An update on weight loss codes

[BeckyAMumsnet]

Hello everyone. Following feedback that weight loss codes dominated the Promo codes & bargains board, making it harder for users to find other deals, we've set up a dedicated Weight loss promo codes board. From now on, any weight loss codes posted anywhere else on the site will be removed, so please ensure they are shared in the new board instead. Thanks for your understanding.

@BeckyAMumsnet I think that's probably a sensible approach to this. Will you still rely on users reporting individual threads/posts about codes, or will it be more proactive than reactive?

Thank you!

Hello @SilenceInside we will still rely on user reports as before but we'll look in on the Promo board when we can. Thank you.

Can you move this thread into it please
Thread for referral/discount codes - please don't post elsewhere - Thread 3

Just checking, there used to be a dedicated thread for sharing promo codes in here too (assumed it was still in use, but I hid it so not sure) - is that now defunct we should direct anyone to the Weight loss promo codes board instead of the thread?

I have asked for it to be moved

Hello @WeAllHaveWings we can move that thread over now. We think it's better to have a straightforward rule for no codes anywhere else on the boards from here on otherwise things start to get confusing!

So am I right in thinking that only 1 thread or multiple threads in the newly created section

Thank god!

Just looked at that board and gob smacked by the number of posts. I think having the one thread would be a better idea but I suppose it's hard to police. I have used codes off the thread we had in WLI and posted myself on that thread (but never had any take up!). I didn't realise how rampant individual posts were!

@BeckyAMumsnet Why?

There is a dedicated thread and no need for a whole board? Why go back to the insane number of threads again?

Did someone at MNHQ not know about the dedicated thread rule?

@IrisPallida the Promo codes & bargains board was taken over with weight loss codes. Not everyone would be aware of the long-running thread here and so just posted their codes in that section, meaning that other threads were becoming increasingly harder to find.

Ah I see. Fair enough - I just saw the one thread on the actual weight loss injections board!

I think the weight-loss injection codes will stop completely this year because the regulatory bodies are going to be forced/shamed by the media into doing their actual bloody job of enforcing the existing regulations which prohibit the advertising by means of discount or any other means for prescription medications.

I really really hope so. I for one will never use MEX because I find this so bloody irritating,

I think this is a great idea. Maybe the title should be amended to say it’s from mnhq as I didn’t click on it thinking it was just someone else spamming their code, and suspect a lot of people thought the same.

I've reported the same poster three times today for spamming with their discount code.

Sorry, I've just seen that there's now a whole bloody board for this! Just what we need clogging up the active threads. I'm on the app and can't seem to hide whole topics. Mumsnet will be one big advert for weight loss injections.

It would be an idea to delete any thread in that new board after 30 days to get rid of old codes. Mine keep getting used from a previous supplier I don't use anymore.

@BeckyAMumsnet do the Promo code sections, both original and the new Weight Loss only one, show up in the Active threads list?

@SilenceInside they show up on my active which is why I accidentally reported a post not realising there was this new board.

Ah, yes, just seen that one.

Maybe it's worth logging on once to the web version, @LegoTherapy , and hiding the promo codes topics in the Settings. Then they won't appear in your Active feed once you go back to the app versions.

Hello @SilenceInside - yes both boards will appear in Active. If you'd rather not see them, you can manage this in Talk settings under Manage hidden threads and topics: https://www.mumsnet.com/settings/talk

Has this page been deleted for the promo codes? Thank