My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

MNHQ have commented on this thread

Site stuff

Weird post deletions

51 replies

BeyondASpecialSnowflake · 02/09/2016 17:29

Can I clarify - is telling someone they are wrong or are patronising you considered a personal attack? I wouldn't say so, but I interpret things wrong sometimes!!
I ask because there seem to be some weird deletions around...??

OP posts:
Report
PurpleDaisies · 02/09/2016 17:33

You can definitely tell people you disagree with them as long as you don't do it in a way that's a personal attack.

You are wrong because X, y, z fine.
You are a total bitch and wrong, not fine.

Report
YouAreMyRain · 02/09/2016 17:38

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

BeyondASpecialSnowflake · 02/09/2016 17:39

Well that's what I thought, purple. But I was reading a thread earlier and nothing jumped out as breaking guidelines, just people disagreeing. I see it again and all of a sudden it's like Swiss cheese!!

OP posts:
Report
usual · 02/09/2016 17:40

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

YouAreMyRain · 02/09/2016 17:41

Ok, I thought personal attack meant name calling, I just want clarification

Report
BeyondASpecialSnowflake · 02/09/2016 17:41

^^ example there of the type of posts.
I've certainly somewhat vociferously given my opinion before without deletion, so have I just been 'lucky'?

OP posts:
Report
PurpleDaisies · 02/09/2016 17:42

I must have totally missed that-which thread?

I think telling people that they constantly pop up on threads effectively to make trouble probably does count as a personal attack so I could see why that might get deleted.

Report
usual · 02/09/2016 17:43

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

BeyondASpecialSnowflake · 02/09/2016 17:43

How is it a PA? I'm actually genuinely confused Confused
I can see it isn't nice, but I've certainly seen many, many posts like that stand before. Did they all break guidelines too?

OP posts:
Report
PurpleDaisies · 02/09/2016 17:44

I can see it isn't nice, but I've certainly seen many, many posts like that stand before. Did they all break guidelines too?

Probably, but they might not have been reported.

Report
BeyondASpecialSnowflake · 02/09/2016 17:45

If that post to usual is a PA, then surely that scuttley comment is?

Wtf hq. I am lost.

OP posts:
Report
BeyondASpecialSnowflake · 02/09/2016 17:45

Mn will cease to exist is snarky comments are banned! Grin

OP posts:
Report
BeyondASpecialSnowflake · 02/09/2016 17:46

Black and white guidelines would be so much easier to navigate.

OP posts:
Report
IfTheCapFitsWearIt · 02/09/2016 17:48

Its a personal attack, because its a character assignation on a poster.

Report
usual · 02/09/2016 17:48

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

PurpleDaisies · 02/09/2016 17:49

beyond I think this thread is a mistake and you should ask for it to be deleted. I've reported it as a thread about a thread.

I'm surprised you can't see that what was written was a personal attack.

Report
BeyondASpecialSnowflake · 02/09/2016 17:52

Wtf usual? There were loads of deletions, not just that one! Why would I start a thread to have a dig at you when I didn't even post on the thread - I was just reading it

OP posts:
Report
BeyondASpecialSnowflake · 02/09/2016 17:53

Purple. I am autistic and I find some things bloody difficult to interpret.
Fuck me though - this is an absolute car crash!

OP posts:
Report
kua · 02/09/2016 17:54

Somewhat ironic given the quoted thread

Report
BeyondASpecialSnowflake · 02/09/2016 17:54

If a "character assassination" counts as a personal attack then there we go. It's not in the bloody guidelines though.

OP posts:
Report
usual · 02/09/2016 17:55

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

PurpleDaisies · 02/09/2016 17:55

beyond if it's helpful, criticising the opinion is fine, criticising the poster themselves isn't.

In the example youaremyrain has used the poster is being criticised for being a pain on multiple threads. That's an attack on them.

Report

Don’t want to miss threads like this?

Weekly

Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!

Log in to update your newsletter preferences.

You've subscribed!

PurpleDaisies · 02/09/2016 17:56

Character assassination woyld definitely come under the umbrella term "personal attack".

Report
IfTheCapFitsWearIt · 02/09/2016 17:59

What else would a character assignation come as? If you pull someone apart bit by bit thats pretty personal.

Report
IfTheCapFitsWearIt · 02/09/2016 18:01

*assassination

Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.