I do not like those massive share buttons.

[PsammeadPaintedTheLion]

They are very distracting from the last post on a thread. Are they necessary? I can't imagine why!

Just posted on the other thread - you can hide them by scrolling down here

Thank you Mrslettuce :)

Yeah, thatwas me too. I figured this was the right place to moan.

I have hidden them now. But to reinterate my rant on the other thread, MN, can you not make them opt in, rather than opt out? They make the site look like playschool! Massive bright blocks of colours.

it's made everything else weird too.

the usual bar has moved over to the right, so you can't see it.

MNHQ we didn't want the share buttons in the first place, why would we want them bigger than the universe???

Arf @ bigger than the universe!

They actually made me jump. Your massive sharing thingies actually scared the shit out of me.

@UniqueAndAmazing

it's made everything else weird too.

the usual bar has moved over to the right, so you can't see it.

MNHQ we didn't want the share buttons in the first place, why would we want them bigger than the universe???

Yes, sorry about the bar moving to the right - that wasn't meant to happen and is being fixed as we speak.

@PsammeadPaintedTheLion

Arf @ bigger than the universe!

They actually made me jump. Your massive sharing thingies actually scared the shit out of me.

Sorry.

You can get rid of them if you like by going to Customise and flipping the Show Social Media dropdown to No.

Why would anyone want to Pin a MN thread? Am I using Pinterest all wrong? I just thought it was for storing ridiculously expensive stuff that I will never be able to afford

what gets shared? are our random postings here likely to be posted on some stranger's twitter / fb feed if they fancy it?

@EasterHoliday

what gets shared? are our random postings here likely to be posted on some stranger's twitter / fb feed if they fancy it?

Well possibly. But then MN is a public, Google-indexed forum, so a stranger always could post a thread onto her twitter /fb feed.

Everything we post on here is available to be read by anyone who should care to look anyway, Easter.

x posts. I'll get me coat

yes, someone could be that odd I suppose, but encouraging it? it's like an internet intervention waiting to happen

@EasterHoliday

yes, someone could be that odd I suppose, but encouraging it? it's like an internet intervention waiting to happen

We've had those buttons, albeit smaller and up top, for over a year now.

out of interest, do your site stats tell you how frequently they get used?

I like them. Except if I'm going to share on Twitter, I don't use them as they don't shorten the URL, so I use TinyURL and copy/paste.

Perhaps in the next release, Helen?

::flees::

@EasterHoliday

out of interest, do your site stats tell you how frequently they get used?

Probably. (Not a stats head). I'll try to find out.

I've hidden mine. I can't get away from bloody Facebook no matter what I do so to come on here and find those enormous buttons in the thread........aaaaarrrrrggggghhh

@Tee2072

I like them. Except if I'm going to share on Twitter, I don't use them as they don't shorten the URL, so I use TinyURL and copy/paste.

Perhaps in the next release, Helen?

::flees::

Thanks Tee. We'll look into doing that.

I don't mind them, but if I am going to share a thread, I generally do it through Bufferapp.

If someone wants to share a thread the fact that there is or isn't a button won't make a difference.

Good idea to make them hide-able - I would say that this is an improvement on the other ones cause at least you can hide them.

Making them opt-out means that no one can come back in 3 years and complain that they didn't know that threads would be shared elsewhere.

@MmeLindor

I don't mind them, but if I am going to share a thread, I generally do it through Bufferapp.

If someone wants to share a thread the fact that there is or isn't a button won't make a difference.

Good idea to make them hide-able - I would say that this is an improvement on the other ones cause at least you can hide them.

Making them opt-out means that no one can come back in 3 years and complain that they didn't know that threads would be shared elsewhere.

You could hide the older ones, MmeL.

But yy re not making a difference - and you could argue, it's a good visible reminder than it might happen, perhaps making you rethink what details you might post.

I didn't know that you could hide them. Never wanted to, mind.

I didn't know you could hide them either!

I'm not sure, I must say, that the bottom of the page is the best place for them. Maybe in the RH sidebar? Or at the top like they used to be?

Just from a design standpoint. Convention is, of course, top of the page, and not quite so large!

Thanks for the link MrsLettuce

I don't normally mind changes but the social media share buttons were far too huge.

I've even got used to the annoyance of accidentally hitting the new 'hover over' thing at the top of the page...and being faced with a dog with spaghetti on its head.

But this was a step too far

Shouldn't the buttons say Overshare on Facebook Overshare on Twiiter and Overshare on Google+1 ?

How do you hide them?