Is there a different feel to this Board now its not on Active Conversations

[Twiglett]

unless you choose it?

does anyone think it has solved any of the issues?

its just habit though isn't it .. retraining yourself to go top right rather than top left

Originally posted by Socci

... It would be good if when we select "include SN" in active conversations it could stay there rather than having to do it every time you refresh the page iyswim.

I noticed that at the top of the page, what does it do exactly?

Errrrrm ... still don't understand! I've never used 'active conversation' so I have no idea what it does but I just clicked on it and rather wished I didn't - I prefer knowing where things are!

I don't like it

Feels exactly like in rl where sn is tucked away iyswim

I keep forgetting to look. I do when I remember, but it feels kind of like I'm intruding. I don't like it, but I hope the regular posters feel better

for me it is no different as I go by topics page and sn is the first place I look. So no change for me.

I agree with Blossomhill. I dont like it being cut off from the rest and the fact that you have to actively select it. Preferred it before.

but the whole point was to stop nasty posting ...and so far its been lovely the past few days...

though i notice loads of the old crowd are missing...but the rest of us seem to be ok

i don't feel shut away....i went on a few threads his week away from special needs...and mentioned autism...so no- i don't feel shut out.

special needs can still be what we need it to be...but now noone can claim they accidentally stumbled on us...they have to have 'actively chosen to include special needs'

these changes have meant that i have felt confident enough to post on MN for the first time properly in months...

...though...as i said i do miss my old friends who seem to be less keen to return

It may never be back to normal...but at least for newbies who know no different...it will not be hostile on SN....we have other places to go to be hostile!!!!

i have it saved to favorites. so no change for me.
bu to be honest I don't post about dd anymore just talk in general.

But I think a lot of what you call "nasty posting" was actually insenstitive posting on threads outside the special needs topic. I think what was needed was a more sensitve and thoughtful approach to all posting-and perhaps the heightened awareness brought about by all the discussion achieved this. I still dont like the topic being "sectioned off".

perosnally I think we should all be more sensitive. not just on sn.
some times i read the parenting threads(for example) and can't believe what people say to someone who is asking for help.

It's a PITA having to keep remembering to click on the 'including SN' option but somehow I feel a bit more comfortable about posting on here now.

yes...i feel easier about it too...like you mentioned on anotehr thread...there are personal things that we could do with being able to talk 'openly' about...but not too openly....and i don't need a password area to do that...and like just said...any thread will do..if people are just sensitive and thoughtful of what they post.
i agree about the fact that it was not always on a SN threadthat angry posts got made...but just feel better that now if i choose to be open about a personal problem...that if someone does start being hurtful...then i know they have chosen to be on the SN threads....and teherfore rather than argue with them i will just stop posting on THAT thread and start another....and so on.

for a long time now i have been struggling with things...and have avoided posting on here for fear of being judged etc....and now this last week i have been able to get some great help without anger.

I don't know if this link is any good to any of you... Its an "includes SN but with buying and selling" - I have it saved to my favourites and just come to MN via that link now.

I use that too-it cuts out all the for sale stuff which I find irritating!

Ah know what you mean fio. It took me a while to cotton onto that - the very public nature of the board- as it always felt more personal. Stuff has happened this week that in the past I would have posted on mumsnet about for advice/support. This week I didn't even want to, it wasn't a case of stopping myself or anything, it just doesn't feel appropriate anymore.

omg fio I never realised that. glad you pionted it out.

Can I just ask... is special educational needs section edited out too? Was pondering that earlier (when talking to MrsF)

No, I think the SEN setion still appears on the ordinary Active Convos list.

I've had a couple of CATs from people who have never posted on MN. I didn't mind helping but it does bring home to you just how 'open' the SN board is.