What's happening with the MN Christmas Appeal this year?

don't mn hq already do a charity thing during the year?
surely anyone who wants to give could just give to a local charity, or a freind in need.

Badders, same happened to me. I recieved a second gift about 3 weeks after Xmas, it was lovely too, clearly personal to where the sender lived and I couldn't say thank you

I agree wanna. MNHQ have my address every now and again for product tests but I think the security is just a small part of why the appetite for this may not be there.

I do think opinions should be gathered before starting anything.

Aren't we all assuming they've tightened security though, seeing as we're all still posting here? It could just be up to the posters to join in if they're happy with that slight risk.

Alternatively I quite like the charity idea, although voting on that could be a nightmare in itself...

tbh the Christmas appeal is fraught with controversy every year because we have the influx of "oh my life is so hard," posts who no-one has ever heard of, the people who never get a thank you, the not complaints that a poster who is nominated had a holiday yesterday or bought a packet of biscuits when her children are supposed to be living on scraps the gifts not received, etc.

Also with the username changes no-one knows who anyone is any more, and although you can never really be certain who is who on the internet it will be a lot to consider to have mn hq check that a poster has a history, also people won't be so quick to nominate because they won't know who is considered to be in need. And that's before we get to the point of considering who would be prepared to give out their name and address so that jeffrey a total stranger might send them a gift.

IMO it would be a good idea for mn hq to start a discussion/vote thread to see how people feel about it this year and whether it is worth going ahead with or perhaps just setting up a fund where people could donate to a variety of charities who give gifts at Christmas...

I won't be giving my address to MN, but then I wouldn't give it to any other online chat site either.

I couldn't believe some of the posts last year Tbh.
I felt very bad the person who sent my the chocs might have thought I was ungrateful though.
I did contact mnhq but never heard back....

I feel rather guilty :(
I was nominated and got a lovely gift.
I went on the thank you thread and said thank you.
BUT then I got another gift! And I couldn't access the thank you thread to say thank you!
So....if you sent a box of m and s chocs...thank you. They were delicious! :)

Could it be put to a vote to check enough people want to take part?

To be honest I don't really know who anyone is anymore.
And I wouldn't be giving my name and address to anyone after the hacking thing.

AND after the bloody debacle of last year with people complaining that they wasn't nominated, didn't receive their gift, didn't get s thank you, didn't get a thank you quick enough, etc and endless threads about what a bad idea it was then I'm sorry but I am steering clear.

I've donated for the last 3 years but I wouldn't do it again.

wow i am surprised that its even being considered. who would want to give their address?? and with the amount of trolls on mn who is real?

In previous years it hadn't been a month since Hackergate though. Things feel very different at the moment.

Sorry to be negative.

How can I contact you with a comment/feedback that I don't want to post on a thread?

I think security is one aspect that might put people off, but there's all the namechanging too, nobody knows who is who any more.

I might be proved wrong of course but I think there may not be that many takers to get involved.

I hate to be a bit of a downer but in the light of everything that has gone on recently is it a good idea? Really?