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Acc0untant · 2025-04-13T16:00:32+00:00

If any! If I scroll through and see anyone ask about accountancy help, HMRC advice, tax return, accounts etc I just hide them. I can't stand seeing 90% of the "advice" on those threads being absolute bollocks. I used to hide the divorce ones when I was going through mine, I didn't want extra headspace going into it.

comedycentral · 13/04/2025 20:47

I don't think I've ever hidden a thread or even really knew it was a feature. I'd just avoid clicking on it.

Tandora · 13/04/2025 20:45

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 13/04/2025 20:33

You have repeatedly commented on any post which mention feminism. Itching for it.

Yawn. Not anti-trans. Anti men in places and sports where they shouldn’t be, no matter how they identify. Hence why there are hardly ever any posts calling out trans men (females). It’s basic stuff which has been explained to you over, and over, and over again. If you and anyone else deem this as ‘anti-trans’ then that’s a you (and them) problem.

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You have repeatedly commented on any post which mention feminism

yes. It’s a relief to see.

As for the rest of it- best take it elsewhere else people will want to start hiding this thread too I imagine!

applemash · 13/04/2025 20:41

ItGhoul · 13/04/2025 19:21

I don’t think it’s weird to want to remove minor irritations from one’s day, really. Hiding a thread, for me, is just like cleaning smudges off my glasses. They’re not upsetting me or ruining my day, but they’re there in my line of vision being mildly tiresome so I might as well deal with them.

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Same here- I dont feel an urgent psychological need to hide certain threads but some just irritate me in the same way a fly in my room would, so I hide them.

Seems entirely sensible to me. If I could hide certain people I work with, I'd do that too- much like the black mirror episode where you could block people out in real life 😂

EffortlesslyInelegant · 13/04/2025 20:36

Any thread which starts off with some outrageous offence against the laws of nature and/or public decency and then goes on to list the main players as 'We'll call her Sue' or 'Let's call him Wayne'. Stop it right now.

louderthan · 13/04/2025 20:36

The whole Christmas board. Any ‘what do you earn/how old are you’ threads because they inevitably make me feel shit about myself.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 13/04/2025 20:33

Tandora · 13/04/2025 20:28

Are we going to do this on here 😆. Really now?

Yes- echo chamber. Hence the “feminism” board (really should be renamed the anti- trans board) repeatedly coming up on this thread as a board people hide- because of how one sided and unhinged the discussion is.

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You have repeatedly commented on any post which mention feminism. Itching for it.

Yawn. Not anti-trans. Anti men in places and sports where they shouldn’t be, no matter how they identify. Hence why there are hardly ever any posts calling out trans men (females). It’s basic stuff which has been explained to you over, and over, and over again. If you and anyone else deem this as ‘anti-trans’ then that’s a you (and them) problem.

Tandora · 13/04/2025 20:28

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 13/04/2025 20:26

Those who know (and agree on) basic fact = echo chamber. Gotcha.

Actually it’s quite beneficial at times for people (you) to come along and argue 2+2 is actually 5 because it suits your ideology. That and the usual lack of any coherent, intelligent argument to back it up. Highlights the absurdity. So thank you.

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Are we going to do this on here 😆. Really now?

Yes- echo chamber. Hence the “feminism” board (really should be renamed the anti- trans board) repeatedly coming up on this thread as a board people hide- because of how one sided and unhinged the discussion is.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 13/04/2025 20:26

Tandora · 13/04/2025 20:19

Oh hello. Speak of the devil.

Ah no, I won’t hide those boards (or the threads that seep over into AIBU). Every now and then it’s important to interrupt the echo chamber. But I do have to limit it for the sake of my mental health.

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Those who know (and agree on) basic fact = echo chamber. Gotcha.

Actually it’s quite beneficial at times for people (you) to come along and argue 2+2 is actually 5 because it suits your ideology. That and the usual lack of any coherent, intelligent argument to back it up. Highlights the absurdity. So thank you.

lifeturnsonadime · 13/04/2025 20:19

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 13/04/2025 20:13

The irony 😂.

With a bit of luck hopefully you’ll finally do the same Tandora and spare us from the bonkers nonsense that you usually post over there.

