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What are you up to Tech?

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SaintGeorge · 21/04/2006 00:14

Messages all vanishing and now strange new 'report this post' boxes coming up.

Are you tinkering? Smile

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SoupDragon · 21/04/2006 17:08

What on earth are you all worried about ffs?? It will make no difference to you as it's the same as the "old" set up. It will cut down the number of posts saying "oooh, I think this should be deleted!" "Why hven't MN TOwers deleted this yet?" or threads started called "Please MN TOwers delete the thread that says..."

It will however make it easier for MN TOwers to home in on which post is apparently causing the problem and desicde whether it is indeed offensive enough to be removed. It's not going to result in 100s of more deletions and it's not an increase in the level of moderation of the site.

JoolsToo · 21/04/2006 16:19

yeah some threads are 1000 posts long! Grin

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SaintGeorge · 21/04/2006 16:17

The trouble with a 'report the thread' link is that it doesn't focus in, it is not much different to just using the contactus link. The whole point of this link is that it does the focusing automatically.

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expatinscotland · 21/04/2006 15:53

I agree, Lipstick.

LipstickMum · 21/04/2006 15:51

Damn. I double checked as well. Ya see!!?? Wink Scared shitless.

Ledodgy · 21/04/2006 15:48

LipstickMum you missed the full stop at the end of your sentence. Wink

LipstickMum · 21/04/2006 15:47

I agree with Rhubarb's post at 1:52pm. a 'reporting the thread' link and then focus in on a post. I don't know, I'm scared enough to post here nowadays for fear that whatever I say will be mis-interrpreted, mis-understood, or I'll be harrassed for spelling mistakes or picked up by the punctuation police Sad

Flamesparrow · 21/04/2006 15:44

Shock I seem to have a case of coditis!

Flamesparrow · 21/04/2006 15:43

Ahh, tahnkyou. I can clikc in comfort now Grin

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SaintGeorge · 21/04/2006 15:42

Read earlier in the thread if you don't use Outlook as your default email.

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nailpolish · 21/04/2006 15:39

it just takes you to outlook flamesparrow

i couldnt resist clicking

expatinscotland · 21/04/2006 15:38

same here.

REALLY don't like this.

Flamesparrow · 21/04/2006 15:38

Not read whole thread, but I am soooooo wanting to click!!! Grin What happens if you do? Do you get taken to an "are you sure your really want to" page? Otherwise DD may end up reporting people Blush

mommie · 21/04/2006 15:37

'report this post' makes me feel ashamed for posting anything, however anodyne

Kelly1978 · 21/04/2006 14:04

lol Grin

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SaintGeorge · 21/04/2006 14:03

The amount of time JJ took over this last night I'm actually surprised it doesn't say 'If this Fing thing doesn't work this time I'm lobbing the bard PC through the window'

Report this post is quite mild considering,

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tamum · 21/04/2006 14:02

They could just ignore all reports that didn't give the full details Wink

Kelly1978 · 21/04/2006 14:00

rhubarb, I've said that too, and if they are going to implement an email form anyway, they can jsut request the time of the post in question. Easy!
I appreciate that moderating is tough work and it is necessary to make the job easier, but surely it can be done without such extreme measures?

Twiglett · 21/04/2006 14:00

think it should say something like '[email protected]' or 'checkthisoutmumsnettowers'

report this post is too schoolmarmy

spacedonkey · 21/04/2006 13:56

I think those of you who don't like it might change your mind if you had the job of moderating the forum!

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SaintGeorge · 21/04/2006 13:55

Rhubarb - the whole point of it though is that it reports the actual post that is causing offence. One link on a long thread wouldn't eliminate the need for MNHQ to trawl through.

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tassis · 21/04/2006 13:55

(I don't like it either)

tamum · 21/04/2006 13:54

(the "me too" was to Kelly and sophable, BTW)

tamum · 21/04/2006 13:53

Me too. I know it's standard everywhere else, but one of the (many, natch) reasons we love MN is because it isn't the same as everywhere else. I do think it would tone it down a bit if it was just a small symbol, but I still think it would be better not to have it at all.

spacedonkey · 21/04/2006 13:52

I think it's only the fact that the link is so in your face that makes it so unpleasant though