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Original poster

excessive use of "stickies", imho

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MrsShrek3 · 21/05/2013 22:13

there are ten.... not so bad when you are looking on a pc or laptop screen, but on the mobile app it's hideous. imho, obv.

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Original poster
MrsShrek3 · 21/05/2013 23:37

I have an Amazing Suggestion.
Confiscate Justine's pritt stick (and everyone elses for that matter) and stop the buggers sticking so many things on there Wink
[waits for banned user email]
Grin

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MNHQ
JulieMumsnet · 21/05/2013 23:43

Hahaha! Grin

@MrsShrek3

I have an Amazing Suggestion. Confiscate Justine's pritt stick (and everyone elses for that matter) and stop the buggers sticking so many things on there Wink [waits for banned user email] Grin
BigStickBIWI · 21/05/2013 23:54

I know that MNHQ usually try and restrict the number of stickies to 5, which I think makes sense.

But actually I don't think you should be able to hide stickies. After all, they are stickied because they are important. And the best example of this is the Christmas Appeal.

I lost count of the number of posters who said they hadn't seen any of the posts about the Christmas Appeal, despite it being stickied for ages. Presumably a fair proportion of these must have hidden the stickied posts.

Original poster
MrsShrek3 · 22/05/2013 00:00

indeedy BIWI. maybe the Christmas appeal should have a superglue-teflon-coated special bauble sticky that can't be hidden by people with crappy little phone screens like me
I'm off before I out myself as absolutely bonkers Wine
oops too late

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SummerRainIsADistantMemory · 22/05/2013 00:03

I hide them when the sea of purple gets too much.

Most of them are totally irrelevant to non UK MNers like me so I rarely even read the titles, but then I miss stuff

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MrsShrek3 · 22/05/2013 00:09

btw now there are 11Shock

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Lioninthesun · 22/05/2013 00:21

Oooh, I don't think I even know what 'Stickies' are!?
I thought I was mis-reading sickies or perhaps something to do with the Stick Man book Confused
I'll go now...

Ginformation · 22/05/2013 08:59

There are 17 stickies on active convos... I don't want to miss anything, but really it is too much on my phone screen. It doesn't hurt me to scroll down, but it does make me ignore all the stickies! Fewer of them would be good.

MNHQ
HelenMumsnet · 22/05/2013 09:15

Hello. This is most worrying.

We NEVER have more than five stickies in Active, so it's most odd that you're seeing more.

Can those of you who ARE seeing more let us know how you're viewing MN please? (ie computer/laptop or phone with app, desktop, mobile etc etc)

Thank you

RenterNomad · 22/05/2013 09:44

I can see 5. This on an Android phone.

TooTabooToBoo · 22/05/2013 09:51

I can see 4, android app.

Last night there were about 10 though

mindalina · 22/05/2013 10:00

I have 23 stickied threads on my android app! They go back to November when I first installed the app. Maybe I need to reinstall it??

SummerRainIsADistantMemory · 22/05/2013 10:31

I have 5 but I hid about 7 just two days ago.

On my phone, mobile site, android.

I've had up to 8/9 at one time on a few occasions.

Iamaslummymummy · 22/05/2013 10:36

I've got 13 on the android app atm

Steffanoid · 22/05/2013 10:38

I've got tge android app ans it's happening on mine, strange thing is a week ago there were none..Hmm

GiraffeAHolic · 22/05/2013 10:42

Oh thank god it's not just me. 19 stickies on top of active convos on my Android app. I'm losing the will to scroll ConfusedConfused

MNHQ
HelenMumsnet · 22/05/2013 10:46

Blimey! OK, so it's mainly happening to folks using the android app then?

We'll try to work out what's going on.

Ginformation · 22/05/2013 11:35

18 now... Android app on phone and tablet. All have been active in last day or 2 so I not getting old ones.

MNHQ
HelenMumsnet · 22/05/2013 11:37

Right. Annoyingly, we can't replicate this on our androids in the office.

