Mumsnet forums need updating

I am not quite sure wht MmeBlueberry means by "if current Mumsnetters were given the choice to have addition capabilities on the forum they would suddenly become tacky" (Select text, Ctrl C - that wasn't that difficult ).

Does she mean that we want the additional capabilites but just won't admit to it - because I don't see the evidence for that (the number of people who admit to still using Mumsnet Classic shows that people choose to keep it the "original" way).

Or is it a typo (that she can't edit ) and she meant "ticky" and that we would all start using tickers. Again, I don't see the evidence for that. The number of people who have explicitly stated that they like the simplicity and the emphasis on the converdation - and how they have been put off by those sites that do use tickers - is evidence to the contrary.

FWIW, since I did my approximate count, at least another 6 more have come out in favour of no change and zero more in support of any change (even minor).

So that leaves that stats (which even people in FMCG would understand - and yes, I do know what FMCG is) as 2 for change, an overwhelming 40 against and 9 for superficial changes (edit/bookmark facilities).

An FMCG marketeer trying to foist change upon us would have to do a helluva lot more work on convincing us (the users, ie the consumers) that what we had wasn't good enough and of the benefits of the alternative. So far, I am not convinced. Our needs are being met :)

What on earth is wrong with copying and pasting?

BTW 60/40 split

Maybe we need a function to have a running tally on "I agree with the OP" and "I disagree with the OP" and the totals could be posted at the top to help you with your calculations?

"For every person that has put down netmums and other forums as a reason to keep Mumsnet in DOS mode, does this mean that you, personally, would automatically have a ticker if Mumsnet allowed it?"

No, I wouldn't have a ticker. But other people's tickers might be thrust upon me.

Also I think the slimmed down style means the words count for more, and this is reflected in the style of posting.

More bells and whistles would probably engender a different style, and I for one would dislike that.

At the risk of sounding aggressive, (and I don't mean it to be, but I'm genuinely wondering) if you want a different style forum, why not go to a different forum? There's plenty of choice out there if you don't like what's on offer here. Whereas many other people are here because we actively like the simplicity of the interface.

Another vote here for keep it simple.

If you are so, ahem, unintuitive that you really can't tell when someone is addressing a point to you, without a special clicky button to flag it up, then perhaps you should try another board.

(Cough. Ahem. Not saying which one but I hear there are other parenting sites out there and some have tickers [gasp] )

But why should every forum be the same?

I am getting the impression from this thread that if current Mumsnetters were given the choice to have addition capabilities on the forum they would suddenly become tacky. Why would this be?

For every person that has put down netmums and other forums as a reason to keep Mumsnet in DOS mode, does this mean that you, personally, would automatically have a ticker if Mumsnet allowed it?

Internet communities are all about the people who post. Are Mumsnetters simply slaves to the techology and waiting to burst out to something more last year current?

cakeandroses - there's always one :) and it's not even Friday night!!

every now an again I do a foray into netmums and come away very quickly, I hate it it si very confusing and cluttered. I love MN the way it is.

I rapidly defected to MN because it was simple, uncluttered and easy to use. They day MN offers us the options for tickers, stickers and photos is they day I defect somewhere else.

LEAVE MN ALONE. I like it like this.

OTOH, uqd, I have a pretty good experience of being able to use quotes on several other forums.

It just seems like a basic forum users' right.

hah - I thought you'd done a typo of fisting there!

Quoting makes Fisking easier, which can be unhelpful.

If someone has built an argument out of the cumulative effect of several points, it is unconstructive to then take each point and respond to it. It would mean that some of the demented fraeks [sic] who have nothing better to do than go through everyone else's argument point by laborious point and "refute" it (that's in the Monty Python sense of "that's not an argument, it's just contradiction") would love it, but it would get on everybody else's tits/moobs.

That's my experience from other places.

TSC Hope you road-tested this request by uploading your newborn photo for a Netmum's fisting thread as promised?

Also, you and my baby DD have some kind a spiritual connection - whenever you post, she farts.

I googled it. My eyes hurt. I want to scrub my brain free of mgt-spk.

Depends where you shop

No, it's not. It's directly below your post, the thread was quiet, and you and I had been having a conversation. I'm a grown-up, with reading and comprehension skills and all that. I can cope. As, despite your devil's advocacy, can you.

Besides, my skills in c&P are also well developed - et voila:

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Gosh how rude some of you are being

(Fast moving consumer goods Habbibu - don't fret dear I think she's channelling Tesco )

I like MN the way it is, yes it is clunky and does not pander to the ego in the way some sites do but I can live with that. :)

That's a nasty adjective. Blee.

That's effortful bulletin boards for you

Well, I could, but in general people tend to answer questions on here quite politely, I've found. So your attitude to this consumer is rather disappointing.

*What's FMCG?

Just Google it.