Naturespath comp

[PuzzleRocks]

I just received an email re the winners and it stated their MN names alongside their RL names. Could you tell me if this is normal because I don't really like the idea of being outed on such a large scale.

Cheers

crikey, that's not good

I started the same thread in chat. If theres a risk of being outed, I'd rather not take part in competitions.

Me neither. Hopefully they will pick up on this soon.

I just made a similar point under the "competitions" topic. I agree they should be respecting privacy and not linking real names with MN names

I would think it's a mistake by someone at HQ

Just posted something to this effect on the Comps thread. Should have come here first.

Agree, it was probably a mistake but it's pretty bad for the 5 or 6 MNers named.

Hello. And at this. It should not have happened - and was certainly not something we would knowingly have agreed to when setting up this competition.

We will make some calls and try to find out what's going on.

Thanks Helen.

Thank you Helen.

OK, we have shouted at spoken to Nature's Path and they have asked us to apologise for sending out that mail.

As we posted earlier, it should not have happened - and was certainly not something we would knowingly have agreed to when setting up this - or any other - competition.

We're very sorry about all this.

Thanks Helen. Can all mners have a year's supply of Nature's Path as a gesture of goodwill? :o

It'd take more than a years worth of cereal to make ameds for that one!

that they thought that was OK!!

I've unsubscribed from their newsletters. They say we'll not be contacted again unless we sign up to their newsletter but it still let me unsubscribe from MN Comp. I won't be entering another of their competitions that's for sure!

I would be absolutely livid if I was one of the 5 winners

OMg, I just got the email too and came on here to see if it had all kicked off yet. Very glad I didnt win. Will also be unsubscribing, but I know that often, unsubscribes just dont work. Gosh< I'm so relieved it wasnt me, but poor poor winners

A couple of those winners were suspect, very similar MN names and no posts. I think MNHQ also needs to look at who is eligible to enter as well as the confidentiality thing.

That's fairly usual octopus. I rarely enter because I don't recognise any of the winners most of the time. When I search they have no threads Some people must only be on here for the competitions, I wouldn't be surprised if they enter them over and over again to increase their chances of winning.

Maybe, they wouldn't have 2 very similiar usernames with 2 very different 'real life' names though would they?

MN competitions all get advertised on Comp sites now don't they? I remember complaining about it at the time. There will be a lot of "MNers" who only joined for the comps I think you'll find.

It's a bit pointless then, some people must spend all day entering competitions over and over again. There's no chance for us who actually have a life!

MNers must still win now and again - I won one of the copies of the MN rules on the Twitter comp - but it's got to be a smaller number than it used to be now 'Professional' enter-ers are piling in which is sad

The response is up there two.