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JanineMumsnet · 06/02/2019 12:47

Across this year we intend to make some improvements to features on Mumsnet talk with the aim of enhancing your experience of using the site. The first of which is to improve the functionality of the 'threads I'm watching' and bookmark features.

You might have used these features, or you may have no idea they even existed, either way we'd love it if you could complete this quick survey.

www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/9DHX79L

Any additional comments you want to add to this thread would also be welcome.

Thanks

MNHQ

OP posts:
chordFire · 08/02/2019 07:44

I like @TwitterQueen1 suggestion - I sometimes get weirdly dizzy when I've had to scroll through tonnes of replies just to read OPs.

Can you also make it easier/more obvious to hide topics please?

BibbityBobbityEars · 08/02/2019 07:21

Edit and delete own posts function

Something near your name that shows how long you’ve been a member (rather than had that name) to cut down on the troll hunting. I’ve been here 13 years and change name every time there’s a data breach or I feel I’ve possibly compromised my anonymity by posting something identifying.

JaneJeffer · 07/02/2019 23:25

A like button would be a disaster for sure. There are people who have grudges against others as evidenced by a thread asking if anyone disliked any specific poster.

OccasionalKite · 07/02/2019 23:14

Definitely not a Like button. It is such an easy system for gaming it.

Bluntness100 · 07/02/2019 22:55

I'd so love it if I could have a way to just see the ops posts in order , and not have to scroll through, and no the suggested fix doesn't work,

I also don't see the issue with a like button, maybe it would stop all the pile ons, but ultimately it does no harm.

I don't think you will but clearly giving people the ability to delete their posts would be disastrous as it would make threads illegible.

JaneJeffer · 07/02/2019 22:48

I would like to be notified on the app when I get a PM and be able to access PMs without having to go to desktop. Last week someone was trying to get in touch with me and I didn't realise for ages because I wasn't on the specific thread at the time.

Kwackerly · 07/02/2019 21:06

Massively reduce all the topics - and spilt - eg into Mumsnet fun and Mumsnet bloody serious, that would put an end to all the 'lighthearted' nonsense in thread titles and would help fuck the trolls off serious threads where nonsense isn't appreciated. Give us glittery signatures so I can have a giant gif of ds revolving head a la nethuns... No? Ok but it would be nice to personalise posts a bit more now the sites so huge. I think a vote up/down button would be good.

AbsolutelyTwattedGwen · 07/02/2019 20:59

I’d like a way to hide topics from the mobile site please.

And yeah, maybe some security like Badly said.

Time40 · 07/02/2019 19:40

Also a 'compress' function, so you only see the OP's posts and no-one else's..... or maybe that could be extended to any individual's posts on one thread

God, yes. That would be brilliant.

AmazingGrace16 · 07/02/2019 14:02

A chance to collapse a thread and only see posts from the OP so you don't have to rtft to search for updates.
Please for the app too!!!!

badlydrawnperson · 07/02/2019 13:59

Some security would be nice.

TwitterQueen1 · 07/02/2019 13:52

Not sure about this one but I'll throw it into the mix anyway....

A character count on OPs? As soon as I see "this is going to be a long post" I move on.. likewise when you get the whole history of a dysfunctional relationship (whether it's parents, friends, husbands, wives etc).

I don't need a 10 year history of who said what and when and how someone has always been mean and here are some examples...

Prepared to be told other people love them though...

Laska2Meryls · 07/02/2019 13:49

A 5 minute edit button on posts so at least you could alter any typos. PLEASE!!

Its so annoying looking like an illiterate dork just because one types too fast or has autocorrect .. (and doesn't notice until too late )

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (I am shouting Please.. )

ReaganSomerset · 07/02/2019 13:46

I asked which forum because I'd imagine that those with far fewer members would be more open to that kind of problem.

ReaganSomerset · 07/02/2019 13:44

Well, fair enough. I've not noticed any tendency towards cliquiness, but I'll take your word for it. Presumably the loyal subjects of these royals can still attack dissenters and agree with the royals under the current system though?

SoupDragon · 07/02/2019 13:29

I don't think it is important which.

Given the constant complaints about "royalty" and "Cliquiness" I think it is very naive to assume it wouldn't be the case on MN, or perceived that way.

ReaganSomerset · 07/02/2019 13:13

That is absolutely the case on a particular forum.

Which? I think mumsnet is too big for it to be an issue here- I recognise quite a few posters by username but don't agree with all their viewpoints and change my own username quite frequently. Also, people often have friends with the same viewpoints as themselves, so it may be that the similar viewpoints precede the friendship.

SoupDragon · 07/02/2019 13:10

Instead of "making improvements" fix the stuff that is wrong!

The survey is about bookmarking. Why faff about with something that currently works OK (I think) instead of concentrating on the things that don't work.

SoupDragon · 07/02/2019 13:08

I doubt people will be upvoting comments because they're friends with the poster.

That is absolutely the case on a particular forum.

Trumponerous · 07/02/2019 13:08

And I agree with a PP that having deleted threads appear in Trending and Discussions of the Day is very irritating.

kirkandpetal · 07/02/2019 13:04

i find it frustrating to search for a subject, find a thread that looks like it would be ideal for what i'm after, only to discover it's an old chat thread, so has been deleted. Just don't return those threads back in a search please!

Trumponerous · 07/02/2019 12:59

You used to have "floating" links to Active, I'm On and Watching (I think) . These were brilliant so you didn't have to scroll back up for ages on a long thread.

I'd love a customisable home page which means my favourite topics are right there, there are far too many topics and it is so laborious to find the one you want in the full list.

I use laptop with Firefox, Windows 10

I would like an easier quote function so that people replying to a much earlier comment without quoting make sense. If it seems an interesting point you've got to search for the original comment with cryptic name abbreviations or hunt through copious posts for the original snippet.

hobnobsaremyfavourite · 07/02/2019 12:56

Just make the fricking site secure

ReaganSomerset · 07/02/2019 12:46

I doubt people will be upvoting comments because they're friends with the poster. And there doesn't need to be a dislike button.

SoupDragon · 07/02/2019 12:43

Any reason why, if you don't want to use an "agree" button (aka "like"), that you just don't use it.

I think it looks like a "popularity" competition. Also, if there's a "disagree" button it's crap when people just click it and don't explain.