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SecretSpy · 18/05/2016 21:24

What's going on please? There's a couple of Local threads that keep appearing at the top of Active even though they've not recently been posted on.

It's annoying and it's got a giant green icon thing

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ParakeetsInTheGarden · 25/05/2016 21:22

I am a member of my local site, but also joined a couple of other nearby ones as I live vaguely near the border, although a lot of what is on these other sites won't be relevant to me. Mumsnet knows which one is my 'home' site, but I'm getting threads from all three appearing in Active over and over even when I hide them . If you can fix this, that would be great, although if you don't, I can presumably solve it by quitting the other two sites. I was thinking about adding a fourth, for a location where we're going on holiday, but I think I won't for now!

BoreOfWhabylon · 25/05/2016 20:31

I find them intensely irritating, especially since I can't hide them.

AuntieStella · 25/05/2016 19:22

Could you ask Tech to have another fiddle, please?

After I hid the one I posted about, it finally decided to stay hidden (hurrah). Then today a different one appeared. Looked at it, no interest to me, hid it. Later today it reappeared, and now I have three threads behaving like the three heads of a hydra and springing back.

Now, I really don't mind them appearing and being stickied. But I would like them to be like other stickied threads, and not keep reappearing.

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeG0es · 21/05/2016 09:07

I do check my local board occasionally but there is virtually never a thread that I have anything relevant to say on (I live in a very big county). I would like to be able to opt out of this please, the green pins are really annoying.

Mrscog · 21/05/2016 09:01

I really like it - brilliant feature, I will actually participate on the local boards now.

ShowOfHands · 21/05/2016 08:58

I don't like it. The same 3 irrelevant threads which I'm not remotely interested in and I can't hide them.

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DawnMumsnet · 20/05/2016 18:54

Hi everyone,

It looks like we may have a slight glitch here (re. threads not staying hidden) - we'll check things out with our Tech team and report back as soon as we can.

In the meantime, please keep your thoughts coming. Smile

AintNobodyHereButUsKittens · 20/05/2016 18:49

I do think it's a really good idea to make Local posts more visible. Otherwise it's a vicious circle of "nobody posts so nobody reads so nobody posts so nobody reads". But when you've hidden them they should stay hidden.

ProfYaffle · 20/05/2016 18:49

Oh thank God it's not just me! I've had such a palaver, some random place was set as my 'home' for reasons I don't understand. Now I get talk from the random place as well as where I actually live despite me having hidden both relevant Local Talk topics in customise.

I wouldn't mind too much the odd genuinely local topic cropping up but I can't bear the green pin and am properly irritated by the random location talk threads showing up.

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeG0es · 20/05/2016 18:43

Agree, I don't mindseeing them there but the green thing is annoying and if I hide thrm I want the to stay hidden.

AuntieStella · 20/05/2016 18:40

I want to hide it. I do hide it. It keeps coming back.

I don't mind them appearing from time to time. But I think they should vanish (and stay vanished) if you choose it - just like other threads stickied in Active.

AnyFucker · 19/05/2016 18:48

Why won't it stay hidden when you press "hide" though ?

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SecretSpy · 19/05/2016 14:46

My thoughts are - it's annoying, sorry. I understand the intention, but it's been the same two or three threads rotating despite no new posts. Probably because they are very specific questions with a limited pool of people who could give a useful reply

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whatsonyourplate · 19/05/2016 14:46

I quite like seeing them on active as I don't often remember to visit the local board, it agree you don't need to keep seeing the same thread with no extra comments.

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AmyGMumsnet · 19/05/2016 14:36

Hi there

As Local grows we thought it might be useful for people who are signed up to local sites to be able to see the most recent threads from their local talk board on 'active conversations'.

We're just in the process of trying it out at the moment, and feedback is very welcome so please do post with your thoughts Flowers

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SecretSpy · 18/05/2016 21:50

Like this one. One post. Made two days ago. Rotating with a couple of other not very active threads. Why are they being treated like stickies?

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AnyFucker · 18/05/2016 21:27

Same here

I keep pressing "hide" and one keeps reappearing. I don't want to see it !...