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Option to see 25 posts per page has gone.

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EarsUpTailUp · 05/03/2025 10:01

I can only see lots of posts with an option to load more.

On safari, iPhone 6, customised settings are set to 25 per page.

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NiftyGreenEagle · 07/03/2025 12:24

It's horrible. There is no point me reading anything other than the shortest of threads. If Mumsnet was set up like Facebook or reddit - where you can expand replies and easily sort then it would be ok but it isnt. I don't know any other website that has threads like this.

NebulousDogWhistleIsReality · 07/03/2025 11:44

BeckyAMumsnet · 05/03/2025 11:42

Hello @EarsUpTailUp thanks for posting - you're seeing this because we are currently testing a new way of scrolling through threads, and would appreciate any feedback you may have. Thanks.

I am not enjoying this new style at all! It makes it harder to navigate the thread and find previous posts. I'd like to have pages back please.

PhasednotFazed · 07/03/2025 11:33

Please remove me from the test group

Onlycoffee · 07/03/2025 10:25

Thank you! I have pages back, so happy 😁

Flev · 07/03/2025 10:21

Thank goodness, my pages are back. Thank you.

Liquorandvinegar · 07/03/2025 10:20

I have pages back - thank you.

commonground · 07/03/2025 10:09

I'm finding it frustrating as I'm on a thread (nyt connections) where a link is helpfully posted to a new thread, when the current one is full.

Can I find the link now when scrolling on my phone? No! I am doomed not to share my amazing solving. So it's a no from me. It was better before.

Onlycoffee · 07/03/2025 09:47

Please remove me from the test group, as I said above I hate it and mn is unusable to me like this.

Only come on to check messages and notifications!

baroqueandblue · 07/03/2025 09:18

I'm out of the test group and it feels like liberation! This is how I like my MN 😊

Wheech · 07/03/2025 09:10

I'm not a fan. It's an awful lot of scrolling. I often read the first page of a thread then on page 2 click to view OP posts only to see if they have come back, before reading further or contributing. Can't do that now.

TheTwirlyPoos · 07/03/2025 09:02

CountryShepherd · 07/03/2025 08:40

I dont want to be in the test group either please.

It's a real barrier to me using Mumsnet.

Same please I hate it.

Topbird29 · 07/03/2025 09:00

Please can I have pages back too. I remember what pages recommendations are on in style & beauty or christmas threads- and don't think you can multiple bookmark to go back. Can you? Also sometimes like popping into a thread on maybe page 8 and then page 20 etc to look for updates if the thread is following a current event. Trying to catch up on what happened instead of reading the whole thread. Maybe have the long scroll as an option people can log into.

CountryShepherd · 07/03/2025 08:40

I dont want to be in the test group either please.

It's a real barrier to me using Mumsnet.

ExtraDecluttering · 07/03/2025 08:38

Can you add me to the test group please, I'd like to try it

Frankley · 07/03/2025 08:32

Please bring back pages. It's awful and I'm finding it unusable.

Liquorandvinegar · 07/03/2025 08:22

I don't wish to be in the test group for this, would you kindly remove me from it. I like pages - I set my limit of how many pages of responses to read before checking for OP updates. Thanks.

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EarsUpTailUp · 07/03/2025 08:15

ExtraDecluttering · 07/03/2025 08:04

The problem with the page length options was that if you chose to have them you then couldn’t search a whole thread without going into your settings and switching to show all posts and then having to switch back afterwards (you used to be able to toggle on a thread but that was taken away ages ago). Having all posts showing by default made threads too slow to load on data. I’m not in the test group but this sounds like an improvement to me. However I reserve the right to change my mind once I’ve tried it!

It might feel like an improvement to you, but many of us use MN in a different way, and searching through a whole thread rather than manageable chunks of 25 posts doesn’t work for a lot of us.

MN whatever you do I hope you allow us to retain the option to customise.

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SueMumsnet · 07/03/2025 08:14

Onlycoffee · 06/03/2025 22:41

This endless pageless scrolling is actual madness. I thought it was a glitch, not an actual feature.

Far too much scrolling to get to the reply box.

No actual way to know where you are in a thread or ability to get back to a post you might want to quote. Just endless scrolling.

Very disorientating.

You might want to read up on why Amazon added location, page numbers and timer to end of chapter/book.

Hi @Onlycoffee - thanks for feedback - really useful. Just to say, you don't need to keep scrolling to get to the reply box - if you hit "add post" on any post, it'll take you straight to the reply box. Taking into account all your other feedback as well though, thanks for posting.

ExtraDecluttering · 07/03/2025 08:04

The problem with the page length options was that if you chose to have them you then couldn’t search a whole thread without going into your settings and switching to show all posts and then having to switch back afterwards (you used to be able to toggle on a thread but that was taken away ages ago). Having all posts showing by default made threads too slow to load on data. I’m not in the test group but this sounds like an improvement to me. However I reserve the right to change my mind once I’ve tried it!

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SueMumsnet · 07/03/2025 08:02

andyouwillknowusbythetrailofdead · 06/03/2025 19:28

One of the ideas behind it is that it'll lead to fewer people posting irrelevant crap

What a lovely way to speak about your users, without whom there would be no MN.

Hey - if you read the post of mine you've quoted here you'll see that I was using the language of the person I was quoting. Thanks.

Milodon · 07/03/2025 07:56

Another one who really does not like this! I like the pages to show me how long a thread is and how far I am through it, it also makes long threads more manageable to catch up on whereas a single page feels overwhelmingly long. What was wrong with having the page length options?

Brefugee · 07/03/2025 07:41

I can see where for people using laptops or desktops it would be easier to read as one long scroll rather than clicking pages, but what is the percentage of site users using that media type Vs phones and tablets?

i mostly use MN on a laptop (what can i say, i hate typing on my phone - although it would probably make me more concise) and i hate it without the pages (as i said above: i have my pages back and the experience is improved exponentially)

awlgy · 06/03/2025 22:55

Remove me from ‘test group ‘ please .

Shitgift · 06/03/2025 22:49

Reading through others responses it would be interesting to know the split of people who like the new forever scroll Vs pages broken down by media type. Then also the general user traffic broken down by media type.

I can see where for people using laptops or desktops it would be easier to read as one long scroll rather than clicking pages, but what is the percentage of site users using that media type Vs phones and tablets?

Will you be doing a poll for us guinea pigs? 😅

baroqueandblue · 06/03/2025 22:47

I've just noticed this and my heart sank. You're taking lessons from Facebook. Facebook, ffs?!! I left that cesspit years ago because the way it's formatted messes with people's heads. MN was at least partly a refuge from that manipulative mess.

This is really saddening.

Option to see 25 posts per page has gone.