What's this 'show more/show less' nonsense for?!

[BIWI]

It completely breaks up the flow of a thread.

Do you really think we haven't got the brain power to read a post that's longer than two paragraphs?!

Another one here who hates this feature. Please get rid of it.

As an example, what’s the actual point here?
@WhatsUpWithGene posted a perfectly reasonable length post and it’s shortens for the sake of a couple of lines. Even if it was twice the length it shouldn’t be put behind a click. It’s an articulate post I want to read.

Can you explain clearly the purpose of this feature as what you have said so far about it makes no sense. It makes the site harder to read and access, not easier.

Please stop tampering with things for the sake of it, MN. It feels like someone new has come in and is determined to make their mark, but they’ve chosen to do it by dumbing down the site. Snappy soundbites instead of articulate, well-argued posts, and ‘guides’ on how to engage with self-explanatory topics such as ‘Telly Addicts’, ‘Royal Family’ and ‘Elderly Parents’!!! What’s your target demographic? It certainly isn’t the current one.

Yep, me too!

What with that and boredpanda asking me to subscribe to keep reading (good luck with that, boredpanda, your content was crap anyway) and reddit insisting I get the reddit app (yes, I could, but you've put my back up now)... actually I stand a good chance of cutting down on my social media time!

How will it teach everyone to be brief ?
Unless mn tell us exactly how many characters are permitted before it chops the end of our post off or we count every character in a previous post to figure it out.
This will encourage people to type using text speak , not use punctuation, not leave spaces between words or paragraphs.
No thankyou!

I can understand it with long quoted post and I don't mind it there but not on original post.
@AmeliaPMumsnet please get rid of it.

Another here who dislikes this new 'feature'.
As others have said, at the very least make it optional - I have no need for a computer to abbreviate content for me - I speed read and it completely breaks up thread making it impossible to read.

The logic used is poorly written - I have seen it trigger (post updates) on a 2 line post and on a multi-paragraph post, but not trigger on posts in-between.

It would appear that the code counts characters / lines / space used and then splits the post - it needs to also count what is left and decide to only split if what is left is substantial...

but overall - remove it, there is no point to it other than to annoy regular users, who will simply give up... this will stop me from using mumsnet...

After yesterdays annoyance today I'm just not bothering to read long running threads I'm on because I can't be bothered to endlessly click show more.

So well done @AmeliaPMumsnet and team.

Please get rid of it. I tend to use threads like Cockroach cafe for support where posts can be necessarily long or 50 Bookers where we post reviews so posts are generally longer.

At least make it an option that can be switched off in settings.

Another one asking for it to be opt out.

On long running threads like 50 Bookers and Style and Beauty empties, we want to post (and read) comprehensive posts saying why we liked or disliked books or products. Not have to click every 30 seconds.

On quotes - fine
otherwise - No!

please turn it off @AmeliaPMumsnet
its unnecessary (and a bit patronising to us MNetters IMO)

Awful idea, it makes reading any kind of substantive thread really annoying. I'm fine with using it on quoted posts because often you don't need to read the quote, it's just an indicator of who the person is replying to, but not on ordinary ones.

And why on earth is it cutting off one line posts when someone is mentioned in them? Did anyone even test this? Please make it stop!

This is a talk forum not a soundbite forum.

I didn't get it the first time but just noticed it today. It's awful. Like others, I read not scroll and I find clicking interrupts my reading. Get rid or make it optional.

@AmeliaPMumsnet So many negative and yet still thinking of going ahead? At least let’s have an off switch please.

Oh no @Baystard - you’ve been “see-moored” on this very thread.

So, I've just sat on Mumsnet on my hour long lunch break, and kept a running count of how many times I've had to press "Show More".

Now I'm a fast reader, and I've realised due to this new feature that my brain is still processing the previous post while my eyes are scanning the last post.

How have I realised this?

I've been mostly been reading the OPs posts, I've been hitting "See next" to get to the next one.

And 37 times I've hit "See next" before my brain has gone "Hang on, you missed the end of that", so I've had to scroll back up, sometimes to the previous page, to hit "Show More" and read the end of the last post.

Thats more than once every two minutes you've added a minor annoyance to my life Mumsnet. Every 97 seconds you're giving me a reason to go "You know what, I'm going to go do something else"

Bloody fantastic feature.

you’ve been a victim too @VimesandhisCardboardBoots

I'd imagine a good 70% of my posts are likely to get caught.

I'm fairly quiet in real life, but I do tend to get a bit wordy on here!

I am also finding this “show more” feature unhelpful, although as others have said, it will be good if it cuts down the time I spend here.

It is still a complete pain in the posterior, @AmeliaPMumsnet - sorry.

And the even funnier thing is you've been caught too because any time you @ someone, it triggers it, even in a one line post!

@PuppyMonkey , just to prove my point!

I'm not seeing it on one line @ posts though.
I'm on Chrome on an Android.

Chrome on Windows here.

I screenshotted one yesterday and put it on the other thread on site stuff.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/site_stuff/5551949-truncated-posts-with-show-more-not-quoted-sections?page=1&reply=153576220&utm_campaign=reply&utm_medium=share

Utterly ridiculous and frankly frustrating.
Who on earth thinks it’s a good idea @MNHQ?