Is the ED forum irrelevant

[rupert james]

"And it's also completely obvious from Renata's posts that those councillors are very involved in liaising with residents as too is the local MP. She has also pointed out that Wandle are starting their own legal action against those responsible. They don't have to report every 5 mins to this irrelevant forum"

This came from the thread on the Solomons passage thread,

Just how relevant is the ED forum in local matters.

Is the response to the above the sum of the forums worth?

[aerie]

I believe/hope that blah blah meant that the EDF is irrelevant to Wandle and SC. Well We'll see won't we that's fighting talk. Raise the banner. We will not be sidelined. (do we have a banner)??

[Blah Blah]

:D

I did indeed mean irrelevant to Wandle and SC (and irrelevant to the legal proceedings that will no doubt follow).

It's a good question though in a wider context, especially when looking at what topics readers/posters seize upon. I personally don't think any forum is very representative of anything, a bit like comments sections under articles, or social media groups. And I would argue that the most useful aspect of this forum are things like the for sale section, or lost and found, or finding local resources, what's on etc. A kind of yellow pages for the internet, with the card previously in the local shop window thrown in :)

[Jules-and-Boo]

It's more than that - sharing awareness of local issues - things people are doing, things people need support for, how people can get involved ..

it's a good thing - and there should be local forums - it unites the community

of course, there's lots of banter and discussion, but also lots of updates on things happening and having an impact locally.

[Penguin68]

The Ed Forum is not an arm of government or administration, nor are the views expressed in it in any way representative (in the sense that a statistical conclusion can be drawn from them) - in those senses at least it is irrelevant - the Solomons Passage debacle will not be solved through it. But there are many other ways in which exchanging information and viewpoints can be relevant - in the sense of useful or interesting. Of course it is good when officials (such as the railways guy in the past) or representatives - such as councilors, or experts or business owners can come on the forum to inform or explain, or just listen - and that can be usefully relevant to our lives at times. But the forum can also be fun. And fun is good, too. The passing remark was not meant to be an attack on the forum (and when we get too irrelevant admin is there to haul us back) - but having such a forum locally is, in my view, a generally good thing. Long may it prosper.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Yes.

and no.

[spanglysteve]

WAITROSE!!!!

[aerie]

aerie Wrote:

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> I believe/hope that blah blah meant that the EDF

> is irrelevant to Wandle and SC. Well We'll see

> won't we that's fighting talk. Raise the banner.

> We will not be sidelined. (do we have a banner)??

apologies, meant Blah Blah -

[Goldwings]

Its mostly full of pretentious wannabe middle class shits tbh, complaining and snitching at any given opportunity.