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This is why the Reply button should auto-mention the mumsnetter you're replying to

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catastroph · 01/10/2023 19:54

If you look at the OP's posts on this thread it looks like she may have routinely used "Reply" rather than "Quote" when responding to people. However, she hasn't @-mentioned the person she is responding to, which makes her replies very confusing: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/education/4908580-headteacher-used-a-biscuit-in-maths-and-tried-to-feed-our-coeliac-daughter-and-when-told-not-to-laughed-about-it.

I'm guessing she is an inexperienced mumsnetter, but she's not the only one. What is the point of the "Reply" button if it isn't obvious who the reply is aimed at? Surely the person being responded to should be automatically tagged so that it's clear?

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Scampuss · 02/10/2023 17:57

CheersToMe · 02/10/2023 17:04

This button at the top allows filter by poster, but only the OP if you don't have premium.

Oh right, it's a premium thing!

Blough · 02/10/2023 17:16

Pretty much every thread I look at now has an OP replying nonsense because whoever they’re responding to hasn’t been tagged or quoted, which you would assume would happen if you clicked ‘reply’/‘add message’ on each reply. It makes threads pointless and unreadable.

CheersToMe · 02/10/2023 17:04

This button at the top allows filter by poster, but only the OP if you don't have premium.

This is why the Reply button should auto-mention the mumsnetter you're replying to
Scampuss · 02/10/2023 11:02

TastingSinister · 02/10/2023 10:45

'Filter' will show you all the posts by the OP.

Saves wasting time reading several hundred posts (all giving the same advice) when the OP hasn't come back to the thread.

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Aah, thanks, does the same as 'see all' on mobile site.

TastingSinister · 02/10/2023 10:45

Scampuss · 01/10/2023 20:58

Ooh? What does 'filter' do?

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'Filter' will show you all the posts by the OP.

Saves wasting time reading several hundred posts (all giving the same advice) when the OP hasn't come back to the thread.

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HebeMumsnet · 02/10/2023 09:29

Morning, everyone. Thanks for flagging this. We've been making notes about this issue and are going to look at more consistency here. We're not completely sure how that will look at the moment but once we've worked it out and a change is imminent we'll post and let you all know.

IncomingTraffic · 01/10/2023 21:23

On mobile, there’s add message on the thread nav bar and reply in the post nav bar.

No side swipes.

Honestly MNHQ, consistency would really help. And launching features in a general way across everything. Not on mobile and maybe desktop (but not quite consistently) and then deciding to do something with the app a couple of months later.

This is why the Reply button should auto-mention the mumsnetter you're replying to
Scampuss · 01/10/2023 20:58

CheersToMe · 01/10/2023 20:47

This is what the iPhone app looks like.
No 'thanks' but we have 'reply' - has that been re-named from 'add post'? Or has is always been 'reply'?

And 'quote' is in the side swipe.

Ooh? What does 'filter' do?

OddBoots · 01/10/2023 20:51

I didn't realise there were such different options depending on if you use desktop, android, iphone or app - I wonder why they don't all have the same buttons.

CheersToMe · 01/10/2023 20:47

This is what the iPhone app looks like.
No 'thanks' but we have 'reply' - has that been re-named from 'add post'? Or has is always been 'reply'?

And 'quote' is in the side swipe.

This is why the Reply button should auto-mention the mumsnetter you're replying to
IMustDoMoreExercise · 01/10/2023 20:45

2jacqi · 01/10/2023 20:31

so what is the "add message" button for? and what is the "save" button for??

I don't have an " add message"

MyCircumference · 01/10/2023 20:44

i have only used the Thanks once,
it doesnt seem useful, to me at least.

MoralOrLegal · 01/10/2023 20:43

I'm pretty sure that the desktop version used to have it? Unless I'm confused. It doesn't now, though. (See attached.)

This is why the Reply button should auto-mention the mumsnetter you're replying to
MyCircumference · 01/10/2023 20:43

i like the add button, and the quote and the edit and i dont have the reply button.

IMustDoMoreExercise · 01/10/2023 20:43

Scampuss · 01/10/2023 20:09

It would make more sense to put the 'quote' button there instead.

Yes that would make a lot more sense because even if pressing the reply button tagged the poster, the reply would not make any sense because you would not know what the original poster was saying?.

The quote button is hidden so people don't know it is there.

IncomingTraffic · 01/10/2023 20:42

NiceViper · 01/10/2023 20:39

I think this is something that is not a feature on all versions of MN.

I'd assume OP is not on the desktop site, which does not have it. And hasn't realised from earlier replies that it's not the same for everyone

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The lack of consistency between desktop, mobile and the app is very frustrating from a UX point of view.

Top tip for MNHQ - paying a service designer would really help with this stuff. It feels like they are all designed completely separately as if they aren’t all MN.

NiceViper · 01/10/2023 20:39

catastroph · 01/10/2023 20:34

See here:

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I think this is something that is not a feature on all versions of MN.

I'd assume OP is not on the desktop site, which does not have it. And hasn't realised from earlier replies that it's not the same for everyone

Boomboom22 · 01/10/2023 20:39

Def should at least at if not quote, it is a pointless button. And you lose your place too!

MoralOrLegal · 01/10/2023 20:37

Agreed. I have seen many threads where the OP, in particular, has assumed that "reply" would, umm, reply to a particular post. It makes it very confusing, especially when there are a dozen of them in a row.

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catastroph · 01/10/2023 20:34

MyCircumference · 01/10/2023 20:30

i dont have a reply button, only a quote

See here:

This is why the Reply button should auto-mention the mumsnetter you're replying to
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dayofcheese · 01/10/2023 20:32

It seems silly as it doesn't @ anyone

2jacqi · 01/10/2023 20:31

so what is the "add message" button for? and what is the "save" button for??

MyCircumference · 01/10/2023 20:30

i dont have a reply button, only a quote

RoseAndRose · 01/10/2023 20:27

Yes I know where the "quote" button is. I just wanted to point out that I think it should be in a more prominent place (because it's useful)

confusedmum2023 · 01/10/2023 20:26

This really annoys me too. I’ve went to use it a few times then had to scroll back to check the username because it doesn’t add it for me 😡