Mumsnet forums need updating

I like it. Clean and logical. I can't be bothered to read those boards where you have to make an effort to winkle out the replies.

Of course I preferred it when it was full screen width..

I like it it suits me.

I think it needs an edit feature..apart from that its ok ...it is quite old old fashioned compared to a lot of forums though I agree

Quoting is not good etiquette, I think.

It tends to stifle discussion because people are reluctant to join in what appears to be a closed conversation.

Similar to threads titled "mooos, come over here". I dislike them too, just CAT a person fgs

If you want to direct a response to a specific poster there are other ways to do it.

Quotes take up waaaaaay too much page space too.

It is not outdated. It is simply a different kind of message board.

Some are threaded. Some are stacked.

Some are so fully of sparkly crap you can't read the messages.

And you know, coming into someone's forum and saying they should change it to suit you is just as rude as coming into someone's house and telling them their furniture is ugly.

Savoy - how do you get your settings to do that?
Some of my threads are like that and it is so much better, but generally I have all the pages and I give up reading through half the time!!

at 'the power of reading'

I also like it, I frequent other forums and find the additional crap all over every post.unnecessary and irritating.

I LIKE IT

There's nothing wring with it. You just read it and then write what you want and then read on. You can see if somebody has said something to you, with the power of reading.

In what way is it not user friendly? I think it's fine. I'd rather the Facebook Twitter hoo haa wasn't there, but that's it. And I have my settings so that there are no pages, just one long post for each thread.

Nope!
It's simple, uncluttered and logical.
You post, next person posts and so on....
Want to see if someone is talking to you? Read the replies.
Want to reply to a particular person? Start you post with: ParticularPerson...
ParticularPerson will READ THE REPLIES and see that you have addressed them directly.
Simple, uncluttered and logical.
If you want fluff and spoon-feeding then you might want to try elsewhere rather than rocking up here and whining.
Would be like me going to Netmums (I assume thats where you've come from?) and bitching that it was too bright and sparkly and wouldn't it be so much better if each spangly, pastel-coloured post didn't take up half a frigging page.
If you dont like it, thats fine - move on. Dont hang about to whinge that its not quite to your liking.
WE like it.

Nope. I like it as it is.

Oh yes. Let's have tickers and avatars and quotes and quotes and quotes and quotes!

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