An idea to stop place marking

[IvyLeagueUnderTheSea]

Placemarking can be very annoying, especially when a thread is filling up fast as people wait for the OP to return. However I am very guilty of it.

This got me to thinking about why I do it. And my reason is that I only every really look at my TIO feed and I don't really bother with the watching one. Now of course I could just sort my lazy arse out and actually click on the watching button, but I forget. Also, I like the deletion message if there is one, rather than a thread simply vanishing.

So I thought, why not have watching threads mixed in with the TIO. So a TIO feed would be a mixture of the two and work in the same way. It would look the same but perhaps you could have 'Watching' next to the title so you know you haven't actually posted on it.

Yes I know that I should change the way I use MN rather than expecting MN to change to suit me but I know I'm not the only person to do this.
It reminds me of desire lines that you see in the park; paths worn where people actually chose to walk rather than where the path is meant to be. Place marking is simply a desire line of how to use MN.

[FruSkogKattOla]

Wondermoomin. I suspect you're correct that the App and the desktop site don't sync. But to get the bookmarks working on your laptop go to the circle with the downward facing arrow, which is just to the right of the word Talk up there ^. Click on the circle and you'll get a small drop-down menu, click on customise and you'll get this page www.mumsnet.com/Talk?call=Preferences. Scroll down a bit to 'Display Bookmark Links', check that box and save changes. And then to bookmark on a thread, hover your cursor at the bottom right corner of that post and a little blue box with 'bookmark' (or something like that) appears - click on that and it tells you when it's Saved.

[Dontactlikeyouknowme]

at Winky.

[Akire]

I've always just clicked "watch this thread" works for me

[WinkyisbackontheButterBeer]

I just clicked on this thread again and it went back to WHERE I HAD READ!!!
I am so giddy!!!

[IamRonnieBiggs]

I've just tried to bookmark this on my phone - doesn't work, never has

[WhoKn0wsWhereTheTimeG0es]

If you use the mobile version you can see deletion messages in your browser history even if you haven't watched or posted on them. Watch thread is in the blue buttons at the bottom of the screen so no need to scroll back up to add to the Watched list.

[Dontactlikeyouknowme]

It's all happening on this thread

[WinkyisbackontheButterBeer]

Oh my goodness! Thank you! How did I not know about this? I spend ages reading things that I've already read, trying to find my last spot.
You have made my weekend.

[Dontactlikeyouknowme]

Pah, What does he know.

[FallenSky]

I bloody well am, dont! Tried to share my excitement over this new found knowledge with DH and he looked at me like this and went back to watching the TV.

[Dontactlikeyouknowme]

You are having a right exciting Saturday night,Fallen.

[FallenSky]

Hugo, thank you for that. I didn't realise you could hide those either! They have now gone.

[IvyLeagueUnderTheSea]

If I click my "watching" tab it shows me threads I'm on and threads I'm watching. Isn't that what you are saying you want OP?

I guess it is really.

[hugoagogo]

Ah I remember now I have all those faceache and twatter things hidden, so I only see them if I am signed out.

[Dontactlikeyouknowme]

My TIO and watching are not all mixed up? But maybe that's because I've unticked the add to watch box.

If threads in watching displayed deletion posts by MNHQ instead of just disappearing that would stop a lot of placemarking

[FallenSky]

I was definitely signed in Hugo. Just didn't know about the customise box. Before and after pics. Doesn't take much to excite me on a Saturday night this might be the wine talking

[FallenSky]

Just found the relevant box. Mind blown. How is this not more commonly known? Maybe it is and I've just been under a rock but in all my years here I never bloody knew you could do that! Thank you dont!

[WrongTrouser]

If I click my "watching" tab it shows me threads I'm on and threads I'm watching. Isn't that what you are saying you want OP?

[Dontactlikeyouknowme]

Watched threads are separate to threads in on. Threads you post on will be added to watched threads unless you untlck the box in customise.

[hugoagogo]

That screenshot looks like you aren't signed in fallen

[SisterMoonshine]

I love place marking posts!
You know that there are others, all over the world sometimes, waiting to see how the penguin date or whatever went.
It's one of the best things about MN!

[Okite]

It'd be really nice if the 'watch this thread' option actually appeared on three dots menu too, otherwise you get to the end of the thread and have to move up to the top of it to watch it on the mobile app.

[peaceloveandbiscuits]

Oh my god, I've found it! This is life changing!

[hugoagogo]

I'm confused, I can bookmark the last post I read and go straight back to it and watched threads and threads I'm on are all mixed together aren't they?

[peaceloveandbiscuits]

Wait what? You can bookmark your place in the app?