What SINGLE thing would make Mumsnet better for you?

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Thread rules:

1. please be respectful to mnhq, this is not a bitch fest about MN

1. only one THING per poster (or, if you must, you can have more than one but they must be on separate posts).

My thread. My rules. No arguments.

Right, I will start:

I do wish people would spend more time reading than posting. So often you have a thread (quite often an AIBU) where someone says "I haven't read the thread but YABU" or more often lately the highly unnecessary YABVVVVVVVVU when the thread has moved on hugely since the op, the arguments have all been had, everyone has bitched and moaned, made up, had a cup of tea, done a bit of ironing. If there is a slightly sparky looking OP and hundreds of posts on a thread, why not take that as a clue that the thread may well have moved on, questions asked and answers given, and read before you post?

Yes, excellent point 2shoes.

oh and a automatic thing that corrects all your spelling.

Hootchie yes, oooh feel v famous nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Bloody thing, actually DH's pooter. Am going to swwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwitch to my owwwwwwwwwn.

Must get a thesaurus to have better access to similies that don't contain the Letter That Must Not Be Pushed (LTMNBP)

I'd like it to boot me off if I've been on for more than 20 minutes between the hours of 9 and 4.00pm. Tis very distracting when I have work to do.

MmeLindt - I was the someone who suggested that (unless multiple people have...) seems an obvious solution to coping with just how long some threads get these days.

Would also like editing own posts and quoting another one properly.

can i do some seconding now that i've read it?

second (or third) the editing function.
you don't usually see spelling errors till you've posted, then you have a long row of people going "sorry, meant that not thst

and hiding threads by a tick list.

and spell check (but you wouldn't need that if you had an edit)

I like the idea of highlighting follow ups from the OP, I haven't seen that anywhere else.

How about locking threads....... So many old ones get ressurected and it might mean less get deleted

Can I fourth hiding threads by a tick list. (Just to show I am paying attention, not just perving pictures of Keanu)

and what potplant said (because i missed it out and would have been able to add it and also quote what she said if the two were available)

you can do it on the allotment site this thread as an example

the edit is in the third post down. and there's a quote halfway down the second page.

Cat/dog/hamster topics instead of "pets". Horse ladies and chicken ladies have theirs. Why not the rest of us?

Justine seems to think it is a slippery slope to stick insect/ bower bird/ Galapagos giant tortoise/ domesticated shark special interest groups.

I know it's been done, done , done...... But....... An iPhone app would be great!

Great post PuppyMonkey

YES to free gifts.

Like a reward points system, or green stamps.

I could save up for some nice cut glass tumblers like my mother got with her stamps from Esso 20 years ago.

A big cock to sit on as i type

Removing the silly log-in pop up, that makes logging in a three step process:

Click log in

type user and password and click

click to return to mn page

why not just have boxes on front page to enter user name and password, and then click once and you're in?

gasp MamaG!!

No limit to thread length so that really interesting debates can continue until posters naturally run out of steam.

Option to add to a post

AIBU?

3 million yeses

edit to end of op - yes I get it, I'm a twat

not to replace any words, just add a box

would like to be able to delete/hide threads I'm on but that I got bored with!

maybe you can do that already, I'm useless at this stuff

a private messaging system so I don' thave to post my email address on here, or piss about emailing people to bitch about other MNers

MamaG thats what msn/fb is for