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To wonder if MN has changed much in 13 or so years?

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GibbonNoRibbon · 02/07/2024 19:16

Reregistered on MN to check out the SN board and possibly post for some thoughts. My old user name is no more and I have no idea if some of the old faces are still around, but I found my self thinking 'Do people still offer a biscuit?' 'Do people still vehemently argue their position of the order of knives, forks and spoons?' Do people still talk about the moldies?'

There was another thread that rings a bell about furniture legs....possibly Victorian furniture but I can't for the life of me remember...I do recall it making me chuckle a lot.

This has honestly made me so nostalgic.

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GibbonNoRibbon · 04/07/2024 20:12

So sad to hear that some posters have died 😔

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ginslinger · 04/07/2024 17:05

i don't think it's nearly as witty anymore - things went massively downhill after penis beaker.
I was silently lamenting the loss of many of the wonderful women who were both funny and supportive.

SwedishEdith · 04/07/2024 17:00

Xenia is still here. Saw a post of hers yesterday.

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BogRollBOGOF · 04/07/2024 16:52

Have a Biscuit and a Brew

The biggest change for me is loss of humour. Trigger warnings that a thread was light-hearted were definitely a regressive step.

There's lots of little cosy chats in the quieter sections that are largely unchanged over the years. Smile

SwedishEdith · 04/07/2024 16:51

I've been here since pre-9/11. It's insane thinking about it like that and how much it has changed. I think it's funnier when you "know" posters so know their voice. As it's got so much bigger, it's lost that. But there are still some witty posters, just have to avoid AIBU to find them. AIBU is full of humourless aggressive bored arguers.

I can't imagine a meetup being arranged now. Very few posters I feel I'd want to meet now.
And what is sad is how many posters have died.

Meraas · 04/07/2024 16:34

Thanks J0S

J0S · 04/07/2024 16:32

Meraas · 04/07/2024 16:30

What was a Moldie?

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A Mumsnet Oldie

Meraas · 04/07/2024 16:30

marvelminecraftland · 04/07/2024 10:43

Ha, I remember the Moldies - that was when I first came on here when DD was teeny. I was baffled at the outrage but also loved the drama 😂

What was a Moldie?

J0S · 04/07/2024 16:23

GibbonNoRibbon · 04/07/2024 11:15

Gina Ford! God yes, she was fuming at the time and it went down the legal route as I recall. So many threads 😆

Yes GF was totally batshit, she took legal action against MN towers over a comment made on a thread about the parenting techniques that she proposes in her books.

Most authors accept that once you publish a book about your theories, people are allowed to criticise them 🙄

wildfellhall · 04/07/2024 16:05

I also remember long chats on threads with one other person going on for days when everyone else had left.

When did AIBU start? Was it there at the beginning?

I don't remember people bringing laid into like the can be now. It used to have a gentler vibe.

wildfellhall · 04/07/2024 16:03

Oh I remember GINA FORD!!!

Hilarious WWIII level bunfights!

UpThereForThinkingDownThereForDancing · 04/07/2024 12:38

I've been here off and on for 15 years 😳 and I'm nodding along to most of what's being said here.
It's made a big difference to me overall though as I've picked up loads of great advice along the way.
Wish it was still as funny though, the starting assumption that whoever is posting means well seems to have been eroded for whatever reason.

AstonMartha · 04/07/2024 12:00

Gina Ford aka she who should not be mentioned or SWSNBM 😂 (something like that anyway).

@Indiaorigin you should have seen it pre AIBU 😂 bun fights all over the shop.

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GibbonNoRibbon · 04/07/2024 11:15

Gina Ford! God yes, she was fuming at the time and it went down the legal route as I recall. So many threads 😆

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marvelminecraftland · 04/07/2024 10:45

Also, the GIna Ford threads and the Net Mums rivalry!

marvelminecraftland · 04/07/2024 10:43

Ha, I remember the Moldies - that was when I first came on here when DD was teeny. I was baffled at the outrage but also loved the drama 😂

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GibbonNoRibbon · 04/07/2024 10:38

Yes, it could be brutal for sure. Glad to hear that is no more.

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Drivingmissmarigold · 04/07/2024 10:10

Definitely less humour and MN classic worthy posts these days. But much better without the bullying cliques that used to round on individual posters like a bunch of playground bullies. Glad that lot are gone.

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GibbonNoRibbon · 04/07/2024 09:58

@Monty27 I can't seem to find the thread - it's probably been staring me in the face and I just can't see it. I shall keep looking.

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GibbonNoRibbon · 03/07/2024 08:00

I don't remember this one, will need to try and find it Grin

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If I recall it made it's way to Mumsnet classics. I can't remember what year but around the time of penis beaker. (See above).
Might have been 10 years ago and I'd been around for a while then.
Those were the days. Very funny indeed.
Now, not so much. Still love it though 😊

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GibbonNoRibbon · 03/07/2024 09:50

Samcro · 03/07/2024 07:58

I remember you@GibbonNoRibbon
i joined about 16 years ago, for the sn topic, so no doubt met you there.
it was fun and loved the local meet ups.

its still good, if you avoid certain topics like the meghanhate one,

I wasn't on the SN boards then @Samcro as DD's were not diagnosed then, you probably saw me waffling inane drivel on other threads Blush
Lovely to see you Grin

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DogsDinner · 03/07/2024 05:50

It’s interesting, because I notice one poster remembers MN being very anti benefits in the old days, whereas I remember the opposite!

20 years ago, posters would come onto threads about benefits and tell people to mind their own business, and then take over the thread with nonsense conversations. Now, I notice a lot more disapproval of people having kids they ‘can’t afford’, or claiming UC instead of working more hours.

So I guess it’s all in the perception! Or what boards you frequent.

There seem to be more threads these days which remind me that despite the cost of living crisis, there really are plenty of staggeringly well off people in this country. I remember more working class posters in the past, but that might be because they were so prolific.

I still like mumsnet after 20 years because it’s so fast moving, there’s always something interesting to read, and it can be very informative.

I guess it's swings and roundabouts. The anti benefits posts are becoming more common again now that I think about it.