What is this ‘You might also like’ clutter?

That’s an excellent idea.

Great minds think alike

@YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet @LilyMumsnet does MN have a UX function at all? It seems really unlikely that something with so many potentially upsetting or offensive outcomes would have got past effective user experience testing. Perhaps worth investing in one if not?

My theory is that this new feature is a mis-guided, self defeating attempt to make the site look busier than it is following the awful up-grade which lost so many posters.

Yep.

I think a Like button would be about as useful as this latest change TBH, hardly anyone wants one. Would be yet another annoyance.

At least a like button would be useful for some posters, even if the majority don't want it. 😅This new feature wasn't asked for, and doesn't benefit anyone.

Exactly. No amount of tweaking from MNHQ is going to stop the same / similar things from happening again in the future.

I wonder when someone from MN will comment today, and what other excuses they will come up with to try and justify the ridiculous feature.

I think we’re just waiting for the ‘like’ button to appear unannounced now and that will be the end I guess.

And we still have the scattering of "what to pack for your hospital stay and baby" in eg the menopause forum and all the other crap.

That really shows exactly how crap this “feature” is

There are a load of unanswered threads, it would make more sense to promote those on the relative topics.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/unanswered

People don't come on mumsnet just to find information. We know how to use google, review sites, comparison sites etc. we come on mumsnet for a conversation which you are killing by promoting old threads!

Was this a decision made by committee? It feels like it.

Never complained before but this is too much

Stale and boring - active full of old threads - out of date magazines in waiting rooms is an excellent comparison

My theory is that this new feature is a mis-guided, self defeating attempt to make the site look busier than it is following the awful up-grade which lost so many posters.

There are posters giving advice to someone in active on a thread from may this year. A thread about someones new boyfriend pressuring them to have sex. This is so fucking insensitive.

That's how I'm feeling this morning. I've found a total of 2 threads in active that are new and my response was genuine surprise.

Everything in trending is old and my active threads is now bogged down with threads that have been inadvertently resurrected because of the new feature.

I'm beginning to think last week was better when the trolls were purposely bumping the old threads at least active had some new content at that point.

This is rubbish almost every thread I click on is old to the point I'm almost surprised when I click on one and it's new.

Yes, all but one of my trending threads are old threads that have been ressurected. Interestingly this this thread isn't in trending... I wonder why that might be. 🙄

Back again to look for an update….. trending so full of old threads… come on @mnhq !!!

I hope not. Apart from here & a cruise site (which I only go on if I’m about to go on a cruise) I don’t post anywhere else. I’d be lost without MN. Mind you I’d have more time on my hands!

It’s like being in a dentists waiting room surrounded by out of date magazines.

This is a great analogy. I've clicked on 8 threads this morning from active and all 8 of them are months or even years old! What's the point in even coming on to post and engage in threads if all the content isn't current.

I also agree if I didn't know any better I'd say it seems like MNHQ are actively looking for ways to make the site used less. However I genuinely don't think they are, I think they are just that clueless as shown time and time again and yet they will be the only ones surprised in a few months when they turn around and say hmm it's not working well any more any suggestions why?

maybe @mnhq are stuck in an endless loop of old threads. Or the lights went out and they couldn’t find their back here.

or maybe they’re just ignoring it. If they wait long enough people will forget about it.

You are killing your site, MNHQ.

I'm beginning to think this is their aim. Other than bringing back advanced search (which should never have been removed in the first place) all of the recent updates have been a backwards step, or in some cases several steps backwards.

There's no communication with users about the introduction of new features or site wide changes, they just happen, and often come with bugs or break other site features. This new feature is pointless on a site like MN, but are MN listening to the 100s of posters who have taken the time to say why they don't like it or discuss why it's problematic... No.

3 of 5 threads in ‘trending’ are pointlessly revived out of date threads.