MNHQ here - which feature would you most like to have on Mumsnet Talk?

Improve search would be my choice. In the app it seems quite random. I'd like to narrow it down by date or for it to at least show the most recent results first.

Rather than just showing the OP's post (as you can highlight them) having the facility to find a posters post on the thread would be useful.
So many times a poster will type
'I agree with what Thisthatother poster said'
Well that's great but not if they said it 400 posts ago.

But I would like ALL the options mentioned.

A function to be able to block specific posters

BIWI
I have all my posts on one page too.

Zombie threads very often appear on 'discussion of the day' or 'trending'. You then get about 30 - 40 people commenting on the OP's situation without realising it is a zombie. I remember one in particular where there was a parenting issue for the OP's child who was about 6 at the time, but it was resurrected and the child would have been a strapping 18 year old.

Perhaps fine for generic issues such as 'how do you treat cold sores?' not so much for situational issues pertaining only to the OP's particular circumstances.

A lot of Zombie threads are resurrected by trolls or spammers.

I don't understand poster's issue with zombie threads. Surely it's better than people starting 100 threads on the same subject.

All great, love see OPs posts and save posts most though

I would like all of them, I would also like something that defaulted to the username that you are using for a particular thread, to avoid the name change fails

Oh yes, Zombie threads! Would you consider closing threads to new posts apart from the OP after a certain period of time?

Also, when a zombie thread is resurrected, it warns the first 'new poster' but not subsequent ones. Failing the closed thread suggestion, would it be possible to have some sort of way of highlighting on the thread title that it is a resurrected zombie?

An edit button would result in threads being turned into gobbledygook. Responses would reference posts that could have been changed beyond recognition.

If the edit feature would be available for two minutes after posting that would be fine. But any longer and threads would turn to nonsense.

Better search would be very useful.

Saving particular posts would be great

All the rest are available in some form or another on a PC.

See all OPs posts (toggle setting from seeing everything to just that, and back), or jump from one to another

Highlight the OPs posts is in customise not settings - you can choose a colour for your own posts and those of the OP as well as how many posts to show on a page. I think you have to go to desktop mode to use Customise. I've never used the app, I find the mobile site very easy to use.

Show all posts is in the pulldown button at the top of each thread, it's a visible link at the top of the threads on the desktop version. It is very easy to then use Ctrl-F or browser search to just read the OP's posts.

I'm on the mobile site, I just click "see all messages" to see them on one page

Editing, with a short time limit so people use it for typo corrections as opposed to rewriting history, should their post not get the responses they wanted. I remember when editing was introduced in another forum I used to use.... revolutionary [misty-eyes]

Please let me edit, autocorrect despises me and seeing my own typos makes my teeth itch

See OPs post only

@Nextphonewontbesamsung I just went into settings for the first time in years and I can't find it. Nor can I find "highlight OPs posts." How bizarre of MNHQ to remove the option while other users still get to use these features. These two things make the forum so much easier to read.

They kept "About me" and "Mates" though, which I bet absolutely nobody uses

@RogersVideo - please could you explain what settings you have to view all posts on one page?

Improved search. I don't find any of the others to be a problem.

My number one choice isn't on there - night mode! Handy for those who are up with babies in the night.

I'm a bit at some of the other options. Why would we need an edit button when there is already a preview button? Why we would we need to see only OPs posts when you can highlight them or do control+F? And seeing all posts on page is already a feature (all my posts are on one page). Why would we need a save post function when you can already save threads under watching?

Also please please don't add the quote feature. On forums that have it, people will quote walls of text only to say "I agree. " It makes finding actual new dialogue difficult and is so clunky.

Jumping through to OP's updates would be incredibly useful after about, say, half a day of posts. By then no one is going to say anything unique any more and most of the thread will be the same point being made over and over (cancel the cheque), a derailing by someone else, or people placemarking for updates. But I seem to manage fine with op's posts highlighted and 100 posts per page. I'd love 1,000 posts per page but lost that option when I had to re-register after the security problems about 4 or 5 years ago.

Quote function.

And I want a Like/Dislike button too.

picking No that's not how it works. You wouldn't see any direct replies either, obviously.

For it to work, you need a quote function which mn seems weirdly reticent to provide too.

There's no real need to change usernames. Just make a new account if you're that bothered.

If you're worried about anonymity, keep in mind that 99% of forums have this function with no issue. MN is the only place I've seen without it, even fb lets you block people.

Oh, it's for the controversial stuff, that explains even more.