Review on Trustpilot. New site

My Grandma used to always say

“You can’t make friends with someone who constantly changes their mask”

Seems rather fitting for the situation.

My general motto is: If you can’t be yourself then what’s the point?

Of course that doesn’t mean been nasty to people etc, in a world we can choose to be anything, why choose anything but kindness.

I wasn't going to comment again on here but having read more of the reviews on trust pilot I decided I had no choice. There really is some very nasty people out there and some really have no heart.

There's someone on there that has given a very heartless review and it's clear the person they are talking about is me.

They've accused me of stalking all their threads and posts on here, accused me of have having their threads closed, accused me of being a DWP spokesperson and I was working to protect their image and the public purse. Also accused me of inviting other members to "pile" on them. Also accused me of having them being banned from here.

I remember this person very well because of all the trouble they caused me at the time and just how downright nasty they were towards me.

I did nothing but try to help them but everything I said or did they didn't believe me and told me I was wrong. I also remember a member of the scope team stepping in to advise them that the advice I was giving was in fact correct. The problem here was that this member had deferred their state pension but their partner was claiming Income Related ESA. When you defer a state pension it's treated as notional income and will still affect any means tested benefits you're claiming but of course I was a liar and this wasn't true, according to them.

I also see that a current member of the forum has found the comment useful.

It's so upsetting when someone writes such nasty things about you when all I've done over a period of 7 years is put my heart and soul into helping and advising thousands of people. I've never worked for DWP or even considered "protecting the public person" in fact I've always done the opposite and help many thousands of people claim the benefits they are rightfully entitled to.

Some people seem to forget that it's real people that are on here with real feelings. We maybe sat behind a screen but we are definitely real people. I just don't understand why some people can be so downright mean and nasty.

I feel like I've been stabbed in my heart. I've never asked or even wanted any special awards, or any special treatment here and have always been my true self. What I do expect is for people to treat me with respect. I'm never nasty to anyone and have never disrespected anyone in all the time I've been here.

I think I deserve better than to be treated like scum. I'm very upset by this whole thing. 😫

All fine, thanks, Lou, hope at your end too.

I went AWOL for a while, so missed the goings on. It's hard to comprehend how they could turn on those supporting them. Hopefully, when searches are made, it's the forum that comes up, then people can see for themselves the time taken with advice & support. Thankfully, there are very few unpleasant folk pop up, the decent far outweigh them, they are the past now, onwards we go.

Unfortunately Poppy, some people ask for advice but don’t actually want advice, they just want you to agree with them and if you say anything different to what they want then they turn abusive. I think we have all seen those posts that you mentioned and we all know that you are helpful and kind. You are very much appreciated by the vast majority of us and the vast majority of members are kind to each other. It can be just one or two troublemakers and those people can give out so much nastiness but it seems people here are very switched on and realise that it’s the same couple of troublesome people again and again.

As I said before, you are indispensable on this forum Poppy. Some people are obviously intimidated by your vast knowledge of DWP rules and regulations. Now the sad little souls are shouting angrily into the void on Trustpilot. Good riddance. Me and many others on here, salute you 🫡

Aw come on, people, please - let it go😖
If somebody has had a bad experience of something please don’t gatekeep and tell them they’re wrong, or somehow at fault. All this endless poking at somebody because they had a different viewpoint is proving the point.

Surely there must be other things to talk about?

Peace to all🙏

I agree yours and my name was mentioned on trust pilot naming me and you as Two worse people on the forum words like toxic racist thrown in our names mentioned called trolls ! Awful this forum only has time for choosen few anyway I could go on but let me say I am far from any of those things written about me it's like being at school and the clicky group excludes everyone out nicest person on this group is vikki66 poppy this is not a safe place at all