If you owned Mumsnet what changes would you make?

[DameOfThrones]

Disclaimer: Not 100% serious at all 😏

Mine would be to ban repeat offenders who don't return to the threads they start.

A mahooosive multicoloured sticky banner reminding OPs to include their kid's ages in the opening post, as it's nearly always relevant.

What would you add/remove/change?

I think I’d allow ‘calling out’ troll posts if, and only if, that poster also reports their own post. Then the moderators could decide if they think it was justified or not and respond accordingly. Some troll hunting posts are wrong and unkind.

Get rid of all the ‘reactions’ until they work on the apps, and then make them fully visible to all.

doesnt work in the app - they fundamentally messed up the design of rewrite, you can’t easily copy a bit to paste.

I would not have adverts with child on in the sex forum ( I think it’s re fostering)

Having posted several times in quick succession…I’ve just retired from a long career writing software - clearly they need to retain my services as a user interface consultant.

I'd get rid of name changing.

I don't know why people are still complaining about quoting the first post. It's a compressed quote so doesn't really take much room up.

It’s not compressed on my screen? And hugely, hugely annoying.

Less advertisement ( find other ways to make money). Ban vigilantes, rude and aggressive posters. Mumsnet should be a safe place for all to post.

it isn’t on the app. So, maybe that’s the appropriate change - compress the op post if it’s quoted on all platforms.

Interesting. This is what quotes look like on mine. Even after posting. Picture should be up in a bit.

Is it the app? It doesn't seem to work very well in general.

What other ways to make money? It is a commercial venture.

Cancel the cheque!

Anyone born before 1960 by the look of it, so pension age and above. What can they all have done that is so unacceptable?

Ban name changing as this encourages trolls and the postets that keep telling their story but chanfe details in each telling iwhen they get called out for their own bad behaviour

I'd ban posters who don't have the comprehension skills to understand a post if there is a single spelling/grammar error.

I'd ban non-parents - what on earth are they doing on mumsnet?

Maybe the pay version without ads!

I'd ban non-parents - what on earth are they doing on mumsnet?
Is this a joke, or are you being serious?
Ok, here's another one- lifetime ban for anyone who asks this dumb question.

It's a parenting forum, why wouldn't I be serious? No one needs parenting advice from people who haven't got kids.

I doubt Mumsnet will be actioning any of these suggestions.

Ban people quoting OP's initial post and only writing a sentence in response

Ban the adverts that move- it makes my eyes go funny

You’ve misunderstood the evolution of this forum, @Dragonflytamer.

I'd ban all the acronyms. DH DD DS DC 🤢

t's a parenting forum, why wouldn't I be serious? No one needs parenting advice from people who haven't got kids.

Are most threads about parenting though? Plus there are plenty of people with kids I wouldn’t want advice from!

Stop auto watching everything I reply or post on..I want to know if someone responds to me not to the thread. Yes, I can untick the box but it auto ticks it.

I think name changing is good, as long as you can't change mid-thread -which you can't AFAIK. I have shared various things under different names that would easily out me if they were pieced together. I feel confident discussing difficult things knowing that I can be truly anonymous.

I usually read AIBU, which isn't mostly about parenting advice.