Please can you do something about MN local?

[3BreastsInMyShirt]

since my last plea got ignored.

I care not for which baby grup is on in gravesend or the nct sale in timbuctoo. and there are too many to hide individually and if i do i might miss the advertised pamper evening in my area happening in 2015 or something ridiculous (yes - there really is one - it may be a mistake).

Hello. Thanks for your post, 3BreastsInMyShirt, and sorry your last one got ignored (that's not like us).

What exactly are you after? What would you like to be able to do/see than you can't now?

All of a sudden we can see everyone else's Local in Active Convo's - and we don't want to!

And somehow I have ended up with a Local on my talk page, and I want to dump it, I really really don't want to see it.

How can I get rid please?

Feenie - you can see ALL local talk in Active Convos? So, not just your Local? (Sorry if being slow on uptake)

catinthehat2 - by "my talk page", do you mean at the top of your Active Convos list? Or the little box down on the right-hand side?

yes. all the local posts from all over so glasgow, sheffield, swansea etc not just coventry or wherever is really local.

I've noticed this too. It is annoying.

Yes, I have local for Tunbridge Well and Edinburgh, both lovely places but neither anywhere near where I am and my local bit has an advert for an event which took place a year ago.

Ah, that is NOT meant to be happening (although have been on me hols and may not be fully in loop)

Will try to find out what's afoot...

@Helen - little box bottom right under recipe of the week.

catinthehat2 - that's box has been there for AGES, me dear

I don't mind if I do, but I can't drink both immediately, why don't you hang onto one?

I'm still baffled, how on earth did I let it know where I live. I shall have a poke around and see if I can eliminate some information.

I posted about this about 3 days ago and was also ignored.

Yes, you can see all of everyone's local in active.

As I said on the 9th.

Did I mention it was ignored?

Oh, Tee2072, we're so sorry. Think you might have an answer now, though

catinthehat2: I think when you join up, it asks you your postcode and our system uses that to show you the right Local listings in the box (although not at the moment, clearly!). Please don't worry, though: no one else using MN can see where you are from.

and in my real local box there's an advert for an event happening 07/12/15. do i really have to wait that long for a pamper evening?

same issue

Yes, same here too, can see lots of local threads from various areas.

Hello. TomTech is on the case about this. But he's looking a bit stressed, so it may be a while before it's fixed...

Thanks for bearing with us in the meantime.

I saw this thread the other day and at the time mine was fine but today I am getting all the locals in active convos too! I'm sure the mums in Aberystwytherygubbins are lovely but tis a bit far for me to travel

Yes, I'm getting all the localities listed too.

Oh, I had thought it was a deliberate change to up the profile of MN Local. Until it is fixed you can solve it by electing to ignore all of the localities individually, as they are now visible in your 'included/excluded topics' tool in Customise.
(Use control+shift to zap them with a single click.)

Thanks Eleison!

TomTech has got this on his list of things to do this week. We'll give you an update mid-week on how it's going (if he's still speaking to us).