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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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LeninGrad · 19/03/2010 19:31

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coldtits · 19/03/2010 19:31

A teasmaid

foxinsocks · 19/03/2010 19:30
  1. I want a bat sign in the air when there are interesting threads happening
  1. If there has to be AIBU, it should be limited to about 5 threads per active converation board and after that AIBU should self destruct for the day
  1. There should only be about 10 topics not 999 of them
Lymond · 19/03/2010 19:26

I have said it before, and will say it again. I need a mumsnet app for the iphone.

LeninGrad · 19/03/2010 19:24

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ninah · 19/03/2010 19:24

I would like it to close for the evening after about 8.30

Slubberdegullion · 19/03/2010 19:23

I want to ban DumbledoresGirl. She started it.

LeninGrad · 19/03/2010 19:23

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LeninGrad · 19/03/2010 19:21

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TrillianAstra · 19/03/2010 19:21

Would you like to borrow my spreadsheet BoF? I could put it up as a Google document and we could add notes beside names such as 'moans about SIL a lot' or 'eats far too many QFs and is terrible when ill'.

LeninGrad · 19/03/2010 19:21

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TrillianAstra · 19/03/2010 19:20

I agree with highlighting posts by the OP, and having OP as well as most recent poster listed when looking in 'Active'.

Disagree with ability to edit posts invisibly, but don't mind a red box for AIBU posters to add 'yes, I was' at the end of the OP.

Namechanging should be kept intact for posting embarrassing things.

LeninGrad · 19/03/2010 19:19

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Hassled · 19/03/2010 19:19

Oh yes, BOF - one of my many problems is an inability to hold a thought. And therefore to remember a grudge. That's a good plan.

LeninGrad · 19/03/2010 19:19

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Bumnoise · 19/03/2010 19:17

A quote box.

SuSylvester · 19/03/2010 19:16

youlot whingeing again?

BitOfFun · 19/03/2010 19:16

I'd like to be able to put a little exclamation mark next to some posters' names so I can remember who I think is a twit.

LeninGrad · 19/03/2010 19:15

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TrillianAstra · 19/03/2010 19:15

Threads I'm On ordered by most recent post by anyone, not just most recent post by me.

Oh, and fixing it so that I get pages when I click from 'threads I'm on' through to a thread. That doesn't count as a second thing because it used to work but is now broken.

Igglybuff · 19/03/2010 19:15

I'd like MN to be more compatible with iPhones/small internet phones. Basically get rid of the column of ads etc on the right at the top of the thread (or move them).

Slubberdegullion · 19/03/2010 19:14

you know the worst thing about the whole damnable topic, the way that despite hiding it it seeps under the doorway and infects everything.

Only the other day I was told I was BU or NBU (I forget which) and I wasn't even fucking asking if I was being unreasonable or not.

sod off aibu and stay in your stinking hole of misery and moping.

scrappydappydoo · 19/03/2010 19:13

I would like the ability to hover over a thread title and read the first few sentences of the op so I can decide whether to bother clicking to open it.

I like the idea of a reward system - 100,000 and you get a mooncup....

FabIsWantingToFallApart · 19/03/2010 19:11

That when you search you could just do search for any of my user names.

EggyAllenPoe · 19/03/2010 19:07

i would like tree & branch posting, so you can reply directly to any poster in a thread, and start your own little side-thread, without hijacking the core of the thread.

i think my husband would like MN to experience 'technical difficulties' on friday nights so that i would talk to him...