Please turn off “Trending in Christmas” or at least make the red less BRIGHT!

Justine, why are you guys doing this? I don’t really understand the objective. Will there be a different trending folder at the bottom of the screen all the time now? If Christmas is already so popular, why is it being promoted like this?

Count me down as some accidental clicks too.

It is better now it’s below the comment box.

Still annoying, but less intrusive.

The ‘10k clicks’ argument was a little … discombobulating. But I guess we don’t all see things from the same point of view.

I clicked it a few times to try and hide the damn thing.
Please let us hide it if we aren't interested.
I really don't want Christmas shoved down my throat for various reasons this year.

As well as switching this off could you look into moving Christmas theads into the proper topic. I have it hidden as I'm sure many others do but what's the point if you allow threads to be posted anywhere

I’m a big Christmas fan and love all the Christmas threads and follow them most of the year BUT that is my choice please do not thrust the frankly intrusive Christmas Trending box everywhere on Mumsnet. Posters know where the Christmas topic is if they want it. I quite agree with PP’s to have a thread in a bright red box asking about gift ideas for terminally ill relative is just appalling. That particular thread belongs in a respectful place on the Christmas board where posters can respond in a sensitive manner. MNHQ you have got this wrong please rectify it.

Quite a lot of folks cannot afford stuff for Christmas so if you're going to flash a red thingybobwotsit at us all about what people have bought or are buying how about flashing a counter one to help those in need who won't have a Christmas at all let alone buy something for Fido

Agree with everyone. This is really tone deaf.

The answer is that nobody asked for this then.

Not giving people an option to hide content they find upsetting is pretty shit of you really

@JustineMumsnet, on the topic of bereavement, one of the trending topics in the box at the moment is Gift ideas for terminally ill Mum. Which is a totally reasonable thread obviously - but one that I don’t think should be bouncing up in a cheery-looking Christmas box.

You can’t seriously be telling us there is “a demand” for a big red box directing people to the Christmas board @JustineMumsnet? If people wanted to go to the Christmas board, they would just go to the Christmas board.

What a surprise
The response from Justine I mean
It's all about those clicks
Sod the user experience

It would be great if we could click ‘close’ on it and it disappears like ads.

Sorry about that dot. Was testing something.

It really should be out of the way, below the comment box if it has to exist at all

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Christmas is quite a stressful time of year for a lot of folk. I don't honestly see the point of an in your face unavoidable ad/banner over a month before Christmas. A few days before but six weeks of this.

This is the normal Trending Now box at this moment.

Why on earth do we need a second one?

it's clear that Christmas does in fact come early for many Mumsnetters - the Christmas topic was our forth busiest this week

You clearly think that it's deliberate. Well my clicks haven't been deliberate. There's a Christmas board for a reason, no?

Why is it so vital for people to look at the Christmas board? Why do you think your users are so dim that they can’t find it?

Why is it there at all? What's the point?

Why have a hide topic feature if you're just going to force a topic down our throats anyway, for no discernible reason?

How many of those 10k clicks actually remained on the board for any meaningful length of time? The number of times I’ve clicked on it by accident is ridiculous and clearly I’m not alone. I don’t particularly mind Christmas nor the box, but I think it’s pretty poor to just shrug your shoulders at people saying they want rid. If I wanted to hide it I can’t, bereaved people don’t only exist on the bereavement board you know. Never mind those who have other reasons for not wanting to see it.....