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"Whilst the new look may not be everyone’s cup of tea, its soul is still the same:"
If you really think that, you obviously don't frequent Any Answers much.
I also cannot help noticing that there has been no voting on the "community" awards this year. Not very "community" if the "community" is not awarding them is it.
Thread of the year nominations.
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/10-worst-things-about-the-ne...
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/back-to-the-old-site
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/aw-most-pointless-and-useles...
Even 7 months later, they are still the top 3 most liked. Surely candidates for the award on that basis alone.
Thank you as ever for your feedback stepurhan.
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On to the "community" bit you mentioned. The awards aren't quite the big bonanza they have been in previous years - we opted instead to flag up some individuals and threads that we thought might bring back some lighter-hearted memories of a difficult year.
One of the things that was omitted from the end of the article was an invitation for community members to put forward their own nominations - which you can all do here.
Sorry. Now that I've addressed that oversight, who would you nominate for a community award?
Nominated threads already above.Sorry. Now that I've addressed that oversight, who would you nominate for a community award?
I neither watch videos nor read blogs on AWeb.
Whilst having nothing against Glennzy, I don't see tech champion as an accounting award. HMRC are definitely "championing" the push into tech under MTD, and that is hardly award-worthy.
Born Dull would have been of interest, if the people awarded had still been accountants. However, the Olympians (admirable as they are) have given up accountancy, and Ben Affleck's character was never an accountant in the first place. Was this an attempt at irony, given AW seems to be ignoring its accounting members these days?
I might have nominated candidates for other more relevant awards as appeared previously. Guess it's a shame you decided to cut those out.
"Whilst the new look may not be everyone’s cup of tea, its soul is still the same:"
Tell that to Dr Faustus, it may be the same soul but it is certainly now taking a different path- just hope it does not take twenty four years.
Hello John
I thought, Sift would use this opportunity to try and get some of that community spirit back.
By the Editorial team (plus the guy at the very top) being judge and jury, sadly it was a missed opportunity to get the community involved.
I do not understand the direction Sift is heading. It is just NOT connecting with its members any more. This thread is another example where, I think, the team has got the members back up by being judge and jury.
In the end, the Sift owners, can and do what they want and clearly that is what is happening.
Maybe Sift wants to be national paper for accountants rather than a forum.
Dare I say it, may be a female team member in the editorial team may bring a different perspective. It is very much needed.
From my perspective, even though your numbers may NOT indicate it, you/Sift need duck down of some key issues to generate that community spirit.
I understand, the site will not change. I am sure they are sound financial reasons for this. Fair enough.
It is Sift's could not careless PERCEPTION, that needs to be thought about.
I hope the holiday period, gives the decision makers of Sift, time to think and reflect. If history is anything to go by, I think it will be business as usual. Since I have no other real alternative, I will continue to login.
Isn't the first prize for tech champion a seat at the MTD table with HMRC. :-) Make our voices heard Glennzy! (also keep pushing for the watch as well)As Tech Champion do I get a donated Apple watch from one of our sponsors.
If I ever got face to face with HMRC to discuss MTD and the other idiotic ideas they come up with I might have to go all Ben Affleck and start thrashing a few of them.
From what I gather an Apple watch and MTD have much in common.
They both seem like a good idea, but when you come to the reality there is much left to be desired and are not really a practical solution!
Congrats, all the same, though.
Most awards ceremonies seem to have a section to remember 'those no longer with us'. Maybe there should be such a section this time to list those who have left since the update.
Then again, just think of all the scrolling and 'view more' that would be involved...
Yes, but we can surely entertain ourselves deciding which piece of music could be played as the list scrolled.
We need something decorous to the circumstances, it has to carry the appropriate symbolism but most importantly it needs to be at least a full 20 minutes long to cover the time needed for the scrolling list.
Here is my suggestion, no relevance to A Web except the albatross reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53N99Nim6WE
Edit; Have just noticed another symbolic reference, the music speaks of a return and that has to be the site's desire, that the users will return.
So a screen, showing their names ascendant as they scroll upwards (heavenward as against down the screen-the other place), the music so obviously sympathetic and resonant re their return, nay resurrection.
(I just knew English Lit at Uni, and my skills in criticism, would eventually have a practical application)
Bumped from the front page already. Even though there are three older stories with less responses, one of which has no responses at all.
Sums up the way Sift seem to feel about the AW community these days. Have awards without any community involvement, and then hide them when that gets a bad reaction anyone could have predicted.
There is still one category open for voting:
https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/any-answers/community-awards-2016