Gransnet in 2024 - have your say!

Jaxjacky

Edit function please, no to like button or name change.
Granny23 and Wales, Northern Ireland, extended to USA, Australia and so on? Unworkable IMO.

I agree.

There have been plenty of threads on Scottish issues, they are very well represented on Gransnet, far more than other countries of the UK or other countries where Gransnetters live.

Anyone can start a thread on anything if they wish.

M0nica

If you change the name to 'nananook', you wouldn't be able to see me for dust and small stones.

It smacks of catty old ladies with their knitting, Dame Edna glasses, all sitting saying nasty things about the sil/DiL's while boasting about grand children - shudder -

It does prove that AI is a male orinetated, male controlled tool. This suggestion wuld never have come up if women payed a serious part in AI.

Joking apart, I think that that is a very serious issue.

Otherwise I agree with Blebelle

^It smacks of catty old ladies with their knitting, Dame Edna glasses, all sitting saying nasty things about the sil/DiL's while boasting about grand children - shudder^-

Well, on behalf of all those lovely knitters on Gransnet, I must protest at your post, M0nica.

That really is a rather catty remark and there are far worse remarks made on threads other than the craft ones.

Not like you at all!

Another one here who would like the games removed to a separate section.

I know doodle I just worry they feel picked on
Oh and I have just remembered, that feminism topic we asked for a hundred years ago, that definitely wont happen though!

Oh, sorry! It's a suggestion for a name.

Awful!!

Games in a separate section
OP's posts highlighted all the way through a thread
A friendly moderator to delete posts if we decide we shouldn't have posted something personal - no-one seems to be there to listen now. The old moderators used to pop in for ☕ and 🎂 🙂

LauraNorderr

Nananook!
Pleeease, you’ve got to be kidding.
Sounds patronising, silly and excludes men.
If that’s what AI is going to be like God help us.

I'm confused🤔

Is there a post by someone called Nananook or am I missing something?

Nananook.com as a name is awful. Stick with gransnet.

An edit button enabling you to make amendments for up to an hour.

When a poster starts a thread, it would be helpful to see all their posts within that thread highlighted, not just their starting post.

Not to lose what you have typed when going back to another page of the thread to check, for example, a posters name or comment that you wish to comment on.

Bring back competitions and monthly book club.

A search function that works and ideally more like mumsnet

Galaxy

I always feel sorry for the games people when this topic comes up

Why? The Games forum would still be there, just not in Active Topics. The Games people could go straight to the Games forum and play from there, dropping into discussions when they want to.

Kandinsky

Basically -,make GN the same as MN.

It’s not rocket science, is it?

No name change. Unnecessary IMO and Nananook is really silly.

Separate Games section. Why not Active Games as well as the current Active?

Basically -,make GN the same as MN.

-Edit facility
-'like' button,
-The thing that Mumsnet has where you can opt to see all of a poster's updates on a thread they have initiated.

As for nananook, no way!

I always feel sorry for the games people when this topic comes up

I think that by 'separate' people mean that Games wouldn't show up on Active Topics. They can clog the page, particularly at night.

We already have a separate games forum - what we want is the facility to hide entire forums like they have on mumsnet.

Looks like as always it the same half dozen or less things that are asked for
The same ever since I ve been on here probably 11 or more years AND not one has ever been allowed
This is a totally pointless operation unless you are going to listen and make some small changes

No to Nananook, terrible name.

Separate Games forum, depending on the day and time the active thread seems to consist of only games, takes forever to scroll through them all.

OP to be in the same colour throughout the thread.

Short term edit button.

Search facility that works.

Get rid of the ghastly old video's

It would be nice to think we could get some of these things as every year we get asked our opinion but nothing changes. Gransnet is looking rather tired and old fashioned and definitely in need of a revamp.

I forgot about the lovely books I sometimes used to win, then posting a short review !

No to a like button I couldnt think of anything worse.
The search facility never works for me and it does on MN so it would be good if that worked.

Tizliz

Could sort out the forums. E.g. Classics, don’t know what it is for and there are only 10 posts.

Another vote to move games off active/last day etc

Classics could be better used, but it is for threads that people want to go back to because they have useful information, or because they were particularly entertaining.

Definitely no name change. Especially the awful Nanook !

Separate games forum.

A decent search option.

OP’s posts colour marked.

Thank you.

kittylester

I agree about competitions and product testing. We also had some chats with various well known people. Really enjoyed those.

Those Q&As and chats with celebs were great. I particularly liked Des O’Connor and Jules Hudson.

Could sort out the forums. E.g. Classics, don’t know what it is for and there are only 10 posts.

Another vote to move games off active/last day etc