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Format change

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Eesha · 20/04/2022 06:54

Hi, my format has changed where before it was an old style where I could just see the last few threads but now when I click on what I'm on, it's showing me everything.

When I came on mumsnet today, it forced me to login again and then the format has changed. How can I go back to the original? I'm on an android phone.

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FlibbertyGiblets · 20/04/2022 15:47

AIBU is broken as is FWR. Titles display but error 500 when you click on a thread title. Hmmmm.

Potentialscroogeincognito · 20/04/2022 15:51

its asking me to confirm my cookies even when i refresh the page, all my threads are upside-down and trending has not refreshed all day. And where has the flip button gone :(

BestIsWest · 20/04/2022 16:00

Can we have


  • name of last poster on a thread

  • date of last post

visible on all topics pleas (like it used to be)
These make it easier to spot spam posts among other things, for example in the Yoga topic the same person spammed all the threads.

  • option to jump to last page back again.n I know you list all the pages but it’s fiddly.
TheSilveryTinsellyPussycat · 20/04/2022 16:01

On PC. If I click on an uploaded photo, the displayed photo it goes to is smaller than the photo on the thread that I just clicked on

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 20/04/2022 16:16

I also hate that the date appears even for posts done today. I liked the "today/yesterday" with dates only for older comments.

Made it easier to scroll to where you want to be or spot older threads.

AdaColeman · 20/04/2022 16:33

@Potentialscroogeincognito
The flip thread button is now hidden in a drop down menu....
Go to the left hand side top of the page where it says TALK (plus what board you are on) and on the right hand side of the page is a pale button, very easy to miss....
Click on that to reveal a drop down menu with several options including FLIP.

Hope that helps as I'm on a desk top!

Snozzlemaid · 20/04/2022 16:36

All my favourite topics have gone too.
Did they test this upgrade at all?

Blondeshavemorefun · 20/04/2022 16:48

BestIsWest · 20/04/2022 16:00

Can we have


  • name of last poster on a thread

  • date of last post

visible on all topics pleas (like it used to be)
These make it easier to spot spam posts among other things, for example in the Yoga topic the same person spammed all the threads.

  • option to jump to last page back again.n I know you list all the pages but it’s fiddly.

Yes I miss First Last and username

pointythings · 20/04/2022 17:15

Getting error 400 bad request cookie too large on laptop every time I click anything. Works on phone but I hate that. Not impressed.

Curfewgull1 · 20/04/2022 17:18

It’s constantly asking me to accept cookies even once I’ve done this. Am also getting an intermittent ‘access denied’ message. V annoying.

TheSilveryTinsellyPussycat · 20/04/2022 17:25

No Last Day, only Last Hour.
No links to Active, AIBU, Chat etc at the bottom of the thread.
Huge spaces between paragraphs.

These are not improvements.

Mysterian · 20/04/2022 17:40

The actual bit of Mumsnet that I use, the bit with the posts on, now takes up about a third of my screen width. I understand that Mumsnet want to promote itself as mobile friendly but it's now fucking stupid on a PC.

grapehyacinthisactuallyblue · 20/04/2022 17:49

Today, I had to log in 3 times. Every time I leave MN left logged in and went to do something, it's logged out when I came back. This never happened before. Very annoying.

prh47bridge · 20/04/2022 18:04

grapehyacinthisactuallyblue · 20/04/2022 17:49

Today, I had to log in 3 times. Every time I leave MN left logged in and went to do something, it's logged out when I came back. This never happened before. Very annoying.

I have just noticed there is now a "Keep me logged in" box on the login screen. Try ticking that.

whynotwhatknot · 20/04/2022 18:13

DahliaMacNamara · 20/04/2022 15:24

I missed the memo about the update. For me it's a bit soon to process what I do/don't like about it. but I'm disconcerted to find the Trending threads are the same as they were two days ago (not yesterday). Coincidence?

same here whats the point of it now

TheSilveryTinsellyPussycat · 20/04/2022 18:15

Threads with only the OP apparently have 0 posts in them (looking on Active)

Longer threads, N posts long, are shown as N-1 long Confused

HowManyDogs · 20/04/2022 18:16

Why the change? It's awful!!

Haffiana · 20/04/2022 18:37

I am looking at this on a massive Fuck You 27" screen iMac, and the thread text is in a pissy little thin strip down the middle with acres of empty real estate to either side. Real estate designed for ads no doubt, but my browser won't allow them, so ner.

And it is so bright that it will probably fuck my melatonin and upset my sleep. It HURTS MY EYES.

Frankly it looks as if it was designed by bad-breath Keith from the IT department who has worn the same unwashed patterned orange sleeveless jumper for the last five years.

MurmuratingStarling · 20/04/2022 18:39

Me no likey either. Sorry MN! Blush

MurmuratingStarling · 20/04/2022 18:40

Haffiana · 20/04/2022 18:37

I am looking at this on a massive Fuck You 27" screen iMac, and the thread text is in a pissy little thin strip down the middle with acres of empty real estate to either side. Real estate designed for ads no doubt, but my browser won't allow them, so ner.

And it is so bright that it will probably fuck my melatonin and upset my sleep. It HURTS MY EYES.

Frankly it looks as if it was designed by bad-breath Keith from the IT department who has worn the same unwashed patterned orange sleeveless jumper for the last five years.

Bad breath Keith Grin

Libertaire · 20/04/2022 18:48

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Jellykat · 20/04/2022 18:48

Not liking this at all!
Wheres 'last 15 minutes' gone?
and why are the words so huge? i didnt develop poor eyesight overnight, but think my brain might frazzle if im on here for too long now!

JaneJeffer · 20/04/2022 18:50

@Jellykat

Not liking this at all! Wheres 'last 15 minutes' gone? and why are the words so huge? i didnt develop poor eyesight overnight, but think my brain might frazzle if im on here for too long now!
I thought last 15 minutes disappeared years ago!
JaneJeffer · 20/04/2022 18:51

And why does it wrap my text around the post I'm quoting??

JaneJeffer · 20/04/2022 18:52

Disappeared years ago that was meant to say AngryHmmConfused