Digital Spy forums to remove Politics, Showbiz and General discussions forums

[Denver]

Its interesting how one of the biggest forum is removing all threads on Politics, Showbiz and General Discussion and one I can never see working but they are getting a Married at First Sight forum and one dedicated to streaming services

[Kate!]

Its not a patch on Tibb. Xx

[arista]

Its interesting how one of the biggest forum is removing all threads on Politics, Showbiz and General Discussion and one I can never see working but they are getting a Married at First Sight forum and one dedicated to streaming services


Its this because
they can not staff the Forums?

What they say
https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2405661/upcoming-changes-to-digital-spy-forum/

[Kate!]

Its probably to try and cut down on arguing?

[arista]

Its probably to try and cut down on arguing?



But they are Stupidly Strict.
That's why I no longer use them

[Ammi]

...so does this indicate an ending for discussion forums in general, then...?..it feels like a weird decision unless that’s so ...their politics and general discussion forums are probably the busiest forums on the site ...this feels like the end of an era, very sad...:sad:..

[Ammi]

...TiBB might get new members though when they all come here instead...

[Cherie]

Weird move, I never could get on board with that forum anyway

[joeysteele]

I've never liked DS either anyway.
That seems a very odd move.

[Nicky91]

good decision of theirs

political news has become vile these days

well showbiz has become annoying these days, only the irrelevant H & M news




well tbh Married at First Sight has become a popular franchise these days

[Cherie]

If it is anything like here were the overriding word in 'debate' is haterz then I can see their point :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

ie the ones that require work/pay

its a cost cutting exercise

[Kazanne]

If it is anything like here were the overriding word in 'debate' is haterz then I can see their point :laugh:

I dont mind DS ,but they don't take any ****, I haven't been there for a couple of years now so don't know what it's currently like.

[Josy]

Politics I can understand but showbiz and general is a bit odd

Isn't showbiz what most of their articles are based on :think:

Probably cost cutting.

[arista]

ie the ones that require work/pay

its a cost cutting exercise



Yes less Mods
saving them money.

[Cherie]

Poor MTVN, I guess we will see more of him on here now he has been sacked

[Crimson Dynamo]

Poor MTVN, I guess we will see more of him on her now he has been sacked

a 3rd wave

and now THIS???


:omgno:

[Cherie]

a 3rd wave

and now THIS???


:omgno:

the last straw!

[Vicky.]

Politics, I cannot blame them for. It is insane how much crap politics stuff causes. Its extremely annoying, and staff can not do right for doing wrong, so nuking the section makes total sense to me really.

Showbiz is a weird one, given the forum is largely about entertainment.

[Calderyon]

Sounds like a bad decision regarding General Discussion and Showbiz. I can see a vast decline in their traffic income, user base etc.

Even though I only visit a few sections there, it's a nice place to have. For the most part.

[Mystic Mock]

Its probably to try and cut down on arguing?

But that's one of the most fun aspects of a Politics Forum imo.

We all argue why we think our political views are correct, obviously personal insults aren't acceptable though.

But if you're right and that's the reason, then DS may as well shutdown it's Forum because there will always be debates on any topic, it's what Forums were made for.

[Jack_]

This forum should do the same thing with the first one

[MTVN]

Poor MTVN, I guess we will see more of him on here now he has been sacked

James will be regretting that pay rise he offered me 2 weeks ago to secure my exclusive services :smug:

[MTVN]

This does seem to a be a bit of a trend with websites viewing their discussion forums as more of a liability though. It's like how IMDB shut down their message boards and the official NFLUK website shut down its forum that I used a lot last season saying that their social media pages were the main avenue for fan interaction now

Reddit will be one of the only places left soon where you can just have 'general discussion' without the pitfalls of social media

[Crimson Dynamo]

i think we should shut down the drag race section and International Big Brother

just to be on the safe side?

[Calderyon]

International Big Brother section can stay.

[Marsh.]

I wouldn't be surprised if they slim the forums down further.

IMDb removed theirs entirely for being completely toxic.

[Alf]

Donald Trump has a new social media platform coming out soon. He's gonna wipe all these ageing ones out.

[Marsh.]

Donald Trump has a new social media platform coming out soon. He's gonna wipe all these ageing ones out.

The ageing ex-president.

[Alf]

The ageing ex-president.And future President.

[Marsh.]

And future President.

:pat:

[Jonathan1990]

As someone who posts there regally I was quite shocked to see what DS had done but I think I know one reason why. There has been countless threads in General Discussion over the past year on Covid-19. When this pandemic started moderators kept closing Covid-19 related topics then simply gave up. They should have created a separate section for like many forums did around February 2020 when Covid-19 began.

[arista]

As someone who posts there regally I was quite shocked to see what DS had done but I think I know one reason why. There has been countless threads in General Discussion over the past year on Covid-19. When this pandemic started moderators kept closing Covid-19 related topics then simply gave up. They should have created a separate section for like many forums did around February 2020 when Covid-19 began.



Yes a Covid-19 section
would have done better


Well Done to our Shaun
who Started the tibb Covid thread
which I have taken over.

[Ammi]

...I don’t understand the connection to COVID threads...it’s ruled our lives for the last year and is relevant to our every days so why would threads be closed..?..do you mean, Jonathan...that a new thread was created there for every update, so almost daily...?...

[Ammi]

...I’ve actually always liked DS tbh...it’s a completely different vibe to TiBB but that’s what makes it a great contrast to post on and BB time was always such fun there...

[Maxxie.]

Probably gonna start using this more often now, although I rarely even posted in the forums that are closed but I do feel something is missing now. I like TiBB and it's my OG but DS is so much more active!!

[Ammi]

Probably gonna start using this more often now, although I rarely even posted in the forums that are closed but I do feel something is missing now. I like TiBB and it's my OG but DS is so much more active!!

..well, we’re perfectly happy about that, Maxxie...:love:...I see our plan worked to have exclusive forum rights over more members...

[Cherie]

Probably gonna start using this more often now, although I rarely even posted in the forums that are closed but I do feel something is missing now. I like TiBB and it's my OG but DS is so much more active!!

I hope you love/hate Harry and Megs, they have taken over from Donald as the most talked about :worry:

[Maxxie.]

It would be very odd if this forum got a rise in active users considering Big Brother's been off the air for nearly 2 and a half years now.

[Smithy]

It would be very odd if this forum got a rise in active users considering Big Brother's been off the air for nearly 2 and a half years now.

Tibb to rebranded ThisisSeriousDebates?

[*mazedsalv**]

I moved mostly from DS to AV Forums. The mods over on DS are idiots.

[GoldHeart]

I've never used DS anyways