To find many People on Mumsnet are fake!

No I believe alot of it is fake, from the way new topics come up from discussions giving them ideas especially politically, just seems all content-ey, even usernames seem contrived; the way everyone has the same opinion, lacking insight, then suddenly everyone's opinion changes, the way people are so mean as well isn't normal compared to other forums

Im not middle class at all very midlands working class have worked at jobs from cleaning to cheffing, yes ive got a degree but i did it part time after i was 40 just to prove to myself i could do it, and paid for it as i was working OH has always worked very high flying jobs in academia and computer programming but still working class, educated to PHD level since we met 10 years ago he has retired and his pension draw down let us buy a small two bedroom semi with no ensuite lol for cash so yes we are comfortable now in retirement and realise i am lucky i met him

The £175k thread was actually very interesting if you bothered to read.

The vast majority of social media is fake, as is much of Mumsnet. And so am I.

IRL I'd never say anything like as much as I do on here.

What did you expect @leavingabusetoday ?

I’ve never left my 10 year old home alone 😬.
MN has a fairly affluent demographic. Of course there will be some absolute bollocks being spouted on some threads, but in general I think people are being truthful.

Yawn. Bye then.
Why fake. All sounds normal. £175k woman all normal.
What a load of shit. Where is the fake?

OP
You are correct to a certain extend. However, as they say, facts can be stranger than fiction

MN is an eye opener re problems with next door, schools, Facebook, parties, weddings, parties, friends etc etc

If you feel its "fake" - just ignore and move on

What gets me is small group of posters that go around mocking other posters, inciting others to mock posters etc and sadly some do join in

I find that many MN are unforgiving and lack compassion re certain subjects

However, it is a very helpful place for most people and even historical threads searched via google eseucally re health can be very helpful for reasssrung etc

Take care

Fortunately I’m one of the posh middle classes who won’t experience anything like military service - maybe a bit of light volunteering at the National Gallery or something…😉

It used to be so good. I absolutely needed the sage advice when had a baby 8 years ago.

Now though all you get is ridiculous posts made up by sit so called journalised pretending to be real users to rile up the internet and then write a story about it in the daily mail tomorrow as if it's real news. Such a shame.

I'm actually a dog,

The thread with the hungover mum was absolutely ridiculous, people were acting like she was a drunk who regularly used her child as some
sort of hangover nurse 😆 I don’t know about fakeness but the sheer nastiness of some posters is just pathetic!

I have seen a few people mention that several posts that are posted as current ones they have read before word for word.

I think mn hasn't attracted new members so much hence the lack of baby posts compared to before. I think they might be recycling old content to make it look busier.

Everyone lives 'rurally' and on aibu yesterday people were supposedly going about 4 big holidays in a year!

😂😂😂 fake like you 😂

People have always lied on the internet, and MN is nowhere near as middle class as a lot of people think.

The posts you're talking about just stand out more than the mundane ones about average jobs and homes.

I have a good job. My DH has a good job. And we didn’t leave our young kids unsupervised, because surely that’s just basic parenting? We were always up before they were. I’m still an early riser now and I’m usually up by 7.

I had a horrific childhood though, and lived in poverty, but worked my arse off so I’d have a better adult life.

I could be a travelling circus elephant with a good grasp of English though. But personally I would find it odd to lie on an anonymous forum, although Im sure plenty do…

I miss the funny lighthearted threads. The only one I can recall making me belly laugh lately was the bison/serpent troll threads. I imagine they were banned sharpish.

I’m a bit of both. I’m from a working class background, relatives get housing benefit, mum is on pension credit, went to school with teen mums etc.

But I also see the other side at work, with most colleagues privately educated, big houses on leafy streets, Range Rovers parked at work etc, couples each on £100k+ salaries etc.

So I know that both sides of the coin exist, and I’m always non-plussed when people assume the posts by women on higher salaries must be fake.

I suspect quite a few are literally fake, as in fictional. It seems to have become more vicious and po faced as the years have gone by. The days of humour and camaraderie seem to have passed

Also seems like the user base is a lot older now. I hardly see anything about babies and little children. There used to be controversial threads threads about lots of baby rearing topics.

I don't think that posting by @RishiSunak is really him.
There's something not quite right about it...
It makes one wonder if you can you trust anyone these days? 🤔

Now you see I would say someone who had a council place and wanted to give it up soon was a fake! Everyone I know who rents would love to have that security.

You’re just seeing the most mental ones as they shout the loudest and takeover threads.

There are good discussions to be had and loads of really decent people on here who can understand nuance. You just have to scroll past the batshitterry sometimes!

The hangover thread is extra batshit though! It’s the first time I’ve been curious to see what the posters actually look like and live like in real life.

@DancingNotDrowning we need to introduce National service for people like you, to get you out of your bubble.
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I don't see the point of making stuff up on an anonymous forum and I don't often read a post and think "that can't be real because they don't live the same way as I do". People do have different lifestyles/incomes, that's just the reality of life.

I sometimes change minor details in case someone I know is on here though.