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Angry posters

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GranPepper · 06/09/2024 15:39

I just joined mumsnet recently. I found another poster quite aggressive. Is this normal because I'm a polite person and don't want to engage with aggressive people

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dizzydizzydizzy · 06/09/2024 16:40

I often report posters who are unnecessarily rude and aggressive. 9 times out of 10, mumsnet will delete their post.

IDontHateRainbows · 06/09/2024 16:01

It's the anonymity. If people they knew IRL could see them , there's no way they'd behave like that.

GlowWurm · 06/09/2024 16:00

There was a thread a little bit ago, now removed, calling MNers a bunch of hate spewing turnips (I believe that was the phrasing 🤔). There are some really lovely posters, and some toxic posters. AIBU in particular gets pretty heated…which you have posted to so we’ll see how it goes 😆

WhatNoRaisins · 06/09/2024 15:54

There are a lot of people who just like to pick fights and disagree for the sake of it. It's best to try ignore them for your sake, I don't think it will make them get bored though.

EMWaves · 06/09/2024 15:53

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Letmehaveabloodyusernameplease · 06/09/2024 15:53

Probably the same people who wouldn't say Boo to a goose in real life.
Best to ignore.

SwiftiesVSLestat · 06/09/2024 15:51

It’s the internet.

Some people will be aggressive. Sometimes you may read something as aggressive and it wasn’t intended to be. Sometimes people accuse people of being aggressive when they actually just don’t like what the poster is saying.

anywhere you get a large amount of people, all interacting, you will find some are aggressive. Such is life.

Being able to block posters probably wouldn’t work on a website like this. Some People would be blocking loads all over and threads wouldn’t flow.

Ignoring them is best and if it’s a personal attack, report the comments

Dotto · 06/09/2024 15:51

I think especially in AIBU section, some people like to think of themselves as coming across as 'robust' and 'assertive', but they actually just seem argumentative, nit-picking and points-scoring - best to ignore them.

MigGril · 06/09/2024 15:49

Most of the time their messages end up being deleted by MN anyway so best just to ignore them in the first place.

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GranPepper · 06/09/2024 15:46

onfiree · 06/09/2024 15:41

I do think posters can be weirdly aggressive on here at times

Thanks. Apparently the thing to do, I've since been advised by mumsnet, is to ignore the poster. I think it would be a good thing if you could just block someone that's aggressive. I appreciate your reply - thanks

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FatmanandKnobbin · 06/09/2024 15:45

Some people can be. It's easy enough to ignore them and just engage with who you want to though.

YeahComeOnThen · 06/09/2024 15:44

GranPepper · 06/09/2024 15:39

I just joined mumsnet recently. I found another poster quite aggressive. Is this normal because I'm a polite person and don't want to engage with aggressive people

Then don't.

you don't have to engage with anyone you don't want to, just ignore them or move on to another thread.

but yes, there are quite a lot of 'bold' posters.

onfiree · 06/09/2024 15:41

I do think posters can be weirdly aggressive on here at times

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