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New feature - save threads & posts

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KatyMumsnet · 01/12/2022 11:55

Hi all,

During the course of our website upgrade we did a lot of user testing with Mumsnetters - one of the things they said they'd like was to be able to save interesting threads and posts to come back to later, so we’ve built a new save feature (on the website only for now) and you’ll soon see the save option appear on posts.

There are now 4 ways to curate the content you want to find again or be notified about:

  • I’m on - threads you’ve commented on
  • I started - threads you started
  • I’m watching - threads you want to see updates on and receive notifications about
  • Saved - threads & posts you’ve saved to come back to later
And we’ve grouped these under the umbrella term ‘My lists’ which you can access via the blue navigation bar at the bottom of the screen on mobile or via the ‘My Mumsnet’ menu (the person icon) in the top right on desktop or mobile when you’re logged in. We hope this will help new users understand how to use these features.

We’ve also slightly rejigged the design so you can save, share and report posts more easily.

We hope you find it useful and as always we welcome feedback!

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ZeroFuchsGiven · 01/12/2022 15:36

I keep hitting report instead of bookmark!

cosypeppermint · 01/12/2022 15:12

You’ve put it back! Thank feck for that

cosypeppermint · 01/12/2022 15:11

I want I’m On back. I’m even more irritated now you’ve told me I have to leave feedback here instead of on the existing threads we made about this.

MarieTharp · 01/12/2022 15:01

I use MN on my mobile and the new features are cluttering up the space. Can we opt out like we can with the equally unpopular "you might also like" feature?

Please!

JuneOsborne · 01/12/2022 14:58

What is this shite?? The whole row of options under every. Single. Post. Is hurting my eyes!

60smusic · 01/12/2022 14:53

KatyMumsnet · 01/12/2022 14:44

@60smusic do you mind telling me what device and browser you are using so we can try and understand what's happening? I've tried to recreate what you've described but I can't see it happening on my phone in chrome or safari and on my laptop chrome or safari

I just use my Samsung phone, chrome, mumsnet.com. It seems to have sorted now strangely enough. I had tried replying to another post and it brought me back to this thread. I can click back in my message and change the wording now too without the message box disappearing. Must have been my phone

ChessieFL · 01/12/2022 14:50

Thank you for listening and reinstating the ‘I’m on’ button. Now please can you remove all the buttons at the bottom of each post? Since the new update a few months ago the amount of posts you could see on a phone screen had already reduced, now it’s even worse!

L1ttledrummergirl · 01/12/2022 14:46

For the love of God, please remove the bloody great big footer under every post. It's far to cluttered and is distracting from the actual posts, especially where they are shorter than a line.

MarshaBradyo · 01/12/2022 14:45

ZeroFuchsGiven · 01/12/2022 14:44

😂This has to be my favourite comment of the week!

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I realised after I posted 😂

I can barely access cluttered sites as it is

But I appreciate the effort from pp 😬

GinLimeandLemonade · 01/12/2022 14:45

So cluttered. So much wasted space. Can those buttons not go under the three dots instead?

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KatyMumsnet · 01/12/2022 14:44

@60smusic do you mind telling me what device and browser you are using so we can try and understand what's happening? I've tried to recreate what you've described but I can't see it happening on my phone in chrome or safari and on my laptop chrome or safari

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ZeroFuchsGiven · 01/12/2022 14:44

MarshaBradyo · 01/12/2022 13:48

My eyes. Somehow my post looks like it’s has a green line drawn around it by hand

😂This has to be my favourite comment of the week!

60smusic · 01/12/2022 14:40

Now I can't reply to any threads.... Every time I click add post or click the message box it brings me to THIS thread

60smusic · 01/12/2022 14:34

Also when I type in the message box and click on a word I've typed to change it, the message box disappears and it brings me back into the thread

Mummylin · 01/12/2022 14:33

Yea add message now back, thanks MN

Rocksludge · 01/12/2022 14:30

What user testing did you do that didn’t generate exactly this feedback about TIO in particular?

Lougle · 01/12/2022 14:29

Lougle · 01/12/2022 13:46

While we're hear, users can't save their own posts. Is that deliberate?

Here* !!

60smusic · 01/12/2022 14:28

I'm usually all for changes but I keep hitting the 'Share' button when scrolling.

CorporateBull · 01/12/2022 14:27

Thank you for giving us TIO back.

Didn’t lots of us turn off notifications when we started getting those little numbers in the top right all the time where the inbox is? Remember when that was suddenly every notification ever? I know I switched them off then.

Lonelycrab · 01/12/2022 14:25

I do not like it mnhq. Too cluttered and tbh I don’t use any of them apart from bookmark.

So I’d say put it back to how it was.

Peridot1 · 01/12/2022 14:24

Thank you @KatyMumsnet!

Afterfire · 01/12/2022 14:23

Yay! TIO is back! 🥳

LizzieSiddal · 01/12/2022 14:15

Please remove the fat ribbon under every post - terrible for mobile users as it fills the screen.

Agree with this, it takes up so much of the screen when on the mobile.

Thank you for being the other buttons back though.

JPE · 01/12/2022 14:08

MarshaBradyo · 01/12/2022 13:48

My eyes. Somehow my post looks like it’s has a green line drawn around it by hand

Yes I was just highlighting how much clutter there is now and how tiny the actual space for actual posts is now!

SoupDragon · 01/12/2022 13:59

We will also put the 'add message' button back on desktop posts.

that's ' great but why on Earth did it get removed in the first place? It completely ruins the functionality of the site!