We'll keep trying to work out what's going on, though.

MNHQ
HelenMumsnet · 22/05/2013 11:41

If you're able to, could you please list the threads you can see stickied?

The only ones we've officially stickied in Active are:

  1. Kate Garraway webchat
  2. Iodine in pregnancy
  3. Lifeskills/Barclays
  4. Humzingers/picnics
  5. Make-up tips/Boots Feel Good Forum
mindalina · 22/05/2013 11:47

Mine are as follows:

  1. Idodine in pregnancy
  2. Kate Garraway
  3. Humzingers
  4. Boots make up tips
  5. Invisible Girl book giveaway
  6. Barclays lifeskills
  7. MN local editors
  8. Walking to school
  9. Mumsnet at the G8 Summit
10. "Sharenting" 11. Warburtons hamper 12. Stork 'Bake Brave' 13. Toyota Verso review thread 14. Local site of the week 15. Unloved room revamp 16. "Crisis of masculinity" 17. FA MN sessions 18. Teens & drugs webchat with Jacqui Smith 19. Movember finale 20. Film industry question for Debbie Isitt 21. Sorting Out Separation app 22. RAC cars comp 23. Chicco baby & toddler toy feedback thread

Do I get a prize for having the oldest ones? HmmGrin

MNHQ
HelenMumsnet · 22/05/2013 11:54

@mindalina

Mine are as follows:
  1. Idodine in pregnancy
  2. Kate Garraway
  3. Humzingers
  4. Boots make up tips
  5. Invisible Girl book giveaway
  6. Barclays lifeskills
  7. MN local editors
  8. Walking to school
  9. Mumsnet at the G8 Summit
10. "Sharenting" 11. Warburtons hamper 12. Stork 'Bake Brave' 13. Toyota Verso review thread 14. Local site of the week 15. Unloved room revamp 16. "Crisis of masculinity" 17. FA MN sessions 18. Teens & drugs webchat with Jacqui Smith 19. Movember finale 20. Film industry question for Debbie Isitt 21. Sorting Out Separation app 22. RAC cars comp 23. Chicco baby & toddler toy feedback thread

Do I get a prize for having the oldest ones? HmmGrin

at Jacqui Smith webchat! That was YEARS ago...

GiraffeAHolic · 22/05/2013 12:00

Right:

Iodine deficiency
Kate Garraway and Zita West
Humzingers
Boots feel good forum
Book giveaway - Invisible Girl
Lifeskills Barclays
Walk to school week
G8 summit
Online porn
Sharenting
Warburtons
Stork
Toyota Verso
Local site of the week
Room Revamp
Jacqui Smith drugs webchat
Send Qs to 'Nativity' directors
RAC patrol - dc dressing up pics
Do we send too many women to prison.

Smile
MNHQ
HelenMumsnet · 22/05/2013 12:24

@GiraffeAHolic

Right:

Iodine deficiency
Kate Garraway and Zita West
Humzingers
Boots feel good forum
Book giveaway - Invisible Girl
Lifeskills Barclays
Walk to school week
G8 summit
Online porn
Sharenting
Warburtons
Stork
Toyota Verso
Local site of the week
Room Revamp
Jacqui Smith drugs webchat
Send Qs to 'Nativity' directors
RAC patrol - dc dressing up pics
Do we send too many women to prison.

Smile

Nativity????

Ginformation · 22/05/2013 13:21

OK, I have:
Garraway/West fertility chat
Iodine
Humzingers
Boots feel good makeup
Invisible Girl giveaway
Lifeskills with Barclays
Want to be MN local editor?
Walking to school weel
Porn warning for v young children
G8 summit MN represent
Sharenting
Warburtons breakfast
Stork bake
Toyota Verso
Local site of the week
Unloved room in your home to revamp
Diane Abbott blog
Bristol/York/Burton half term FA sessions