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I see you have taken on board all our misgivings about the social share buttons, and made them even BIGGER!!!!

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QuintessentialOldDear · 13/08/2013 10:12

So many mn-etters have complained about the social share buttons.
And now you have made them even bigger, brighter and more noticeable.

I understand you want to grow your business.

I interpret these new buttons to be admission that not enough people share threads on Facebook, etc now, so you make them big and bright hoping people will notice them and click.

I honestly think that most posters dont WANT to announce their membership and possibly reveal their name on Facebook or connect their Twitter with MN.

So why not just forget these buttons, eh?

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HelenMumsnet · 13/08/2013 10:42

Quint, as AnneUulmelhay says, you can go to Customise and hide all the Social media buttons.

We do realise that some folks don't like them/want to use them, so that's what the Customise option is there to help with.

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HelenMumsnet · 13/08/2013 13:09

@QuintessentialOldDear

Can you also customize it so that your own threads dont display the buttons, if you dont want anybody else to share your dilemma for their entertainment on Facebook or Twitter?

No, we're afraid not. But, Quint, anyone could have shared your threads on Facebook or Twitter before we had the buttons.

Mumsnet is a publicly accessible, Google-indexed forum: anyone can read and share any thread any time.

We're sorry you don't think the buttons (we can see that they're not everyone's cup of tea) but perhaps they're a useful reminder that anything you post on here is, potentially, share-able by many.

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HelenMumsnet · 15/08/2013 13:04

@QuintessentialOldDear

I wonder if the buttons have made a big change in posters posting habits and if the quality of the threads have gone down?

Before I was quite happy to take part in discussions, share my experience in different matters, now I think "is this the type of thread that somebody would tweet or not" before I post.

For me, Mumsnet is now pure entertainment to fill a gap when I am bored, nothing else. Before it was thought provoking and I felt I "learnt" something new. Now, not so much.

I wonder if there are other posters like me, who just post lighthearted shite, because of the buttons.

Aw, we're sorry, Quint Sad

We do understand that it's changed your view of MN.

But - and we do have to be honest here - all the posters who are saying anyone could have shared bits of any thread on social media even before we put the buttons on are quite right.

So the situation you see/problem you have was already there. You just weren't aware of it.

We would like (some) threads to be shared on Twitter/Facebook a bit (we share some ourselves on our own Twitter/Facebook pages every day) but we also think it's important that's everyone's aware this can happen.

So the buttons do help us, yes. But we hope they also help you - by reminding you that, though it may feel like it at times, MN isn't a private space. If there's stuff you'd rather not risk being spotted by strangers/relatives, it's probably wiser not to post.

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