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What SINGLE thing would make Mumsnet better for you?

290 replies

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?

OP posts:
Alouiseg · 20/03/2010 19:40

An iPhone App.

letsdoittogether · 20/03/2010 19:36

but only if it's the correct its of course

BecauseImWorthIt · 20/03/2010 19:14

Instant expulsion for anyone using "it's" instead of "its".

I think that's quite reasonable.

CuppaTeaJanice · 20/03/2010 18:09

I'd like to be able to hide a thread on the active threads list without having to go into it. Sometimes there's an offensive/upsetting/annoying thread title that keeps coming up on the list and I don't want to read it, I just want to quickly and easily get rid of it.

Also if I post on a long thread I'd like to be able to read from my last post onwards without having to search through multiple pages, or remember which page I posted on.

paisleyleaf · 20/03/2010 17:36

Like TrillianAstra, I'd like threads I'm on to be updated when anyone posts on them - not just me. So then if a thread gets posted on again after quite a long time, I'll see it.

I'd like to be able to delete threads I'm watching by clicking down a list. The time it takes now is why I put off doing it.

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BecauseImWorthIt · 20/03/2010 16:04

Now I'm a bit worried that I'm going to have to stalk you around the boards posting "I agree with Dumbledoresgirl" every time you post something!

BecauseImWorthIt · 20/03/2010 16:04
Grin
Dumbledoresgirl · 20/03/2010 15:55

I know, but when you slip over into narcissism, it does make me look at you!

daisy5678 · 20/03/2010 15:54

On another note, would like it if people didn't go onto threads just to be awkward e.g. going onto a thread about what time your kids go to school just to say 'my kids don't go to school as they're 2 and 3'. Crap example, but I've seen that type of thing increasing recently. Or going onto a thread just to say 'yawn' or 'boring'. If people haven't got anything to contribute, don't know why they bother!

BecauseImWorthIt · 20/03/2010 15:53

DG - you said you wanted 'I agree with Dumbledoresgirl' after all your posts.

I was simply obliging!

notcitrus · 20/03/2010 15:51

Email notification of posts I write and followups to them. Very annoying that if I write a wonderful well-argued comment, I can't have it on my computer ready to post again if required or easily find out if anyone's responded more than 3 days later.

Livejournal do it very well.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 20/03/2010 15:51

Ability to choose your most used thread topics to be displayed prominently, rather than mumsnet choosing IYSWIM

leftangle · 20/03/2010 15:49

I'd like a further tab in the talk panel on the right for most recent threads. The most active tab means that the active threads get more active and the rest can get ignored. If there was a third tab for most recent threads it might change the balance a little.

MamaG · 20/03/2010 15:49

someone suggested a bat sign when a thread kicks off

that made me lol

imagikne looking up intot eh sky and all running for PCs

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 20/03/2010 15:46

1: Ability to edit/delete own posts (seen this on several sites where it automatically states that the post has been edited, and when).

2: Ability to go straight to oldest unread post - is a nightmare trying to find where you have read up to in 15 page threads

RE People not liking the ads - what ads a combination of Firefox and Adblocker plus works nicely.

RE Having a spell check function: Firefox also has a spell checker built in

JustMyTwoPenceWorth · 20/03/2010 15:38

or a euphemism

Dumbledoresgirl · 20/03/2010 15:37

You love yourself BIWI? Is that a healthy love or a narcissistic one?

Dumbledoresgirl · 20/03/2010 15:36

LOL @ UQD's quote of MP sketch "That's not an argument, that's just contradiction". I lurve that sketch.

Re polls on AIBU - no, no and thrice no! Don't you guys get it? AIBU is just legalised cockfighting at the best of times, without adding polling to it.

BecauseImWorthIt · 20/03/2010 15:34

Again, that will be. Not a gain.

JustMyTwoPenceWorth · 20/03/2010 15:32

Less censorship.

We are big girls and should be able to take it if someone thinks we're talking like a twat.

Who knows? They may be right.

So my one thing would be if the dummy is spat out of the pram, MNHQ should step over it and leave it on the floor.

BecauseImWorthIt · 20/03/2010 15:31

I agree with Dumbledoresgirl

A gain!

daisy5678 · 20/03/2010 15:31

I would also like it if we had room for one sentence about ourselves at the bottom of the posts, don't know what they're called - tagline or something.

Dumbledoresgirl · 20/03/2010 15:30

I love you BIWI.

daisy5678 · 20/03/2010 15:30

I would like it if we could see who started a thread in the main list of threads within each topic.

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