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What SINGLE thing would make Mumsnet better for you?

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bibbitybobbityhat · 19/03/2010 16:31

Thread rules:

  1. please be respectful to mnhq, this is not a bitch fest about MN
  1. only one THING per poster (or, if you must, you can have more than one but they must be on separate posts).

My thread. My rules. No arguments.

Right, I will start:

I do wish people would spend more time reading than posting. So often you have a thread (quite often an AIBU) where someone says "I haven't read the thread but YABU" or more often lately the highly unnecessary YABVVVVVVVVU when the thread has moved on hugely since the op, the arguments have all been had, everyone has bitched and moaned, made up, had a cup of tea, done a bit of ironing. If there is a slightly sparky looking OP and hundreds of posts on a thread, why not take that as a clue that the thread may well have moved on, questions asked and answers given, and read before you post?

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HelenMumsnet · 24/03/2010 23:35

ooh, GOOD idea, BIWI! I want one of those!

BecauseImWorthIt · 24/03/2010 21:39

I have had a brilliant idea.

The one single thing that would make MN better for me would be a waterproof laptop, so that I can have a bath and MN at the same time.

Furball · 24/03/2010 16:24

Helenmumsnet - but a 'browse only' would be better rather than having to join 45

AnnieBeansMum · 24/03/2010 13:41

Ok...so WWYD and Days Out sorted.... now I shall just sit back and await the arrival of my shiny new iPhone, compliments of MNHQ.

MNHQ
HelenMumsnet · 24/03/2010 13:17

Furball. If you go to Local and click on "Other Locations", you can add other Locals to your preferences without making them your "Home" Local.

(I've currently got about 45 in mine)

Furball · 24/03/2010 11:12

helenmumsnet - yeah but not but yeah but not but.......that page is ok ish, but if I was going on holiday to say Dorset......

It would be good if all the info on the mumsnet local, like play areas, playgrounds, decent restaurants, other things to do were available without having to register as wanting Dorset as your mumsnet local. maybe a 'just browse' facility

Jamieandhismagictorch · 23/03/2010 14:27

Oh, and because it seems so central to what MN is, the tone of it seeps into other topics, sometimes.

Jamieandhismagictorch · 23/03/2010 14:26

One of the problems, to me, is that AIBU is the most prominent thread. The one that's listed first when you google "Mumsnet". I do wonder whether new people, and people who are in distress just stumble into it, when they would be better served on another Topic

MNHQ
HelenMumsnet · 23/03/2010 14:01

Thank you, one and all - we've now got a very long list of things to do/discuss/run away screaming from.

A few things we can sort rightaway:

zipzap We already have a (woefully) underused What Would You Do topic for AIBU wusses avoiders.

Furball Have you seen our Days Out section on our Reviews pages? Good for looking at when you're off somewhere new...

Pitchounette · 23/03/2010 12:49

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LittlePushka · 23/03/2010 00:04

Putting a "Z" in front of the Am I being unreasonable topics so that when looking on last 15 mins good threads are not buried beneath and the AIBU posts sit at the bottom of the scroll -

or better still, being able to exclude AIBU from the last 15 mins etc not just active conversations.

AIBU seems to dominate at times.

Also, in active conversations, it would be good if it were easier to see them sorted into the known topic groupings - I dont use it so much because it is not as easy to glance through as eg "last 15 mins" or "threads I'm on"

zipzap · 22/03/2010 23:27

paisleyleaf thank you - hadn't spotted that one before! At least I guess I am thinking along the right lines - just a little behind everyone else (seems to be theme of my life at the moment!)

AnnieBeansMum · 22/03/2010 21:22

LOL

fabhead · 22/03/2010 20:45

They work out of an office, not a castle or underground bunker!

fabhead · 22/03/2010 20:44

yes, twee

AnnieBeansMum · 22/03/2010 20:30

but fabhead, they refer to themselves as MNHQ.

RustyBear · 22/03/2010 20:23

For Melaniefhappy

fabhead · 22/03/2010 20:20

less banging on about MN HQ or MN Towers, which I find twee, smug and irritating - just say site admin or something

Melaniefhappy · 22/03/2010 20:19

Can there be a whole category (like education for example) on mum's running their own businesses and mums seeking new jobs ...it takes quite a while to search out threads on this and it would be so good to have it featured with more priority as this is what a lot of us are doing now? Or am I totally crap and have missed these somewhere (quite probably as I've usually had a glass of wine by the time I've got through the evening's slog and made it to MN)...

Big thanks
From a person who knows no-one on Mumsnet and has been bawled out a few times by feisty, but wonderful mums.

M
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fruitshootsandheaves · 22/03/2010 19:58
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AnnieBeansMum · 22/03/2010 19:46

Oooh...fruitshootsandheaves you are a genius!! I will second your suggestion.

Iphone....
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C'mon, MNHQ, this is a stroke of brilliance!!

ReneRusso · 22/03/2010 19:44

I like the idea by PaisleyLeaf and Trillian. Thread reappears in threads I'm on if someone (else) has posted on it.

RustyBear · 22/03/2010 19:25

Donbon - You can stay logged in until you log out - have you disabled cookies on your computer? If you use Firefox you can set which sites to accept cookies from so that they will keep your login details.

Alouiseg · 22/03/2010 19:17

I know it's a bit facebooky but a "like" button at the side of a post could be good.

Southwestwhippet · 22/03/2010 19:01

Would love an edit button for my posts.

Also (going to have two and be a rebel) I hate cliquey in jokes or asides on threads which are supposed to indicate that the posters knows or suspects something about the OP that others might not realise. Especially when about 6 people reply with 'ooooh, I know what you mean'.

Just bloody well come out and say it if you think someone is BSing or they've contridicted themselves on another tread, don't be so f-ing smug and secretive about your superiour MN poster knowledge.

Phew, that feels better now.