Annoying Pop-Up

[TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne]

I've attached a screenshot.
It's inviting me to watch a thread.
All day, this has randomly appeared on every thread I've looked at.
It gets in the way of reading people's posts.
Please can you make it go away.

Also, once it appears, it stays there while you scroll down the thread, getting in the way of every single post.

I came to site stuff to see if there was a thread on this. It's annoying! Interestingly it's not appeared on this thread, so I wonder if threads with a certain number of posts that trigger it?

Or maybe it's unlikely that anyone would watch threads on this board?
I also noticed that.

Yeah I realised this when the next thread I clicked on only had one reply, and up popped the watch button

Because clearly everyone wants the opportunity to watch absolutely every thread.

I've just come to see if there's a thread on this on here as it's been annoying me all day- I'll be happily reading a thread and it will pop up without warning right over the bit I'm trying to read!

It's infuriating isn't it.

Argh!

Go away.

I second this

Also, the 'read all' button has moved to a weird place, on the notifications screen xx

I agree, it’s irritating.

It's still happening and it's very annoying.

Thank you all for sharing your feedback about the new Watch button that appears at the top of the screen on threads. We added this in response to user feedback that they don't know if they want to watch until they've read some of the thread.

We hear you that at the moment the button feels too big, distracting, or gets in the way, and we totally get why that’s frustrating. We've got some ideas on how to make it less annoying and we're implementing them ASAP.

Our goal here is to make the site better and easier for everyone to use. Thanks again for letting us know how it’s working for you.

@AmeliaPMumsnet can't you just replace one of the "add post" buttons with "watch"? They do the same job anyway and are always on the screen.

Thank you all for sharing your feedback about the new Watch button that appears at the top of the screen on threads

@AmeliaPMumsnet the button appears at the top of the screen and stays there, obliterating everything over which it passes.
It only goes away if the X is clicked on, or if the user decides to Watch that particular thread.

Here's two examples where it has actually made the whole screen unreadable! If I wanted to watch a thread I'd reply to it - I don't think I've ever saved one another way but if I really wanted to then I would assume there would be a way to do it at either the top or the bottom of the page and look there.

This is just really intrusive and stopping me from reading threads in the first place let alone wanting to watch them!

And it always seems to pop up JUST over the bit I'm reading.

It’s irritating, but I’m relieved to learn that it’s legit. I just searched for an explanation as I thought that if I clicked I might end up linking to something dodgy!

Hi everyone. Thank you again for the feedback. We’ve switched it off for now while we make improvements based on what you’ve shared. We really appreciate you taking the time to let us know what wasn’t working, and we’ll keep you updated as we iterate.

Thank you so much @AmeliaPMumsnet

I really do appreciate that update.