Gransnet in 2024 - have your say!

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

Agree with:
- no name change
- separate forum for games
- separate forum for royal family (but news & politics to stay as one - too many discussions would overlap if separate)

Also:
- no ads under Search. This is a v. useful tool but not user friendly.
- see no particular reason for aiming to attract more men - plenty of places where they can express their opinions, what is wrong with a forum for grandmothers?
- am often puzzled by the way some threads attract hordes of posters with unfamiliar names who instantly disappear again. Something rather disquieting about the idea of umpteen 'lurkers' lurking for months on end, if that is what causes this.

Agree with Pittcity, bring back competitions and book of the month. Used to love applying for and occasionally receiving the book.

Pre COVID and lockdowns , Gransnet ran some really good competitions, including book of the month.
I actually happily won a few books.
It would be lovely to see these competitions back . 😊

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.

Exactly right LauraNorder

Some long standing threads never seem to get into the active page, or if they do it’s already 3/4 of the way down the page. Keep complaining without success
OP s posts highlighted
Games in a different section

fancythat

Read back what has been said on Site Stuff over the past year. And act.

This.

We keep being asked what we’d like but nothing ever changes

I don't think the name needs to be changed but the format does.

There are too many forums so they need reducing. Often some of them have no comments on at all.

The colour option on MN needs to be on GN as well so you can quickly see a thread you have previously looked at.

There's quite a lot could be improved.

I agree totally with HousePlantQueen I feel I would be better treated in a court of law than by you guys, punished for life.

Reading the name Nannanook I immediately added ie at the end. If you changed to that ghastly name you would not see me for dust.

We have asked for years for a separate Games section but it never happens, little ever does except perhaps lose more GNs.

A big NO to 'nananook'.

Separate the games section

Highlight the OP throughout the thread, as in Mumsnet.

Have a sentence/punishment or whatever you call it, then wipe the slate clean. As someone who was (wrongly) accused of an insult to another poster, then subsequently re-instated (without apology, I may add), I know that one wrong comment and I am off for good. It is unfair to be forever afraid of the third strike in three strikes and you are out. After a set period, slates should be wiped clean.

Separate games section
The ability, having started to type a message to be able to return to check something on previous pages without losing what you had just written. (Currently I do this by typing on Safari and checking on Google.

(Realise that things vary when using an iPad from what happens when using a laptop)

Separate Games section,
No edit function, there is already preview.
Highlight OP through out thread.

shysal

I would like to say goodbye to the ancient videos which pop up in every thread.

I agree. The pop up ads are just a nuisance.
I was a model for the make up video that was made many years ago.
I used to test products for Gransnet too.
There are none of these opportunities any more.

Gransnet this is such a POINTLESS exercise you do it every year and every year it h just goes quiet with NO changes at all not ever the courage to say ‘ no w re not doing it and give a reason’
Totally pointless

segregate the games, please. pretty please.
they are not discussions.
clog up the active list.

I would like to say goodbye to the ancient videos which pop up in every thread.

Separate Games Section please.

As many have already mentioned but just wanted to add to the Gnetters requesting these things:

The OP posts in a colour throughout the thread

A book of the month / book club

A like / agree button

Short time edit button

A separate games section

Separate news and politics buttons

Id like to see more product reviews, and the views of Gransnetters being sought by HQ because organisations want to know what we think. There are lots of both of these on on Mumsnet, and very few on here.

Most of these have already been suggested, I’m adding my support.

Separating out News and Politics would be sensible as would a dedicated heading for the Royal Family.

A separate section for games, please.

A search facility that works.

A time limited edit button would be helpful

Would rather not have a Like button or the OP the ability to close a thread.

Having all the OPs posts in a colour would be more than helpful.

Being able to move to a previous page in a thread after beginning a response without losing what’s been typed. A memory reminder is often needed.

fancythat

Read back what has been said on Site Stuff over the past year. And act.

Exactly. Why start a thread like this when all you have to do is read through the suggestions that we have continually made over the years?

I am not sure anyone out here in the real world reads the articles you feature on your front page, GN. Everyone just goes straight to the conversations. If more people at HQ looked at the site from a user's point of view and spent more time reading and joining in with the conversations, they would KNOW what people are interested in/talking about and wouldn't have to keep coming back and asking, only to disregard the suggestions made.

Yes to short term edit. Even when I check, o still find I’ve put if rather than of.
No to like. You can post a smile or a thumbs up if you like a post without blocking the system or making it a competition.
Yes to being able to look back to a post when you’re writing a response. I’m good at copy and paste to save what I’ve written, but it’s a pain.

NO to Nananook! Yes to a like button and to Urmstongran’s suggestion of the ability to move from the end of one thread to another without having to scroll to the top of the page.

Just to add, it would be soooo helpful if the poster had their country next to their name. People often talk if if we know where they are, but they could be in Australia, Canada, USA or Europe. It is often relevant to their comment and therefore confusing to not know where they are.