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Local threads on Active are really annoying

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OutsideContextProblem · 09/03/2018 17:23

Before MN decided to stop trying to make Local happen I’d get Local threads for my area appearing on Active. So assuming I lived in Bath I’d get

Local - Bath
Campaign to save the local library - meeting on Saturday 11th!

Now you’ve changed I get Local posts from everywhere cropping up in Active with not a clue as to where they refer to. So I’ll see an intriguing thread

Local
Free tickets available to see Aidan Turner’s new one man play - Warning: contains nudity.

And I’ll click on it to see a cryptic reference to event taking place at St John’s church hall or St Peter’s C of E Primary School and eventually work out that it’s in Inverness.

If you’re going to display all Local posts to everyone then can you at least display what area they’re on in the summary please?

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KateMumsnet · 09/03/2018 21:39

OutsideContextProblem you're right and we're sorry - it must have been hugely frustrating, missing the Aidan Turner thing. Inverness gets all the luck. Grin

This is to do with the fact that the URLs are now dynamic, a result of being able to specify 'within' 5/10 miles etc when you search. It's on our Big List of things to do already so will be fixed eventually. It might take a few months though, so apols in the meantime for the inconvenience. If we hear that he's coming to Bath, we'll DM you.

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KateMumsnet · 14/03/2018 00:13

Oh no @prettybird I'm not surprised you're shouting! So sorry. Which app was it - iOS or android?

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DawnMumsnet · 14/03/2018 09:27

Hi @prettybird,

Well, that's flipping annoying and clearly Something's Up. Sorry!

Can you post a link to the thread that you're trying to post on please? We can see that you managed to post on a Local thread on Monday - was that via the desktop site, not the app?

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KateMumsnet · 14/03/2018 09:54

Ach, @prettybird, this is what I've found out from our Tech chaps: Because of recent changes in local, it's not possible to post on local threads in the app OR create local threads. We will very soon start allowing posting on local threads in the apps again, and a little while after that creating threads in Local will be possible.

I'm going to see if they can get a warning note on to prevent your situation happening again... stand by!

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KateMumsnet · 15/03/2018 00:27

KLAXON! By astonishing coincidence, Prettybird, this issue has been fixed this very week! It's just in testing now and the app team hope to be releasing it in the next few days - try again next week maybe, and let us know how you get on?

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