Is there just less content being posted now?

[partystress]

Been a MNer for 16 years I think. For the first time ever, I’m finding nothing to read. The same threads hang around for days and days. Active is a longer list than it used to be, but seems to have threads that have not been added to.

I will keep popping in because FWR is so informative, but I no longer feel this is somewhere to come for entertainment or amusement. (Although I did lol at Frubes for the fanjo yesterday!)

Moi aussi. Missed that thread. Interest is wearing thin.

It’s the sheer number of troll threads which I find tiresome.

It used to be that you could come onto active, and then return a few hours later and the threads would be different, but I agree that recently it's still the same threads. Also lots of troll/deleted threads is very frustrating (with no deletion message, they just disappear). It seems there has been a reduction in both quality and quantity.

The vitriol does it for me. The way some people speak to each other on here is awful.

I think it’s a few things. Not many people like the new look site. Search function can’t be found or doesn’t work, trolls everywhere.
Sane old mix of parking threads, goady threads about slebs etc
Plus the weather’s been nice (UK)and there’s other stuff to do I guess…

Regularly being accused of deep character flaws, and the wilful lack of nuance makes MN a pretty miserable place to be these days but that's true across all SM.

This.

Also, the threads which are pulled because the OP does not get the response they wanted usually citing the excuse of privacy or some other ridiculous reason.

Me too. I've been slayed recently on threads I've started asked for support and advice.

I found out my disabled child may have been injured at birth 12 years ago and there was an influx of "why are you posting about this again" "this makes no sense" type replies.

I am now trying to prepare for my NHS complaint meeting but with the help of SCOPE and POWHER - charities who actually advise and support.

I will never post on here again about anything important.

I just find the replies so joyless and point-making.

Agreed. A lot of nit picking and pile ons. There’s still wisdom and wit, but too much crap to wade through.

There just seems to be a lack of critical thinking, nuance and compassion. I think it’s to do with the pandemic . Everyone has been shut away too long, seething about who is seeing people when they shouldn’t be , or who is hugging whom. It’s done something to the national psyche.

I think Twitter has wholesale changed how we communicate in general as well. That abruptness, lack of nuance, polarised viewpoints, picking of tribes and accepted harshness has filtered elsewhere, even into how people speak to each other in RL.

There also seem to be more posters who start threads, never to be seen on the thread again, after others have responded. Bad manners, or simply didn’t like the responses?

Hear hear.
And I am not even on that often.

I was just thinking this the other day, been here a similar amount of time. Active threads was constantly changing, now it can be the same threads hanging around for days, and it's not because they are classics.

I can't remember the last time reading something on MN and laughing until tears ran down my face, MN doesn't really do joy anymore. Maybe my time here is coming to an end. It has been my website of choice for 17 years, perhaps I need to find something else

I think the issue is updating active threads. Sometimes a deleted post (and there seems to be more and more of them just at posters request) for example hangs around there for hours or even days and mostly I'm just looking for a quick scroll. Can't be bothered actually going searching in individual topics.

@Minimalme that really is awful.

I think even as recently as four years ago it was much pleasanter.

I agree. I do wonder if it's me though sometimes. I have been here for so long that many of the threads have been done to death, often through no fault of the posters. My interest range has narrowed considerably. My tolerance is much lower. And I do find lots of people on here meaner, whinier and generally a bit irritating. Anything remotely amusing is derailed by the professionally offended, the supremely unfunny or a troll.
Plus it just took about 8 attempts to post this as the page kept disappearing. That does not help.

If you hide AIBU it is a much nicer site - I hid it and relationships and baby names for years and years and think I got a totally different experience! Only recently unhidden and think I might zap them again !!

I have noticed this too. It’s a combination of things I think:
The site relaunch has made MN more cumbersome to use (to post and to read).
Maybe the world feels more scary and depressing and some of the content and tone reflects that.

What can we do? I think it would be a shame to let MN die like a high street where more and more shops are boarded up and only dubious characters like to hang out looking for a fight.

@MNHQ I realise the relaunch of a site with lots of complex legacy code is no picnic. I’m getting used to the new look and I know you’re working on bug fixes and improvements. For me, these are the top priorities that affect how much I post, and read:

• Server slow. This happens especially at what I imagine is peak time (evenings). Can’t post, time-outs
• page keeps refreshing. This is annoying when reading, but “fatal” when trying to post. Have lost several half-written posts that way! Then not bothered to write it all again. This seems to be connected to ad reloads?

I've just done it - I've kept chat but goodbye, aibu, relationships, divorce a fair few others and absolutely everything about conception, babies, young children and pets. I have teens and no pets! ..ive now got lots of nice S&B and telly addicts type chats showing up in my Active threads

Yes also the overall feel is more aggressive and depressing

maybe that drives more positive people away and it’s a bit of a cycle

I was going to ask what you COULD see @Lakeowlmoon

Conception is generally supportive (TTC) but there’s only so much you can say about it.

Parenting, AIBU and relationships tend to get you flamed.

The education sections are no longer particularly helpful.

The doghouse is awful

Not sure why I stay!

Good idea!

How DO you hide threads? It all seems to have changed!

Maybe we're just getting too old for the crap now. Im mid 50s and my patience ran out a long time ago. When i first came here in late 30s Maybe i was a nicer person who didn't want to shout "OH FUCK OFF YOU IDIOT" with 2 minute's of logging on?

Or maybe I'm still nice and there's just more idiots in the world now?