As you know, some people like these threads and some don't. Some are just concerned that with the number of them on the forum, that they may miss some and
upset people. because of this we had a poll as to whether to have a single hug thread a day, or leave it as it is. The results were that over 76% of you wanted
the single thread.
Because of this, and after some intense discussion, from today we will start having a single hug thread. This is all new to us too so, what we will do is give this a try and if it doesn't work out, well there is nothing lost.
Either Katrina or myself (more likely Katrina as she is up earlier
)
will start a new thread each morning, just like the birthday thread. If you feel that you or someone you know needs a hug then send their / your name to one of
us and it will be put in the first message on that thread. Don't worry if you are up later, you can still contact us and we can edit the thread to add
names. Alternatively you can write your piece and add it to the thread yourself, although it won't be on the first message as only we can edit it.
Could I please ask however, that before you send in names for friends etc. that you clear it with them first, as not everyone wants the hugs.
It would also be nice if we had updates so we know whether to remove names or add to it.
We are hoping that this way, people won't worry about whether they have missed giving hugs and if people don't feel they want to read them, then there is only the one thread to avoid.
The hug thread will be pinned to the top each day.
Like any new thing on the forum, it will take some time to adapt to, so if we do find the hug posts elsewhere, we will move them into the thread and add the persons name to the first post.
As I say it is a new thing for us too and may or may not work, all I ask is that we give it a shot as it seems the majority of people would prefer it this way.
Tina
Because of this, and after some intense discussion, from today we will start having a single hug thread. This is all new to us too so, what we will do is give this a try and if it doesn't work out, well there is nothing lost.
Either Katrina or myself (more likely Katrina as she is up earlier
)
will start a new thread each morning, just like the birthday thread. If you feel that you or someone you know needs a hug then send their / your name to one of
us and it will be put in the first message on that thread. Don't worry if you are up later, you can still contact us and we can edit the thread to add
names. Alternatively you can write your piece and add it to the thread yourself, although it won't be on the first message as only we can edit it.
Could I please ask however, that before you send in names for friends etc. that you clear it with them first, as not everyone wants the hugs.
It would also be nice if we had updates so we know whether to remove names or add to it.
We are hoping that this way, people won't worry about whether they have missed giving hugs and if people don't feel they want to read them, then there is only the one thread to avoid.
The hug thread will be pinned to the top each day.
Like any new thing on the forum, it will take some time to adapt to, so if we do find the hug posts elsewhere, we will move them into the thread and add the persons name to the first post.
As I say it is a new thing for us too and may or may not work, all I ask is that we give it a shot as it seems the majority of people would prefer it this way.
Tina
No Jenny the hug thread is further down 
