A moan about a thread deletion

[paxillin]

Sorry to be a bit over-invested in what was just random chat. Chippednailvarnish's thread was fun though. I know it started off as "why are there so many first time posters posting dodgy threads", which could be seen as policing who can or cannot start a thread. But if that was beyond the pale, it should have been zapped immediately. It developed into a fun thread. Quite a few of MNHQ posts, too. It was allowed to stand all evening and all morning and then went. Yes, there were a couple of minor arguments, one got dissolved last night, before and during some of HQ's posts.

There were so many people on there. The deleting of a jocular comment was already weird, the "victim" of that joke said she got the joke, no problem, it's funny. It wasn't grand politics. What was it then? The discussion over fuck to rhyme with duck or look? Or troll-doll, troll-foal? Even this morning peace broke out over a frozen shoulder after a short argument.

It really makes me feel censored. Not because it was so important, but because it was such trivial fun and got zapped.

[PresidentOliviaMumsnet]

Sorry, we're not trying to censor chat - quite the reverse.

[Chippednailvarnish]

I'm guessing that the person complaining about the "pack mentality" requested the thread was deleted, even though they were really the only person making personal comments.

And it is censorship - very selective censorship.

[Sparklingbrook]

I don't know what to think any more.

[hobnobsaremyfavourite]

It was a fun thread.
Feels like the goady twats are winning on here.

[paxillin]

That's true, the goady ones won. And it got deleted AFTER peace was made. Wrong message all around. If you want a thread gone, be goady, if people don't like that, say they are ganging up on you as a "pack" and get it deleted.

[Sparklingbrook]

I am starting to think a daily name change is the way forward.

[LilacSpunkMonkey]

I missed the thread.

Can someone fill me in please? Without getting this one deleted too?

There'a a challenge!

[Queenbean]

It would be great if we were allowed to discuss threads SOMETIMES. Especially deleted ones. I think that part of the problem is that people want to know if they're right about trolls or whatever so they have to pretend post like they're interested without actually being so. So you end up with loads of posts on a thread that no one really gives a shit about, they just want to know if they were right about it being a troll.

And sadly, sometimes the deletion message is amusing too.

New troll this evening btw MNHQ, I have reported! 😇

[paxillin]

1. Does fuck rhyme with duck or look?
   
2. Troll- rhymes with doll or goal?
   
3. Is there an unusual amount of trollery at the moment?
   
4. How to treat a frozen shoulder?
   
5. Can you type with your nipples because Worra can?
   

Forgot most od the rest...

[paxillin]

Maryz clearly has a better memory than I do

[Queenbean]

Maryz it's so obviously the same troll starting the same shit on different threads. So only one I've noticed but a repeat offender!

[LilacSpunkMonkey]

Sounds like I missed loads!

Was Larry someone's idol now? Isn't Larry two people?!?

I'm so confused...

[OrangesandLemonsNow]

I don't know what to think any more.

Me too

[Sparklingbrook]

Did Kanye get a mention on that thread too? I can't remember.

All I know is that keeping the same name and agreeing with other people who keep the same name is no longer acceptable.

[OrangesandLemonsNow]

Lilac

Larry is a mixture of Harry and Louis.

[LilacSpunkMonkey]

Oh Lordy was it the Kanye thread?

The one deleted for being a troll?

What was the issue with that one?

It was a blatant gf from the start and just got weirder and weirder.

[TippyTappyLappyToppy]

And I still don't know how on earth doll could rhyme with goal [baffled]

You've obviously never been to Dartford or Basildon