Page 7 | What's this 'show more/show less' nonsense for?!

BIWI · 2026-07-08T14:01:00+00:00

It completely breaks up the flow of a thread. Do you really think we haven't got the brain power to read a post that's longer than two paragraphs?!

ImpPeril · 08/07/2026 16:06

AmeliaPMumsnet · 08/07/2026 15:55

Hi all,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the change. We've rolled it back while we reconsider the cut-off point, as we agree we made it too short.

The aim was to make threads, particularly on mobile, easier to scan. We'd had feedback that very long posts can mean a lot of scrolling, which disrupts the flow of a thread. We're taking on board all of the feedback you've shared here, including the suggestions around opt out settings, but we're hoping that once we've adjusted the cut-off point, it will feel much less disruptive.

On my mobile, I would much prefer to scroll past to having to click to see more. They are different operations and to need to alternate to the latter is more disruptive.

DappledThings · 08/07/2026 16:06

AmeliaPMumsnet · 08/07/2026 15:55

Hi all,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the change. We've rolled it back while we reconsider the cut-off point, as we agree we made it too short.

The aim was to make threads, particularly on mobile, easier to scan. We'd had feedback that very long posts can mean a lot of scrolling, which disrupts the flow of a thread. We're taking on board all of the feedback you've shared here, including the suggestions around opt out settings, but we're hoping that once we've adjusted the cut-off point, it will feel much less disruptive.

What was the original cut-off word count and what are you proposing changing it to?

Halsall · 08/07/2026 16:03

It's awful. I hate it.

BigWillyLittleTodger · 08/07/2026 16:00

Why are they trying to fix a problem that doesn’t exist?

WallaceinAnderland · 08/07/2026 15:58

Even on a phone, it's easy to scroll down a long post.

Original poster

BIWI · 08/07/2026 15:57

Thank you @AmeliaPMumsnet I'm glad it's gone (at least for now).

I understand that longer posts might be difficult on a mobile - but why do you have to change things on the desktop site just to accommodate phone users?

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WallaceinAnderland · 08/07/2026 15:57

AmeliaPMumsnet · 08/07/2026 15:55

Hi all,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the change. We've rolled it back while we reconsider the cut-off point, as we agree we made it too short.

The aim was to make threads, particularly on mobile, easier to scan. We'd had feedback that very long posts can mean a lot of scrolling, which disrupts the flow of a thread. We're taking on board all of the feedback you've shared here, including the suggestions around opt out settings, but we're hoping that once we've adjusted the cut-off point, it will feel much less disruptive.

Scrolling is much easier than having to click a link.

MNHQ

AmeliaPMumsnet · 08/07/2026 15:55

Hi all,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the change. We've rolled it back while we reconsider the cut-off point, as we agree we made it too short.

The aim was to make threads, particularly on mobile, easier to scan. We'd had feedback that very long posts can mean a lot of scrolling, which disrupts the flow of a thread. We're taking on board all of the feedback you've shared here, including the suggestions around opt out settings, but we're hoping that once we've adjusted the cut-off point, it will feel much less disruptive.

Original poster

BIWI · 08/07/2026 15:43

Bugger!

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BabblingBiddy · 08/07/2026 15:39

BIWI · 08/07/2026 15:35

Thank goodness for that!

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Its not gone, MN have said on another thread that they've extended the length before it appears.

I don't want it at all.

Original poster

BIWI · 08/07/2026 15:35

WallaceinAnderland · 08/07/2026 15:33

It seems to have gone now

Thank goodness for that!

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WallaceinAnderland · 08/07/2026 15:33

It seems to have gone now

AnAutumnCrow · 08/07/2026 15:32

Optional would be good.

DramaAlpaca · 08/07/2026 15:31

I've just noticed this and I agree with everyone else. It's annoying; it's interrupting my reading flow. If it has to stay, please make it optional.

AnAutumnCrow · 08/07/2026 15:30

Darragon · 08/07/2026 15:07

I’ve started a thread on this as well but I’m going to post here too as who knows which one MN will reply to. I don’t like it, it’s too short, I would really like it if it had a much longer limit to cut off the really long endless posts that people occasionally write (especially the ones that start with “I asked Chat GPT for you”)

Any post that starts ‘I asked Chat GPT for you, OP …’ should end after ‘I asked’ with the option below to ‘Read Drivel’.

crabbyoldbat · 08/07/2026 15:28

Fucking irritating. Get rid of it, or at the very least make it optional.

Recklessismymiddlename · 08/07/2026 15:26

Super annoying

EwwStew · 08/07/2026 15:25

Yep.

I absolutely hate it.

DrSpartacularsMagnificentOctopus · 08/07/2026 15:25

WinterAconite · 08/07/2026 15:18

I prefer it. It's simple enough to open it to read more. I also like that they've made it so you can read long threads where people have been quoting each other. It used to become unreadable as there was one letter per line.

This isn't about quotes, it's about ordinary posts that are being arbitrarily determined as long.

When a thread has multiple lengthy posts it's very distracting and annoying to have to keep clicking 'show more' and is even worse for any of us with dexterity problems (my fingers are knackered thanks to inflammatory arthritis and this sort of thing exacerbates it).

DappledThings · 08/07/2026 15:24

Another plea to make it optional. I just went into settings to see if the sensible decision had been made to introduce an option to turn it off when it was launched but of course there hasn't.

HobgoblinNorFoulFiend · 08/07/2026 15:23

Yes, please make it optional. Hate it.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 08/07/2026 15:21

Hate it. Please make optional

PinkHairbrushClub · 08/07/2026 15:19

also here to ask if I can turn it off please. Or if it can only apply to the quoted parts of posts so we don’t end up scrolling really long quotes.

ETA I’ve just been in the ANL judgment thread and had to tap it for 3 posts in a row. All sensible, all not even that long really. Really broke the flow of reading so I’ve come away again

WinterAconite · 08/07/2026 15:18

I prefer it. It's simple enough to open it to read more. I also like that they've made it so you can read long threads where people have been quoting each other. It used to become unreadable as there was one letter per line.

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 08/07/2026 15:16

I’ve just noticed it and came her to see if anyone else was bothered by it. I don’t know if there are enough of us to make it go back to how it was before. I agree, it is really annoying. What purpose does it serve, anyway?