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Coronavirus topic & trending now

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TheLarkDescending · 15/03/2020 15:09

Any way of stopping threads in the Coronavirus topic from appearing in Trending Now? I think you’ve previously done that for other boards (FWR?) and it’s really quite anxiety-provoking to keep seeing the thread titles pop up when you’ve hidden the board.

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HebeMumsnet · 16/03/2020 12:37

Hello everyone!

Firstly, we just thought we'd better clear up the rumour that we ever stopped FWR appearing in trending. We do very occasionally keep a thread out of trending, but it's a bit tricky and there would need to be a really good reason for that (like dodgy trolls posting porn on a thread that's gone mad or similar). It's not something we've ever done as a matter of course or to a whole topic.

We do appreciate that trending is a bit swamped with coronavirus right now, but that is a true reflection of what is most popular on the boards at the moment. It would sort of defeat the object for us to remove them. So it's not something we're thinking of doing at the moment. We will pass on your thoughts about it though. These are strange times, so if we end up thinking about it again we will take your thoughts into consideration.

In the meantime, as PPs have said, you can hide entire topics from appearing for you (it won't affect the trending box but might make the boards easier for you to navigate around that). You can do that here.

GreyhoundzRool · 16/03/2020 08:03

Yes please do this ! Every thread I click on in trending seems to take me to the corona virus topic which negates having all the threads in one place. Very frustrating

vingt · 16/03/2020 06:39

I got round it by telling the ad blocker I use to block the trending now box

LightAsTheBreeze · 16/03/2020 05:27

It is getting worse as there is a lot of trolly people just starting threads for the sake of it with scaremongering titles, even if you want to read some of the threads it is very difficult as it is being overwhelmed.

They need to be taken off the Trending stuff as anyone interested can go to the topic to find them, I do as I find some informative but there is a lot of scaremongering shit on there.

ExServiceWoman · 16/03/2020 01:20

It's really annoying. Open up an AIBU and it's a bloody CV post!

I keep reporting them, and they do get moved but even I'm getting anxious now!!!

AngelicaKauffman · 16/03/2020 00:23

I came to make the same post!

You can hide the CV topic section so you dont see it

You still see them in the Trending Now box. Which is the main way I find new threads. But not anymore since every single trending now thread is just more coroavirus scaremongering.

Redglitter · 15/03/2020 15:17

It's more the CV threads that people insist on posting in AIBU etc that are a problem. You can hide the CV topic section so you dont see it

PurpleDaisies · 15/03/2020 15:15

I’d be very pleased with this.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 15/03/2020 15:14

I hope they didn't do it with FWR.

Indeed.

PineappleDanish · 15/03/2020 15:13

Agree. That would be great.

middleager · 15/03/2020 15:12

I hope they didn't do it with FWR.