspects of our entire portfolio, which includes assessing the community proposition. I have passed on all your concerns and feedback on this iteration, and I know it has all been taken into account. Unfortunately at this stage I do not know what the resolution will be, nor can I comment on any potential development until a decision on how we move forward has been fed back to me.
You are more than welcome to follow me on Twitter; you can find me here:
http://www.twitter.com/blaisegv
I also post updates and notices of change to the handbag.com Twitter account:
http://www.twitter.com/handbagcom
As soon as I know what the next step will be, I will let you know.
I apologise for the silence - I simply don't have any substancial news to share. We as a company are currently reviewing the technical aspects of our entire portfolio, which includes assessing the community proposition. I have passed on all your concerns and feedback on this iteration, and I know it has all been taken into account. Unfortunately at this stage I do not know what the resolution will be, nor can I comment on any potential development until a decision on how we move forward has been fed back to me.
You are more than welcome to follow me on Twitter; you can find me here:
http://www.twitter.com/blaisegv
I also post updates and notices of change to the handbag.com Twitter account:
http://www.twitter.com/handbagcom
As soon as I know what the next step will be, I will let you know.
Likewise - I am happy to talk to you either through my handbag persona or through Twitter but don't have any news to share. Admin will keep you informed as soon as we have any information either via these noticeboards, Twitter or Facebook.
best wishes
D
best wishes
D
Blaise and Debbie - firstly a huge and genuinely meant THANKYOU for finally telling us all what is going on. That's all we ever wanted - to know what was happening and that things are being considered, it just seems nonsensical that you couldn't even tell us that before - goodness knows we've asked often enough! I'm sure I speak for many users in saying that the ongoing silence just felt like a slap in the face.
If there's any way that you can keep us all informed of any signs of a resolution - whichever way it goes - being close, I think everyone would appreciate it.
Thankyou
If there's any way that you can keep us all informed of any signs of a resolution - whichever way it goes - being close, I think everyone would appreciate it.
Thankyou
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