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Changes to "Threads I'm On" - don't like them ...

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LurkingHusband · 15/08/2017 13:51

Have noticed that the list of last 5 posts is now missing the time/date.

So there's no way of telling whether they were posted in the last 5 minutes, or (with all the zombie threads being revived) the last 5 years.

Have MNHQ heard of A/B testing ?

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WhatchaMaCalllit · 13/09/2017 15:49

I also use the website more than the app so I'm an old-schooler too

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LurkingHusband · 13/09/2017 14:48

My grumble - first world problem that it is -n is that previously, you could immediately see how busy a thread had been by the spacing of the last 5 or so replies.

Now, you just get the last posting timestamp, and you have to see if you recognise any of the postings previously from reading them, rather than the timestamps.

I suspect a vast majority of MNetters are using "the app" on a mobile device, and dinosaurs like me using the website are in the minority.

The reason I like MN is that it's core demographic is real people, unlike the science/tech forums I use professionally ... but that means it's generally very old-stylee.

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WhatchaMaCalllit · 13/09/2017 14:37

That sucks Lurking - I had a number of threads that were old (call them zombies but ones that hadn't been posted on) that I kept as watched threads so that I could, if I wanted to, go back and read them. These have gone now from my TIW list and I'm not happy

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LurkingHusband · 12/09/2017 15:46

Why is it only showing 50 threads too? TIO and TIW used to show more than 50 threads so why reduce it?

The reason I read a while back was that page loading times were getting too slow. Seems the "fix" has been to restrict the amount of data returned (rather than work on why it was being returned in such an inefficient way).

Not the way I would have done it if I was being paid for it, but hey ho.

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WhatchaMaCalllit · 12/09/2017 14:58

Why is it only showing 50 threads too? TIO and TIW used to show more than 50 threads so why reduce it?

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LurkingHusband · 11/09/2017 16:55

Another few weeks ?

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LurkingHusband · 02/09/2017 17:06

Nope, still not working ...

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TheFirstMrsDV · 02/09/2017 16:46

Mine seems to be working now.
Thank you.

MNHQ

LouMumsnet · 29/08/2017 21:58

Just to let you know that we've flagged this up to Tech again. Thanks for being so patient.

TheDrsDocMartens · 29/08/2017 17:59

Nope only the topics I follow are on TIO

TheDrsDocMartens · 29/08/2017 17:43

I'm only on a few threads I think. Need to test it again.

TheFirstMrsDV · 29/08/2017 17:36

I don't like to go on....
still not working.

I hadn't realised how much I relied on it.

Sparklingbrook · 26/08/2017 08:37

Bit ageist.

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LurkingHusband · 25/08/2017 16:22

It's worth repeating the suggestion that if you aren't paying, you are the product ....

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LurkingHusband · 25/08/2017 16:22

One of my problems with this update has been that the staff (tech and mods) haven't known how it worked before. We shouldn't be explaining it repeatedly.

I refer you to my previous points.

I'll wager that behind the scenes, the original tech experience has long since gone.

Which is why it's less than impressive that no "escape route" was planned along with any changes, so that if there was a problem the original site could be restored.

I'm guessing there probably wasn't even a checklist of post-change items that needed to be checked and working before the changes could be signed off.

You might just have got away with that kind of attitude in 1987, but in 2017 ?

My last guess would be that if I were to walk into the operations team, I'd double the average age .

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TheDrsDocMartens · 25/08/2017 16:06

One of my problems with this update has been that the staff (tech and mods) haven't known how it worked before. We shouldn't be explaining it repeatedly.

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LurkingHusband · 25/08/2017 12:00

Sorry that you feel this way, LurkingHusband

Because it is that way. At the very least, any change plan should have incorporated a rollback if implementation was problematic.

and before introducing any changes to site functioning, maybe an A/B testing regime to shake out which changes add to the experience best ?

Quite aside from it's social functions, MN is a commercial outfit. Badly made changes can cost money, if they prevent users seeing all that lovely advertising goodness.

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LornaMumsnet · 25/08/2017 11:35

@LurkingHusband

all feedback is appreciated!

really ? Such as it seems to be amateur hour at MNHQ ?

Sorry that you feel this way, LurkingHusband.

We know that the issues with TIO are a huge pain in the bum - we'll be back to check what's going on when all the fixes have been released by tech (such as the entire TIO disappearing). We'd hate to offer a time frame that we couldn't honour but honestly, we are taking the feedback seriously and tech have already started working on showing threads from hidden topics as well as other fixes.

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LurkingHusband · 25/08/2017 11:20

all feedback is appreciated!

really ? Such as it seems to be amateur hour at MNHQ ?

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LornaMumsnet · 25/08/2017 11:13

@TheFirstMrsDV

Mine is still messing about.

Its not showing all of them. Seems to show a random selection

Hello!

Apologies for the late-ish reply.

Tech are still making fixes here so we do hope to be able to update more next week. In the meantime, all feedback is appreciated!

TheFirstMrsDV · 24/08/2017 17:33

Mine is still messing about.

Its not showing all of them. Seems to show a random selection

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LurkingHusband · 24/08/2017 15:54

Bump

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Sparklingbrook · 21/08/2017 21:52

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LurkingHusband · 21/08/2017 09:58

I refer you to my comments upthread.

Hope your tech team get it sorted before they have to start school ...

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LornaMumsnet · 21/08/2017 09:42

Hello!

Just popping on to say that we're still looking into the time stamp and sorting stuff out our end (well, our tech team is!)

Do bear with us and sorry for the inconvenience here.

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