to think you dont like the way MNHQ do it - then go elsewhere?

[FriedaRoam]

criket - they oWN the gaff, surely they can do as they please?
they are only humouring you by making you think that you run it

[Hassled]

Agreed. Thank you.

And everyone needs to stop bloody wingeing about the quality of the posters these days and who said what when and who looked at who funnily. Enough now.

[FriedaRoam]

just trot off

there are other websites
as Justine hail said on the mccann thread - dont like it - well TOUGH - bog off

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Yeah. There's always netmums.
Is Mumsonline still going?
If you don't like Mn, you probably won't like BMC either.

[FriedaRoam]

ANOTHER one has started.

[FriedaRoam]

piss off if you dont like it!

[thisisyesterday]

actually, I don't totally agree with this

MN would be nothing without the members... we are who ARE mumsnet. And I don't think it's unreasonable for members to say "hey, what's with this?" or "is there a chance we can do stuff differnetly"

MN has changed a lot since I first discovered it, and many of the changes have been suggested or campaigned for by people using the site.

so, i don't think it's unreasonable to ask for things to be changed if you think it's a positive change and you ask nicely.

the whole "if you don't like it fuck off" attitude I actually find really unpleasant actually

[FriedaRoam]

no
if oyu pissed off -t ehre would still be THOUSANDS of others as the "MOldie" thing showed

its their site

[thisisyesterday]

i'm not sure what "we are who ARE mumsnet" means
I think I meant that we ARE mumsnet

[catinthehat2]

oh noes, I'm agreeing with Frieda , have always said the same thing though, it's their name on the list of directors, they who get taken to court if someone gets nasty. THey're running a business (an unusual one), it's not easy.

What brought the OP on?

[wannaBe]

I think yes and no.

It is mnhq's site, and as such they technically can do what they like and no-one is obliged to be here.

But mn is a business, and the users are their customer base, their revenue generated from the adverts that are displayed by each click on the site. Therefore, if the customers are unhappy, then the customers are the voice, and the barometer for the revenue. If users start to leave because of dissatisfaction then the revenue drops and the business suffers.

Whether they like it or not businesses do have to listen to their customers if they want to continue to succeed.

[Hassled]

They're certainly reliant on our collective goodwill - but we've all made the conscious decision to register/post. And yes, we can all piss off and maybe they'd go under - but even the constant moaners don't want that. Where would they moan if that happened? So given that it's safe to assume everyone wants MN to exist, stop the constant moaning about what they do.

[FriedaRoam]

Where would they moan if that happened?

LOLOL

[thisisyesterday]

ok... how about when tiktok and mears etc left because of the ads on the front page... was it nestle based? I forget now

they had a lot of support on here.

no-one told them to "jog on" because they didn't like something MN was doing

[FriedaRoam]

no but the place carried on
mears was back a while ago to say hi

[thisisyesterday]

of course the place carried on, and yes tiktok and mears came back once MN had taken the ad down, and MN listened and said they wouldn't do it again

my point is... what is wrong with them saying "hey MN, we don't like this"

they complained, things were changed, everything went on...

[FriedaRoam]

ah yes

[pumpernickel10]

If I didn't like somewhere I'd leave it's as simple as that folks but I do like MN so I am staying but those that whinge about MN just naff off if you don't like it :) :)

[TheFarSide]

It's healthy to be able to make comments and complaints about a website (or any business) and unhealthy to suppress complaints. Without customers, a business is nothing.

[Primalscream]

YANBU - MN is full of professional moaners who like nothing better than a good moan, they don't really want perfection because once they get that they'll start eating each other - plus the smell of burning martyr gets on my wick - shut up & put your concerns to HQ in a private email.

[Shoesytwoesy]

your not wrong unless they are allowing racism/ diablism the they can make the rules(does help if the rules make sense though)

[OracleInaCoracle]

Im fed up with mn at the moment, I have moaned about it. its my right as a member. I dont like the way it is at the moment and there are a lot of posters who seem to be posting a lot who I dont like. Im not using mn as much, but i take exception to the point that I should just go somewhere else if I dont like it. why should I? this is my site too and I have the right to post here as much as anyone else, I also have the right to say Im not happy with it at the moment as a customer. If I had a shit meal at my favourite restaurant/pub I would complain about it, the same goes here.

[DontCallMePeanut]

Ia there an AIBU on netmums?

[catinthehat2]

Come on, tell us:

What brought the OP on?

[Glitterknickaz]

Depends on the line of complaint.
If it's near the knuckle with regard to the law then fair dos.