Hello from GNHQ

I hate the idea of a like button.

Not in favour of like/dislike either. But do agree with OP posts highlighted, edit function of post and improved search, preferably for posters ‘name’ or subject in date order of their postings.
Thank you for asking HQ.

I agree with FarNorth about highlighting all the posts of the initial poster within a thread, as they do on mumsnet.

Agree with ability to edit post after posting. Also highlight original posters responses.
I wonder if anyone would be interested in something like a pen pal section. There’s some posters I find interesting and I would like to converse with them outside of the topics posted.

I want to ask about the 'I'm on' facility. How long do posts stay on this? Sometimes I don't post for a while but then want to check back on the last posts I commented on, but they are nowhere to be found

Bluebellwould
Why not drop those posters a PM. That’s how lots of us start an online friendship.

I must have my cynical hat on today because if I have seen this once from GNHQ I've seen it half a dozen times. Not only does nothing change but we rarely if ever get any feedback on suggestions.

So , maybe GNHQ could look back at all the other times they asked this question and update us on what became of all those suggestions?

I agree nanandgrampy we have been asked for ideas at least once a year if not more regularly we have pages and pages usually asking for the same few things then it goes very quiet and nothing more is heard
LilyGransnet
please answer this and yes we want very little

1 highlighting the original posters posts all through the thread
2 A five minute edit button
3 Better search facilities
4 Games in a separate place

That’s it simples

I am not sure I want games in a separate area, I never play them by the way.

And I would want to know a bit more about an edit button and how that works on other sites in terms of trolls and personal attacks.

Should definitely move Games to its own tab at the top and not have it under the Forum. A forum is for discussion, and there would be more room to show discussions if there weren't all those flippin' games threads!
Games are games, they should not be on a discussion forum.

Why can’t they be separate if you don’t play them what difference would it make to you galaxy
When I opened my news feed the other day the first 15 threads were Games I don’t want to wade through them all to get to readable threads

I always hide the games threads and anything I don't want to be involved with. That way I can see more of what I am interested in.
It's easy to do using the drop down menu top right.

I dont like people being pushed into a little corner, it feels unfriendly. As someone mentioned just hide them or scroll past.

Pittcity

I always hide the games threads and anything I don't want to be involved with. That way I can see more of what I am interested in.
It's easy to do using the drop down menu top right.

Sorry, that's just not true. There is no drop down menu and no way to hide them on a computer.

Sorry pittcity that is not how it is at all I m not at all sure what you mean but it isn’t possible to do that I m on an iPad and I have to do a complicated number of steps to hide each one and the next day they are all back !!

Hear hear for moving Games into a separate section.

galaxy no ones pushing anyone in a corner that’s such a strange remark if you want to go in for competitions you go to a different area I m sure they don’t all feel pushed in a corner

The ability for the OP to close their thread would be great please .

Can the news thread be separated from politics?
They are somewhat incompatible.

I would like to see discussions threaded within the thread instead of all posts being listed sequentially.

For example, here, people are remarking on editing, likes and games. If I want to comment about editing I can tag onto that group of posts. If I want to comment about likes, I can tag onto that group of posts and so on.

Also I would like to see a warning if someone has posted on a thread between me starting to type and posting a response. Something like "Three people have replied since you started typing your message. Would you like to review what you have written before posting? This might reduce the incidence of repetitive messages.

Seconded NotaGran55 suggestion to be able to close a thread.

Lastly, and this might be unpopular, but a day or two delay between joining GN and being able to join discussions. It would reduce the amount of spamming and may also reduce the number of essay-length dyfunctional family stories from one- off posters who are never heard from again.

These suggestions are all features on other discussion forums that seem to work well.

It would be good to have a search facility which enabled us to enter the name of a poster and see links to all their posts in reverse chronological order ~(ie most recent first)

https://www.gransnet.com/uploads/talk/202108/medium-244878-img-20210805-181833.jpg https://www.gransnet.com/uploads/talk/202108/medium-55500-img-20210805-181700.jpg

These are what I use to hide threads after I've opened them once.

Galaxy

And I would want to know a bit more about an edit button and how that works on other sites in terms of trolls and personal attacks.

On some sites it is left to trust, but on others more like this one which is public and has lots of members there is a 5 minute window, so people can see their post and correct/adjust any errors or ambiguities.

On others you can edit until someone has replied, so that you can't edit to make their post seem silly.

There is usually a note at the bottom to say that a post has been edited and how often.

I’ve found it a solace on some occasions and very supportive but other times a bit snobby and hurtful.