i don't like all the ignores on the page it has a very negative vibe

[zippitippitoes]

...bad idea having them so in ya face imo

I like the function, but think 'hide' would be better, or a symbol of some sort, like the report one.

As you were, Franny

Yes, I like 'hide' better.

I think Shaun is suggesting that I am nasty, brutish and short. She is about right.

its a bit like privitisation, dontcha think?

quite like to see the variety of things and liked thread juxtapositions will be sad loss
and the pram scrap was funny recently too..

Oh, cod will still snuffle out the mad 'For Sale' threads and bring them to our attention. Once she gets over her blog. But yes, I think the atmosphere will change a bit - someone used the Morecambe and Wise analogy and I think that's about right.

Mind you, I suppose it's possible that of the 463 million people watching Morecambe and Wise on Christmas Day, a third of them could have been thinking 'I bloody hate these two, wish I could watch CSI instead'.

never really got morcambe and wise dad said the english, they laugh at anything!

whats the analogy there?

PW you cant rely on cod now cod blogs
i loved the typing was the same!

do your own snuffling, lady!

Oh, the analogy was that the whole country used to watch M&W on Christmas Day (your dad excepted obviously) and so it was like a giant communal experience, with everyone laughing at the same jokes at the same time and being able to reference the same things in their workplaces/schools/whatever. And then there was multi-channel television and the country never has big communal experiences like that any more, except for sporting events and royal deaths.

I am NOT going on the For Sale boards. Do I look like a plonker?

aahhh...
no dad didnt allow it..nor queen speech so fair do's to him..
we did get stanley baxter at new year and rikki fulton .. was funny..so not so grim oop north!

no crossroads either irrc and plenty of natural history docus...ah, bless

no no i banned the for sale shit too
no you dont look like a plonker, do i?

oh i never watch royal anythings

i just like the variety and the communal thing has gone, your analogy better than mine!

Not you personally, Policywonk. It's the sessions on Mumsnet that are nasty, brutish, and ... well, not short, usually, in my case.

I can't see an ignore option on threads. I'm classic - does that make a difference? Agree it sounds horrid. I have ignored some topics because I've nothing to say on them (ante-natal groups etc) but sometimes interesting stuff comes out of teh seemingly uninteresting threads.

Ah, now I've always hated Morecambe and Wise.

Maybe we should have an unignorable sticky post at the top of MN upon which we can all put kicking-off threads of note

i have classic but all the threads have ignore at the end in the active convos list so all i feel like when i look is that i am looking at a load of ignores..which seems very negative i've never seen that on any other website and i think it is offputting to say the least hardly a welcome or an encouragement to post

Think "ignore" should come once you have opened the thread , then at least it gets a reading. Ignoring topics seems less personal somehow.

i'm starting to wonder whether i'm hallucinating again

in the active convos list every thread has ignore tagged on the end

and i think that gives a lousy negative feel to talk

There is already a negative feel to many of the threads.

Anything that is a 'club' is out-of-bounds to non-members. The CM staffroom is off limits to everyone except childminders, even though many of us could positively contribute. Regional thread are pretty useless to most.

By having the ignore button, we can avert our eyes from threads that don't welcome us.

Scarey - sorry you don't feel welcome on CM bits

CMClub which we put at the front of some threads was started as a way to wanr others that it was going to be a bit of a whinge (often about parents) but it has evolved

But I think parenta are most welcome - sorry if you feelnot

Or did you mean just the staff room - I guess there are lots of injokes there but non minders do join in

I'm pretty sure I've seen fark-orfs on CM club threads....

yes - staff room

I am sorry & If I'd seen them I would not be happy

I think it's really rude & impolite & I would not stand for it (if I saw it)

Mind you they don't take any notice of me anyway..