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Has Mumsnet ever considered a re-vamp?

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MsAmerica · 19/04/2021 01:46

Have the powers-that-be ever considered a major overhaul of the site? It has so much potential, but it has one of the most problematic set-ups of any chat forum I've ever encountered - in the table of contents, in the forums that exists (or don't), in the way messages are posted, etc.

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Thelnebriati · 02/05/2021 22:35

If I could make 3 changes;
I'd make the date on the post in the same size font as the username, to make it easier to spot a zombie thread.
I'd set a character limit on the initial OP post, the one that gets repeated on each page.
I'd add an edit function, with the fact the post has been edited made clear on the post.

CervixHaver · 02/05/2021 02:13

The Search NEEDS to be sorted it's utterly dreadful. Even just the option to filter by most recent!

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MsAmerica · 02/05/2021 02:05

@sorryforswearing

I’d like to be able to make a comment under the actual post I’m commenting on. At the moment if you comment it can be pages away from the initial post and unless you read every page you run the risk of repeating something that’s already been said.
Agree.
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Sparklingbrook · 27/04/2021 19:54

Grin @TheRavenNevermore. I would never take any notice of the results of an AIBU poll, it proves nothing.

TheRavenNevermore · 27/04/2021 19:52

Effed up the bold there. Soz!

TheRavenNevermore · 27/04/2021 19:52

I used to do that *Sparklingbrook' until I realised the futility of it because I was 'voting' for whatever dumb option it was they specified!

Sparklingbrook · 27/04/2021 19:39

@TheRavenNevermore

About the only thing I'd like to see changed is the introduction of a 'poll' function. This might - maybe - stop people using the vote function this way so you'd no longer have to see YABU - this this this something else this YANBU - something else that or that or whatever
Oh that would be great. Sick of AIBU 'polls'. I am sure a lot of posters just click YABU for doing it.
ByTheSea · 27/04/2021 19:35

Would love a timed (2 minutes max) edit.

TheRavenNevermore · 27/04/2021 19:32

About the only thing I'd like to see changed is the introduction of a 'poll' function. This might - maybe - stop people using the vote function this way so you'd no longer have to see
YABU - this this this something else this
YANBU - something else that or that or whatever

AlwaysLatte · 27/04/2021 18:25

I hate when on desktop version only half the title comes up.

TinyGlassOwl · 27/04/2021 18:21

But I agree with previous posters that the search function is utterly pathetic.

TinyGlassOwl · 27/04/2021 18:20

@sorryforswearing

I’d like to be able to make a comment under the actual post I’m commenting on. At the moment if you comment it can be pages away from the initial post and unless you read every page you run the risk of repeating something that’s already been said.
No. No no no no no.

Please do NOT thread responses MN. Not ever.

Either quote the post you're responding to or...read the thread before posting?

ApplesinmyPocket · 26/04/2021 02:02

I like it the way it is. I've been around computers, forums, etc forever and have learned that 'improvements' usually mean anything but.

sorryforswearing · 26/04/2021 01:43

I’d like to be able to make a comment under the actual post I’m commenting on. At the moment if you comment it can be pages away from the initial post and unless you read every page you run the risk of repeating something that’s already been said.

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 26/04/2021 01:30

I like the advanced search and find it pretty good (I trialled the new beta one and found it worse).

But I wish they could purge the old Chat threads (the auto deleted ones when they had time limits) from the search results. They clutter it up, and although you can read a preview of a post the thread doesn't actually exist if you click on it.

But in general, I like the text-based nature, and the new features (see all OP's posts, and quoting) are good. I like the logotype too.

Susannahmoody · 26/04/2021 01:17

Unlike most of the others here, I find if more problematic than other sites, not less.

^

That'd be your answer.

Susannahmoody · 26/04/2021 01:16

Re. Replies = there's a little number next to the title of the thread. That's the amount of replies.

Susannahmoody · 26/04/2021 01:14

No, we don't like change round these parts.

It works, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

WhatWouldPhyllisCraneDo · 26/04/2021 01:11

@halftime you can bookmark the last Post you've read and it should do that.

halftime · 26/04/2021 01:09

When I click on a thread I’ve already started reading, I would like to be taken to the post immediately after the last one I read. But I only use the website—maybe you can do that on the app?

RubyFowler · 25/04/2021 23:51

Usually on other forums where editing is a thing, the post will say edited and the time on it. So you can't just go back and change something without people at least knowing you did.

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MsAmerica · 25/04/2021 23:40

@Carryonlikeaporkchop

But not as helpful as people actually reading the full thread... I've given up on that battle!

One small tweak that might help with this would be that when you want to post a reply after reading only the OP on a thread which has hundreds of posts why do people do this the message box opens at the actual end of the thread instead of at the bottom of the first page. This might help to give a clue that the thread is many, many pages long and it might prompt the poster to notice that the most recent 5 comments all say ZOMBIE

This is an interesting problem, but it might be simpler if instead, like many over forums, there is simply a notation that directly says: "This thread has 17 replies."
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MsAmerica · 25/04/2021 23:37

@LilyMumsnet

Hi folks

Just wanted to say thanks for all the feedback and ideas. We're reading. Flowers

Nice to know you're reading - but how about my original question? Has there ever been a major re-vamp considered? Forum options, forum layout, thread layout. Unlike most of the others here, I find if more problematic than other sites, not less.
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MsAmerica · 25/04/2021 23:32

@NiceGerbil

Nope to edit nope to like.

Edit means people who talk bollocks can change it when they get pasted. Nope. I like that people who write nonsense can't change it.

Like. Nope. The really good thing about MN is the conversation. People saying yes or no and why. Like is lazy and adds nothing to the conversation.

I disagree. Having an edit function is not something on my wish-list, but I do like it primarily because my proofreading is so bad, and I can fix my annoying typos, and secondarily because I often forget a little detail I meant to include.
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MsAmerica · 25/04/2021 23:30

@Time40

The only two things I think are wrong with it are that we don't have an edit function, and the search is absolutely rubbish. What else is wrong?
For starters, the choice of forums, the names of the forums, and the arrangement of the forums.
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