What is with all the 2007 threads today??

Singlebutmarried · 2022-11-10T23:05:51+00:00

Some people been searching up some weird shit. yes this is a TAAT technically but surely when 15 year old posts get revived there should be something in place (other than the this is an old thread message)

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User438651209 · 11/11/2022 16:04

Not you, @Singlebutmarried , the thread in the link. Have the old threads stopped now, I saw some yesterday.

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Singlebutmarried · 11/11/2022 15:54

User438651209 · 11/11/2022 11:58

I reported this thread and it came back from MNHQ as not a troll and a long term member

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I’m defo not a troll.

Just very bemused by the amount of zombie threads lately.

Hopefully it’s getting sorted.

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User438651209 · 11/11/2022 11:58

Backthetruckup · 10/11/2022 23:34

Was just about to say the same thing! Suspect...

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I reported this thread and it came back from MNHQ as not a troll and a long term member

User438651209 · 11/11/2022 11:54

BIWI · 11/11/2022 08:49

@User438651209 MNHQ have been on the case for the last few days deleting and banning - but this troll is determined and keeps re-registering. Generally in the evening and through into the small hours.

Looks their agenda is simply to create havoc, so it will put people off from posting. (As well as giving MNHQ a major headache!)

I reported the thread in question 'how was life different 15 years ago' and MNHQ reported back that it wasn't a troll and a long standing user so it must have been a coincidence

Proteinpudding · 11/11/2022 10:21

I don't know why a site as big as Mumsnet doesn't have mechanisms in place to deal with this, spam of some form is really common on forums. Most sites would temporarily put in account verification requirements for new accounts, so those newly registering can't post until their account has been manually authorised, giving opportunity to check if it's a previously banned poster (IP address etc)
It's not a foolproof system but the current system where trolls can continuously disrupt the website is a bit bizarre.

MermaidEyes · 11/11/2022 09:44

BIWI · 11/11/2022 09:37

f they keep it up long enough posters will stop logging on and go elsewhere. It's making the site very unusable

I think this is exactly the troll's intention. This isn't someone just trolling 'for fun' - I think this is a more serious, probably co-ordinated, type of 'attack'. With the aim of seriously disrupting the site, and making MNHQ have to work really hard!

Exactly! I suspect its a group of people, not just one random person with too much time on their hands. It's been going on for days now.

BIWI · 11/11/2022 09:37

f they keep it up long enough posters will stop logging on and go elsewhere. It's making the site very unusable

I think this is exactly the troll's intention. This isn't someone just trolling 'for fun' - I think this is a more serious, probably co-ordinated, type of 'attack'. With the aim of seriously disrupting the site, and making MNHQ have to work really hard!

MermaidEyes · 11/11/2022 09:31

BIWI · 10/11/2022 23:37

@ofwarren I think this is the whole point. It's someone (or some people) who have a grudge against MN and are trying to make it unusable.

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Was just about to say this, if they keep it up long enough posters will stop logging on and go elsewhere. It's making the site very unusable because you take your time to write a reply on a thread only to find its 15 feckin years old.

continueorterminate · 11/11/2022 09:11

5foot5 · 11/11/2022 08:44

Interesting theory. Or could be plain old mysogony

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Same thing isn't it?

ErrolTheDragon · 11/11/2022 08:59

Bluekerfuffle · 10/11/2022 23:47

What is the water/bison troll? I keep seeing this, surely someone doesn’t keep posting about bison and water? A bit arbitrary…

The bison ones were in relation to the recent successful birth of a baby bison 'in the wild' ... in Kent, inside a big fence. The posts were faux concern about bisons trampling through towns or something hyperbolic of that sort.

The 'water' ones were about water quality and some very silly stuff about the government vaccinating us via car catalytic converters.
Daft, but at least they took time for the troll to type so the volume wasn't too overwhelming.

BIWI · 11/11/2022 08:53

Yes @ChocHotolate, and not helped by the fact that (on the desktop site at least) there's no longer a column showing the date that the thread was started. So the only date you see is on a post itself, which is easily missed.

ChocHotolate · 11/11/2022 08:52

Once threads are reactivated and showing in "active" it is very easy to be caught out and post without looking at the dates. I just wish MN would lock old threads over X number of years old

Tothemoonandbackx · 11/11/2022 08:50

I put up a thread last night that was quickly deleted, I think it was because I named the troll in the title, but I was a teeny weeny bit tipsy and I was getting annoyed at posts from 2007 and some from 2012 too, seems they like those particular years.

BIWI · 11/11/2022 08:49

Looks like ...

BIWI · 11/11/2022 08:49

@User438651209 MNHQ have been on the case for the last few days deleting and banning - but this troll is determined and keeps re-registering. Generally in the evening and through into the small hours.

Looks their agenda is simply to create havoc, so it will put people off from posting. (As well as giving MNHQ a major headache!)

vodkaredbullgirl · 11/11/2022 08:45

MNHQ are on it, hopefully it won't take too long.

User438651209 · 11/11/2022 08:45

BIWI · 11/11/2022 08:28

@User438651209 it's being done by a very persistent troll. There's no coincidence about it.

Surely it would have been deleted as people have obviously reported it, it was started yesterday about 7pm and is still going now

5foot5 · 11/11/2022 08:44

continueorterminate · 10/11/2022 23:26

I assumed it was a TRA who doesn't like women talking about women's rights so is filling trending with old posts instead of new

Interesting theory. Or could be plain old mysogony

Phrenologistsfinger · 11/11/2022 08:38

It’s the same or similar format names across several threads (I don’t normally notice stuff like this so it must be blatant enough to stick in my memory!).

Phrenologistsfinger · 11/11/2022 08:37

I’ve noticed a few OTT thread derailments by posters to make threads unusable that have a whiff of the posting style of the bison/water troll (see, eg the Jennifer Aniston thread). But I’m not sure if I am being over suspicious.

BIWI · 11/11/2022 08:28

@User438651209 it's being done by a very persistent troll. There's no coincidence about it.

User438651209 · 11/11/2022 08:26

I'm sure the 2007 thread is not anything to do with this and is just a coincidence.

I like plot twist theory 2

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Singlebutmarried · 11/11/2022 08:20

Defo not me with a name change (tried once ages ago and failed) also have not got the energy to go trawling through 15 years of AIBU for shits n giggles.

I like plot twist 2 though

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