What is a troll and why are so many posts being removed/deleted by Mumsnet

[dikkertjedap]

in one of the threads in Unreasonable?

[NetworkGuy]

deletions would most likely be because of 'personal' attacks made against a poster - racist etc comments are not tolerated, and bitchiness directed at anyone is invariably a 'reasonable cause'.

MNHQ rarely deletes whole threads, as their policy is to keep as much online as possible for potential benefit of someone searching for a particular topic.

Trolls are described *> here

[HelenMumsnet]

Thanks Network Guy - admirably put!

[dikkertjedap]

Thanks, still not totally sure, does a troll uses somebody else's username? How is that possible as the name is clearly already taken?

[ThePosieParker]

No, it could be someone just posting nasty or controversial posts for their own entertainment and not anything that's helpful to anyone.

So I could go onto ChickenKeepers and start saying that foxes are the best thing ever and it;s cruel to keep chickens, or go onto religion just to say God is blah blah and Allah is blah blah....

[dikkertjedap]

Thanks for the clarification.