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My problem with the MSN site is that there seems to be little or no policing of the comments made by members of the public, some of them are just not acceptable and the people doing them seem to be the same ones all the time.
Thanks. You\’re both right and we are taking steps on both issues. I hope you will see more evidence of improvements in thatarea and that you will both — along with other readers — be active please in using the "Report Abuse" notice on comment andboard pages. This is vital and does have an impact. Please let me know if you see any serious shortcomings on this. – Peter Bale, MSN
MSN remains the best site in terms of clear navigation, clear and high quality content and diverse media platforms including Video (short and long form). Special credit to the homepage (Clear and concise), plus the life & style channel and Horoscope channel. Whilst AOL and Yahoo seem to be going down the 120 subjects on their main nav, MSN remains the best portal in the UK.
In terms of the 2 previous comments, i have used the "report abuse" option and the response and action from MSN was almost instant. Whilst user engagement and real time feedback is essential for open and transparent web experience you always have a very small number who wish to abuse this "free speech" option. In respect of advertising, its just a requirement to create revenues offset against the operating costs – We don\’t want MSN to go down the "pay wall" option do we..?? YIKES
Thank you MSN for adhering to your commitment to Truth,Transparency,Independence and Integrity privacy and Quality and also Freedom of Speech, we may not like what someone has to say but we cannot deny them this right.
Policing of SPAM leaves a lot to be desired. I saw the above, from store air on my home page three times and now notice it is here in the previous post.I also find spam regularly turning up on my blog posts and in my inbox, and have turned off comments so get no feedback.
"MSN listens to its users who can expect a dedication to the highest quality in content"Several writers could do with a reminder of this commitment: many of their articles recently have contained glaring factual errors and obvious lack or misuse of research.
Sorry, I don\’t like it. It\’s downmarket, it\’s superficial. Today (20/7/10) it\’s just pretty faces and pretty bodies, with some news buried in there somewhere. The US MSN is much more relaxed and doesn\’t seem to be goingfor a cross between a tabloid and a gossip mag. Also the comments need to be policed. The BNP exploit it.
you asked people to tell you what they think of this new msn well it good it easy to use you can see most at a glance ..what next..
patrick barry you asked for people to tell you what they think and when i post my comment you blok it