Truncated posts with "show more" (NOT quoted sections)

I try to, but it's another feature that doesn't actually work very well
The vast majority of the time it won't let me scroll up to see the history nor will it. Let me see the list of people who have agreed with my post. Every now and then it works and I can see them but it's rare. If only the tech team could focus on fixing the bits that don't actually work as they should instead of introducing features we never asked for and I just even more frustrating.

@AmeliaPMumsnet

tonight is the first time I have come across this

I needs to go and it needs to go quickly

I was trying to read a thread from a poster having a family difficulty having to hit read more on her posts and replies was very frustrating

I am not sure what MNs motivation for this ridiculous 'feature' Is at all????

but please get rid of it or at least make it something we can opt out of

See also -

‘make it a better user experience so we don’t just give up and go somewhere else’

‘nah - but do continue to report to us as we are here to make your experience better and we rely on you to help us’

tumbleweed

I also hate it and would like it gone, please.

I almost always use the mobile site and I've never seen a post that was so long I couldn't quickly scroll through it!

Edit history has been there for ages.

I always look at edit history 👀😁

Edit function has been added in recent years but ‘Edit history’ is new

That’s not new; it’s been there since editing has been available.

It’s awful and more “disruptive” than long posts. Please make it optional!

'show more'

'nah.'

Weird outcome for a business to want.

Just assume we want to view posts, and can scroll easily if we don't.

Hate it. It’s actually causing me to elect NOT to see more because it’s so annoying. Immediate withdrawal from the thread - is that the look you were going for? Like we’ve all got quite enough going on - multitasking and paying attention to ten things at once and now this?
I also find it rude to the poster who is having their post truncated. What message is this sending? Shut up you old windbag - you’ve lost your audience at exactly this point? Well yes -
yes they have because I’m sure as hell not wasting precious time and energy on one more stupid thing that I don’t want or need.

It is also confusing that the "see more" button is in the same place as the "Edited" marker which I had been skimming over. Now I have to pay attention to check which one it is because I would prefer to keep long posts expanded.

It's only just happened for me too (was it earlier on the phone version?) and adding my name to the Hate chorus

I hate it, it really breaks the flow of reading having to click on individual posts to read the whole thing. Also just feels disrespectful to long posts, someone’s writing a long post about feminism, politics, something in the relationship section, and it’s hidden behind a see more button.

This only seems to have hit me today (either that or I've only been reading bits of posts which is why I'm confused by conversations).

It's awful. Please make it go away.

Yes just to prove to myself Im not going mad, another thread Ive just been on, read a post, still had the 'show more' option but I must have read around 15 lines. The next post down, had one line showing only!!!!

@AmeliaPMumsnet , you said "but we're hoping that once we've adjusted the cut-off point, it will feel much less disruptive."
So you are admitting it's disruptive, just "hoping" the new limit is less so.

Please get rid or at least make it an opt-in feature. (Need I mention I hate it.)

Ah, Im glad you said this because I thought I was going mad because some posts seem quite long and I can read them and others I can hardly see any of it.

There's also no consistency. I've just read a thread where an on-point ONE LINE post was greyed out with a 'show more' clicker below, while other posts with PARAGRAPHS of obvious AI crap, all long dashes and bogus makey-up 'history' were let stand in all their inglorious verbiage.

Agree it’s awful and unnecessary

Has anyone ever actually asked MumsnetHQ to give us a "see more" button? I hate them wherever I find them - whether on Facebook, X, or now here. I have arthritis in my right hand, so anything which makes me have to click things unnecessarily really isn't welcome. Could this at least be made optional, so that those who don't want it can switch it off?

Nope. Dont want it. Its just ruined a thread Im trying to read where the posts are long because theres a lot to say

Bin it!!!!!

Why are MN trying to stop people reading long posts? I can't think of a reason that benefits anyone.

That's always been there?!

This. All this, all day long. We are not 15 with the attention span of a carrot.

Jesus I just noticed the new ‘Edit History’ button.
Why?
So a poster makes edits. That’s their call. End of story. What exactly are we trying to catch people out in changing? There’s already a feature to show that they have changed something. I don’t need to be able to compare and contrast what it actually was. As a poster it’s just annoying, the argumentative pedants will love this one. I have no idea who else benefits from it.
Honestly the site is getting more and more user unfriendly and off putting and more facilitative of arguing.