New to the forum and while I am quiet, I find all the threads helpful. I used to frequent Volition several years ago before I took a break from shopping. Now I am back and find that forum dull.

There is a lot of rich content here. Are there any additional forums I you all find useful when I am not here?

Forums have an interesting life. They start slowly but build some enthusiasm, they have a crisis and those who brought enthusiasm to them depart, and the forum goes fallow. There are a number of old, fallow forums around the web. MSFreedom.org a few years ago was the very active forum. The crisis stage came over the forum outgrowing its maximum server size allotment. Promises were made to move the forum, but not kept. Members left and I don't know if there is any activity there any more except die hard schedulers still posting their jobs there along with on any other forums they can find. Volition's crisis seemed to be over the notion of an independent mystery shopper meeting. Many former Volition folks seem to be here now and hopefully those arguments are not dragged onto this forum. This forum too will have its crisis moment and if there are other active forums available, members here will move on to the next forum.

This forum has the best "free speech" policy...not as controlled as Volition, plus not the whole politics Republician democratic thing, they are hard core about their politic's...got to be too much for me. I used to be on MSFreedom, but tired of that, and haven't looked on either for a couple years. MSPA had one which was good. This is the better of the ones I've seen. I think we're pretty honest, and good info. can be found. Feel free to speak up, give info., and get some in return...welcome!!!

Yet I'm sure that when the Presidential campaigning comes around this forum, like every other forum, will have strong advocates who just can't understand why the rest of you 'morons' can't see their viewpoint. The election season always gets ugly and it gets ugly along party lines rather than actual knowledge because 'campaign slogans' are mistaken for truth all around. We have a current campaign in progress where one candidate's company, of which he was the CEO was found guilty of Medicare fraud and were fined $1.7 billion. The former CEO claims he had no knowledge almost as thoroughly as the BP CEO before a congressional hearing stated he was clueless that there were any concerns about the well that blew up in the Gulf. On the other side of the election is a long term Congressman who is being accused of voting for pay raises for himself and 'personal' use of the State aircraft. I support neither of these guys because they are not my 'party', but I find a CEO disingenuous when he talks about being right on top of every dollar spent by the State and so blithely states he had no knowledge of years of Medicare fraud within his organization.

But these are the opinions that cause meaningless fights and hurt feelings. I long ago stopped trying to persuade anyone how foolish their election selections seemed to me. We get the best government money can buy, and the funds are generally not from taxpayers but special interests who encourage politicians to treat the public like mushrooms--keep them in the dark and feed them manure.

I am "all in" for keeping political discussions on other forums set up for such purposes (I co-moderate a very tiny one about art and politics, for example.) Keep the politics out of here. Hard feelings about the last presidential election politics started the demise of another MS forum I used to frequent (though the call for money to support it too many times over pretty much nailed the coffin.)

Irene, to call Volotion controlled is an understatement. Never, never, have I participated in a forum where the administrator edits and corrects grammar as if he is a newspaper senior editor and we are his junior writers; or scolds you for violating his endless rules--"PLEASE, PLEASE, STAY ON TOPIC," comes to mind. And deleting posts without notice is just plain annoying. The dude has issues, serious issues, plain and simple.

And his crew of moderators seem to share his issues.

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> And his crew of moderators seem to share his
> issues.


if they didn't, I'm sure they wouldn't be his moderators for long.........

I had no idea that he had a crew of moderators. I just assumed that he had buzzers by his bed, recliner, and kitchen table, and in his truck, which sounded whenever someone posted a new comment. "Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, time to go insult one of my members."

Never trust a short guy with a close-trimmed beard.

One time *someone* EDITED MY SIGNATURE by adding my name to it. Who cares on a forum where you can't even register without your full name visible in your profile? How asinine is that?

I changed it back, and nobody has bothered it since.



Edited to change "in since" to "it since."

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/12/2010 04:41PM by Elmer.

Polictics around the election is duable, but my experience was, those threads were bigger than MSing, and when the Tea Partier's came out, much too much. Politics and Religion should be personal and not discussed amongst "strangers", but HE never critiqued those. Monkeys follow each other, as do sheep. The Moderator has his own little world, and feels he is King of his throne..don't dare mess or bring in different thought, change or learning is not on their ajenda. The prejudice on the that forum and the meaness is not a healthy place to be....I felt for awhile I alone had taken on a group of small minded, bigots...so happy to be gone.

Shop....I've said more than enough, but, your description of "him" is so funny. Maybe a Napolean complex.

How can you tell who's who? Too much mystery for me. Do the MS co. who eaves drop on this meant for shopper forum ever identify themselves clearly? If they're learning from us, great.
I'm always amazed by so many who are still willing to write their experiences, yet another shop (?) gratis.
Thank you for all I've learned.

To start on a newer note (this thread is old), I find this to be the only viable forum. Questions are answered in an honest caring way, and the "regulars" here talk about our job experiences truthfully, I find good information, humor and a place to turn when tiring of being alone in my shopping experience.

There will always be one or so that don't see eye to eye, but, that's what makes this forum the best, difference of opinion when done with respect.
Sometimes I know and have friends with some of the forum members, we all share a common interest, MSing.

thresanresee45
Date Registered: 11/26/2010 03:57AM
Last Activity: 11/26/2010 05:12AM

somebody has insomnia!
Too much turkey thresanresee45?

Someone needs a life (Thresanresee45)!!!!!

Irene, I'm shocked! Telling someone (Thresanresee 45)to get a life ain't exactly "difference of opinion when done with respect" and looking at the registration date, what up with that?

Don't be shocked. Irene is just giving a SPAM alert. thresanresee45
is trying to steal free ad space...:p

Thank you Mr. Computer, glad you read me right.....that guy is sooo annoying, everyone spams him.

My heavens! You guys get all that from that discombabulated 4:57 AM post?
What's your full time job? CIA or FBI? :^)

CSI...