to think mn should have a 30 sec edit function

[southeastastra]

please

Now that, Cyclops, would save a lot of men, from a lot of trouble

No to a like button or an agree button, dear me, no!

This is a chat site. Chat. You know, exchanges of view, imparting of information, mulling over stuff, chewing the fat, having a squabble, hefting bosoms, dreadful puns, silly japes.

I would love a 'like' button. You are often getting a hard time on a thread and yet the silent majority agree but dare not post to say so!

Hurhur at men/edit

I don't think there's any need for a 30 sec edit button, when the function is already there via the 'preview' button.

And before mentioning a 'like' button, could I suggest reading the many, many long threads in site issues and elsewhere explaining why there isn't one and the strength of feeling against it?

If you want a site with different functionality that what is MN, then there are plenty of others.

Erm, silent majority, not daring to post, that's an odd assertion. How do you know?

No no no to a 'like' function - I know a niche forum that has that and it ends up like a cliquey popularity contest nothing to do with the actual post, just arse licking, which is why I don't post on there now!

I'd like a short edit window- not so much for errors but for when I think 'and another thing....' So I don't end up posting loads of times and looking a bit too keen

I like digital spy's format, they let you have an edit window and it notes when a post has been edited. Well it used to anyway.

They also have a quote function which I'd like here. They've limited it so you can only quote one post so you don't end up with massive posts containing half the thread over and over.

No to the 'like' though, its just a bit wanky tbh.

I'm startled it doesn't have a real edit facility. Compared to other forums it's like being back in 1995. These days even the "set it up yourself" freebie forums have editing as standard.

We need those little thumbs up or down thingies..

YANBU

No need for an edit button.
There is a PREVIEW post button
It's basically the same thing

I wish. I say three minutes though

I wish they'd just allow edits though. MN say it would be abused and that is their excuse for not allowing it but on another site I visit it is not abused because people know that the other posters would spot it.

Maybe predominantly male sites abuse it but on the other fora I visit that are predominantly female it's definitely not abused. I do a 'tidy up' every now and then on the other site which means that there's not an endless trail of my details left on line. Being able to tidy up (long long after the threadsa have sunk) means I can keep the same name!

On this site I have to change every few days because I have no control to remove posts even years after they're read. THey're there forever so it is quite scary!

In theory of course we should use the preview button,but in practice I don't and am not going to.

I post on multiple other sites. They all have edit facilities. Why would it be abused? With this modern forum software you've been able to get since, oh, 2000 or so, you get a little note that the post was edited, who by (poster or mod) and when.

I do sometimes get the feeling that the people who run this site don't actually look at any other part of the internet except for Facebook. No, Olivia, preview is not the same thing as post editing - you would expect to have that as well. Facility-wise, this place is a bit of a joke, to be honest.

I would like to have an edit function and a quote function personally. There're just standard functions on forums nowadays.

How is the preview function the same as an edit function? They are 2 different things. Which may explain why some forums have both.

@Usual

"MN don't do up to date.

[time warp]"

Oh yes, I agree. A quote function would be handy too. As would avatars. And the ability to post images (no - GIFS!) I expect we'll get such things in about a decades time the way things go

I've long thought mumsnet a very strange little corner of the internet. But every time I've ever mentioned such things I've been met with a barrage of "and that's exactly why we like it" with much harrumphing and bosom hoiking. It'll never change!

Anyone that doesn't like it, doesn't have to use it As you say, plenty of sites out there that have those functions if that's what you like. Many of us like it how it is and thankfully MNHQ agree. So no, it probably won't change. Great :)

You don't have to like every aspect of the site to use it.

It does need a timed edit function. But it will.never get one..

yes we should go to netmums usual

I think we should have a 'delete our own thread' option. After a few too many sherries one can occassionally start something that they regret bitterly the next day...

I'm used to the site like this and only use the 'preview' function if my post is long or I quote someone else and want their post in italics (which sometimes doesn't work if you copy and paste for some reason).

I quite like the fact that it's just plain on here. There is another forum I'm on (mostly women) and honestly the crap underneath their posts, with quotes and tickers for weight loss, pregnancy, holidays, christmas etc... really irritating. I like the plainness of MN and it does mean you can skim read through threads quickly.