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Ekofisk · 26/11/2021 23:12

Why do I keep getting this “Enjoying this thread? Why not add it to your watch list” message every time I move on to a new page of a thread that I haven’t posted on?

It’s bloody annoying that when I’m starting to read a thread that’s 20 pages long this nonsense message pops up every time I move on to a new page.

Lots of threads I just want to skip through and not engage with, so I really don’t want to add to a watch list. Stop asking me please.

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PastMyBestBeforeDate · 27/11/2021 11:12

Another vote for getting rid of it. It will encourage people to post without RTFT as they'll skip to the last page to avoid the repeated pop ups.
Those of us who do RTFT will now have to put up with repeated pop ups AND the pages of 'Cancel the cheque' from those who didn't.

JohnnyCashcard · 27/11/2021 10:54

YES! So annoying, please turn it off, MN!

I'd assumed it was because I was reading threads on Style and Beauty and MN will make money out of any links I click on. Horrified to see that people are getting the same message in more sensitive topics.

PragmaticWench · 27/11/2021 10:49

Came here to start a thread about that INFURIATINGLY damn annoying pop up. MNHQ just turn it off!!!!!!!!!!

GreenLunchBox · 27/11/2021 10:49

Yes, it's annoying

BumBurnerBum · 27/11/2021 10:46

Horrible new feature

Lockheart · 27/11/2021 10:20

It is annoying and unbelievably in poor taste when it pops up on sensitive or difficult topics. Remember many posters will start threads in the more mainstream Chat / AIBU forums rather than in bereavement, for example.

Not sure this was completely thought out...

AvocadoAndToast · 27/11/2021 10:19

Get rid please MN. It’s putting us off reading threads having that intrusive and annoying message pop up.
Plus not all threads are ‘enjoyable’!

zigzag56445 · 27/11/2021 10:00

No, I'm not enjoying the thread because i keep seeing this annoying popup! Angry

EndoplasmicReticulum · 27/11/2021 09:06

Agree. If you must, once per thread would do, not every time you go to a different page.
And change the wording as pps have said it's insensitive.

hellswelshy · 27/11/2021 08:41

Yep driving me mad- not needed...make it stop!!!!!!

NightmareSlashDelightful · 27/11/2021 08:28

Flowers Willow1981

Agree with everyone else.

Disruptive pop-ups very annoying, unhelpful and bad UX.

Not to mention clumsy and highly insensitive for many MN topics and threads.

Please, please get rid of it MNHQ.

DismantledKing · 27/11/2021 08:28

Thought I’d check if this thread existed before starting one of my own.
Sort it out MN! It’s really annoying and very obtrusive.

Whinge · 27/11/2021 08:05

@PinkWaferBiscuit

Glad it's not just me who is finding it incredibly frustrating and unnecessary. Can you please get rid of it MNHQ! This site covers so many uncomfortable and emotional topics and the stupid pop up box is really trivialising some of the threads.

No I'm not enjoying reading a thread about a poor teenager who has been murdered or about baby loss for fucks sake it's so insensitive!

Willow1981 FlowersFlowers

I agree. It's really insensitive.

I'm getting a little annoyed by MNHQs pointless changes, first the Christmas box, then trending vanished and now this. How about fixing problems that would help improve the site, like the appalling search function?

PurpleDaisies · 27/11/2021 08:02

This is driving my crazy. It is pretty inappropriate in some areas of the site…infertility, miscarriage, bereavement…

WellJuhnelle · 27/11/2021 07:57

I came to this section specifically to start this thread so please add my name to the list of users it is annoying!

Crunchymum · 27/11/2021 07:52

Another one who came to say it's a hideous feature.

@MNHQ

Please, please get rid of it ASAP.

Mybalconyiscracking · 27/11/2021 07:28

Is anybody so lacking in a life that they need to rush to a thread every time it is updated?

EIIa · 27/11/2021 07:26

Sort it out MNHQ

Cariah · 27/11/2021 07:23

It’s driving me mad.

NothingTraLaLa · 27/11/2021 07:19

Annoying me too!

MysteriousMonkey · 27/11/2021 07:02

Really irritating!

R0tational · 27/11/2021 06:57

So annoying!!! Turn it off!!!
Came on thia part of the forum specifically to say this..urgh.

PinkWaferBiscuit · 27/11/2021 06:56

Glad it's not just me who is finding it incredibly frustrating and unnecessary. Can you please get rid of it MNHQ! This site covers so many uncomfortable and emotional topics and the stupid pop up box is really trivialising some of the threads.

No I'm not enjoying reading a thread about a poor teenager who has been murdered or about baby loss for fucks sake it's so insensitive!

Willow1981 FlowersFlowers

purplemunkey · 27/11/2021 06:46

Oh yes, I had this too. Very annoying. Especially as I’m logged in and use my Watch list already - I don’t need this ‘helpful’ hint.

I hadn’t thought about the words being insensitive but as PP it right. There are a number of threads you might be reading because you want advice or help rather than ‘enjoyment’.

TheChippendenSpook · 27/11/2021 06:25

It is very annoying and more importantly, like Willow1981 says, will be upsetting for some posters.

Flowers for you Willow.

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