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to expect some old timers of MN to be twirling & scuttling around still

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wizzofwotz · 15/06/2024 19:27

Haven't been here for probably 15+ years. Went absent, never dipped back in . But today something made me think of the MN support, the laughs, life's highs & lows shared when insomnia kicked after my little DDs were tucked up in bed.

DDs are grown and flown the nest. On reflection it was time well spent. Even the cliquey and other shitty bits. Hope you all keep twirling and scuttling around. If you're new keep with it, it will all pan out.

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Funkyfizz · 15/06/2024 23:15

It seems like someone only has to report a dissenting viewpoint these days to get your post deleted.

Errors · 15/06/2024 23:15

Hawki · 15/06/2024 23:10

looks like around 10 years for me :

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/1875847-Do-you-dunk-your-penis

I remember this one Grin

Hawki · 15/06/2024 23:12

MissAtomicBomb1 · 15/06/2024 23:04

Been here 13 years with a few name changes.

Came over to the dark side from Net Mums (huns)

Agree with those saying it's a more sensitive place now. Ive managed to go for 13 years without having any posts removed then I've had posts deleted twice in recent weeks for the most spurious of reasons. Presumably reported by the OP. Bit heavy handed with the moderation at times.

thats the pickle with the mods, some are let it slide and others are the hammer so to speak

Errors · 15/06/2024 23:10

Oblomov24 · 15/06/2024 23:04

Has changed a lot.
I was surprised when the truth came out about LaQueen.

What truth?? 🍿

Hawki · 15/06/2024 23:09

Admittedly been on and off with many names, came here via daily mail and the infamous beaker, remember many of the names mentioned from back in the day.

BelindaOkra · 15/06/2024 23:09

22 years. Impressed by how many people with two decades worth of mumsnetting are on this thread.

Oblomov24 · 15/06/2024 23:04

Has changed a lot.
I was surprised when the truth came out about LaQueen.

MissAtomicBomb1 · 15/06/2024 23:04

Been here 13 years with a few name changes.

Came over to the dark side from Net Mums (huns)

Agree with those saying it's a more sensitive place now. Ive managed to go for 13 years without having any posts removed then I've had posts deleted twice in recent weeks for the most spurious of reasons. Presumably reported by the OP. Bit heavy handed with the moderation at times.

CormorantStrikesBack · 15/06/2024 23:00

There used to be a button you could press to see new threads/posts since your last visit. I’d sometimes check in maybe 3 hours after I’d last visited and press the button and there had been no new posts! 😆. Certainly quicker moving these days.

TheMarzipanDildo · 15/06/2024 22:59

I still never change my username. I’m too fond of it.

PadstowGirl · 15/06/2024 22:59

LeQueen posting about her "benign neglect", ie ignoring her children and letting them play freely in any room of the mansion they so chose.

Zenia and her millions, unable to understand why other parents weren't funding their twins through private school and uni. Oh and did she mention her millions🙄

It seriously is a lot better now

mitogoshi · 15/06/2024 22:58

My original user name was from 2008 but changed many times

BrigadierEtienneGerard · 15/06/2024 22:56

Scissorsisters · 15/06/2024 20:20

It's a city now, not a village.

I used to name change for fun. Now it's an essential part of being on here.

Very well put.

I agree about name changes. I used to do it once a year or so. Now it's every 6 months.

CormorantStrikesBack · 15/06/2024 22:54

I’ve been here over 20 years. It’s certainly not like in the last where there were so few of us we “knew” each other. I can certainly remember back when someone posted you’d think “oh yes, x has the husband who does x job, has twin boys and dislikes her MIL”. That sort of stuff. And now I barely recognise names, amount of posts and posters is massive

ExitPursuedByABare · 15/06/2024 22:53

Been here far too long.

StoneTheCrone · 15/06/2024 22:53

It's changed.

I joined 14 years ago (I think) when i started dating someone with teenage children (I dont have any).

Back then, it was vibrant, open, educational, rowdy, a bit rude and very clever. I learned an incredible amount about life, relationships, politics, theology, philosophy, education, work and travel.

It was like having a door opened into another world, populated by funny, intelligent, highly educated and high achieving women. I used to cry laughing at some threads on a regular basis and marvel at the nuggets of wisdom passed on.

Sadly, it's now gone the way of a lot of online forums, where you cant say anything at all or the permanently offended will come and tear a strip off you and the thread will be deleted.

The user base has been diluted too so now its more a reflection of the general population (I blame penis beaker for that).

Slowslowreader · 15/06/2024 22:52

OakleyStreetisnotinChelsea · 15/06/2024 20:13

Very different these days. Still good to be found but not in the same way. More people, everything moves faster, you don't have conversations in the same way we used to. Some of the long time prayers are still around. But when someone asks about memorable threads it is more likely to be about penis peakers or t rexing than Pink Peter, Maude or "Your Minge!"

Must have been here over 18 years now going by the ages of my DC.

I remember little Maude, and the night Peter went pink so well. And people tidying up TrinityR and the Christmas appeals when people trusted each other a bit more. And the jokes.

Lilifer · 15/06/2024 22:51

BorgQueen · 15/06/2024 19:51

One poster I really miss is/was LaQueen, I don’t know if half the stuff she posted was real but she was highly entertaining.
Also a poster called Reality, she was inspirational, she had been through terrible abuse but was very positive and caring.

Yes I remember LeQueen she was hilarious'

Jellykat · 15/06/2024 22:51

I've been here 14 years, definitely a helluva lot more serious these days, less laughs..
I've never namechanged, but presume a lot of MNers do now. I hardly recognize posters names anymore and im sure its not down to my aging cognitive ability
(i could be wrong mind!)

2024ccz · 15/06/2024 22:50

@BorgQueen do you have any links to threads for these two? I would love to read. I came to mumsnet 10 years ago and I also feel it has changed. I’ve name changed lots of times too. I miss the earlier days!

Ihatemyinlaws · 15/06/2024 22:50

AmelieTaylor · 15/06/2024 19:47

Many name changes later (since the security breaches, had original name for over 10 years), I'm still here. It's a VERY. Different place these days. There's not a day goes by I don't miss MN as it was all those years ago.

What was the security breach ?🫣

Funkyfizz · 15/06/2024 22:48

PadstowGirl · 15/06/2024 22:46

I've been here 20years with a few name changes.

It was truly awful at times, back in the day. Like a bitchy girls boarding school. It was small enough that if you disagreed with someone, their cronies would jump on everything you said for months afterwards.
There was very little diversity, lots of middle class white women and very London centric.

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it's still very MC.

RomanRoysSearchHistory · 15/06/2024 22:48

Been here 21 years on and off, also came over from Babycente which I'd completely forgotten about until Pp mentioned it! Think I was one of the only working-class northerners here in '03, but I always found solidarity, comfort, wisdom and much hilarity. I feel the solidarity and comfort aspects are lacking these days and there's far more toxicity/judgement. Less naice, in summary. And nobody gets the "darked on" reference any more.

SilentRetreat · 15/06/2024 22:48

BIWI · 15/06/2024 22:27

One of the funniest threads is one that doesn't exist any more - it must have been in Chat. MNHQ have searched for it as well, but they can't find it. It was about sending horses to the Olympics (which would have been the Beijing Olympics). I can't even remember why it was so funny now, but it really was, genuinely, tears of mirth and laughing out loud.

I remember laughing so hard at the Olympic horses thread.

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