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What's FMCG?

And isn't an internet forum self-selecting by definition?

Excuse me, aren't we the consumers????

My hubby works for a FMCG company. I'm glad they don't have the same attitudes to consumers as most people here do. Rule no. 1 is not to tell someone that their opinions are worthless.

Rule no. 2 is to be wary of self-selecting groups.

Nope, I like it the way it is :)

oh for heaven's sake, this topic isn't due for a revival until Oct 23rd. Does no one read the time table?

Stats from 2007
monthly page views - currently 9 million
monthly unique visitors - currently 750,000
Source: JustineMumsnet 14-May-2007

So just imagine how much that has increased over the years... wonder what the current stats are.

I like it. I've liked it for years and, even though I disappear occasionally I always come back.

I do sometimes wonder though, if people don't like it, why they stick around

Change isn't easy... the technical systems running this site may need to be changed a lot to implement some of the things wanted by Moos

1. I like the fact that I can see how many people have read the post That takes a fair bit of computing power... it has to calculate stats for each and every post. On a busy site that extra work takes additional processor time which could be spent better on providing a faster response to users.

Why do you need to know how many people have read your post? If it says NONE for a long time, it will just make you How will the system determine a real user, from a non-real user... would you expect it only to count people logged in... or would you want it to count those who are not logged in (which thus could include robots).

2. I like to see who is currently reading the post Imagine how many usernames may need to be displayed if say 2679 people are reading a particular message thread. Again consider processing time... it takes time to collate and present that data. I think you are possibly forgetting how busy this site is... not sure if Tech has published the stats. Mumsnet as a whole, according to Comsscore gets over 1/2 million visitors per month.

3. I can always get to my first unread post - so saves trawling through pages Things move very fast on here at times. Do you really want a system which tells you which posts you have and have not read?

4. Editing is allowed Now that would sometimes be useful. However if it is done after someone else posts, then not so good.

5. Quoting is great Cut and Paste work well

As far as I can make out, 34 people like it just as it is, 9 people would like some minor changes (eg the ability to edit or to bookmark) and 2, maybe 3 people are dissatisfied.

Hardly a 60:40 split

I've tried not to double count people who've posted more than once, so the numbers might be one or two out.

I don't calculate it as 60:40 either - unless you count the ones that say that the ability to bookmark would ne nice (but not a necessity) and certainly no-one very few who think that we need to be able to reply to particular people and that it is messy.

In fact, the most consistent message is that we like the tidiness of the discussion board's simplicity. :)

Love that there is no edit button. Yes, I feel stupid when I see my typos, but there have been some classic mistakes that are even better than the original thread..

recent "lick his bollocks" instead of "kick his bollocks" was so funny.

Hey just goes to prove we're all human.

Actually, MN needs a "DO THE STATS, STAT!" button.

i think one or two people said "yeah, this might be ok, but tbh we like mn the way it is and find it easy enough to navigate" nowhere near a 60/40

i think Mooos is counting herself as 40%

60/40 split? Really? I haven't counted, but it doesn't look that close to me.

dammit, cant italicise whole sentence.

"it would be too depressing if you could see that loads of people had read your OP but no-one had replied!"

totally agree. noone would ever post. at least if you cant see the views you can tell yourself that it just got lost and then bump.

and bump.

and bump.

and bump.

"Nothing changes if nothing changes" - but then there's also plus ça change...

Me too...I prefer to think that my op has just been missed amongst the fast moving convos and not deliberately ignored

it would be too depressing if you could see that loads of people had read your OP but no-one had replied!

I think praps OP has become used to being spoonfed her fora

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