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Absolutely.

Tandora · 13/04/2025 20:19

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 13/04/2025 20:13

The irony 😂.

With a bit of luck hopefully you’ll finally do the same Tandora and spare us from the bonkers nonsense that you usually post over there.

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Oh hello. Speak of the devil.

Ah no, I won’t hide those boards (or the threads that seep over into AIBU). Every now and then it’s important to interrupt the echo chamber. But I do have to limit it for the sake of my mental health.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 13/04/2025 20:13

Tandora · 13/04/2025 20:09

Reading this thread is so refreshing. Now I know why those boards are only populated by bonkers people, because all the sane ones have hidden them 😆

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The irony 😂.

With a bit of luck hopefully you’ll finally do the same Tandora and spare us from the bonkers nonsense that you usually post over there.

VictorianChic · 13/04/2025 20:13

The Royal Family board - creepily obsessed with William, his wife, and their minor children.

Dogs in cafes.

Wedding invitations.

Mysterian · 13/04/2025 20:13

Middleagedstriker · 13/04/2025 18:03

So true! They are equally as dogmatic and full of people who can't hold a sensible conversation even though I agree with the sentiment ofln the feminism board its so unnuanced it reminds me of trying to have a conversation with somebody from the socialist worker party.

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There is that same "you must agree 100%. If you only agree 99.9% you are Satan" feeling.

Tandora · 13/04/2025 20:09

HeadNorth · 13/04/2025 19:35

I don’t hide these boards (I didn’t know it was an option) but I also avoid them. The posters are obsessed and bonkers - entering those boards is like stepping through a mirror into a crazed alternative universe.

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Reading this thread is so refreshing. Now I know why those boards are only populated by bonkers people, because all the sane ones have hidden them 😆

saltinesandcoffeecups · 13/04/2025 19:58

Almost all of the dog hating ones can be spotted quickly by the title “why won’t they do something “ or similar
“I think he’s cheating”
I’m back to hiding anything with Trump in the title
”are these lines’ and similar
Abortion threads
Animal rehoming

On the flip side I love a good benefit bun fight and the Vegan threads are highly amusing. I will instantly go for a work thread mostly because I can usually offer relevant advice. I’m also fascinated with the inheritance threads.

I won’t post in a highly emotive thread where the OP only has 1 one post.

UmopapIsdn · 13/04/2025 19:54

I Have To Hide Any Thread Where The Thread Title Is Written Like This.

It’s so bloody hard to type like that as well so why do they do it?!

NoWordForFluffy · 13/04/2025 19:49

SonoPazziQuestiRomani · 13/04/2025 19:25

Because otherwise every other thread title in Active is about flipping Mounjaro. Which is tedious if it doesn't interest you - so I've hidden it. Just like I don't want to read yet another thread saying "I'm out the house 18 hours a day, which breed of dog shall I get?"

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This is why I've hidden the weight loss jabs board too.

I've also hidden Royal Family. I randomly hide threads as I go.

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Acc0untant · 13/04/2025 19:40

maddening · 13/04/2025 19:16

Oh all threads are for all of us and your question in your op includes "if any"

The fact you need to hide threads says more about you than the threads you hide and the fact you try to suggest anyone leaves this threads just adds to that.

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Dress it up however you like, I'm not the one describing the actions of others as weird.. if more people passed over (or hid!) threads when they don't have anything useful or particularly friendly to add I'm sure Mumsnet would be a much more pleasant place.

OP posts:

DearBee · 13/04/2025 19:37

'Should I go to A&E?' or similar.

'Help - what is this rash?' or similar.

HeadNorth · 13/04/2025 19:35

jellyfishperiwinkle · 13/04/2025 17:02

I hide the Feminism sex & gender board and The Royal Family as I find posters on both absolutely nuts.

I don’t hide these boards (I didn’t know it was an option) but I also avoid them. The posters are obsessed and bonkers - entering those boards is like stepping through a mirror into a crazed alternative universe.

Mypoorbody · 13/04/2025 19:34

I’ve hidden Feminism and the Royal Family. Also quite a bit of parenting ones as just not relevant to me.
hide ones I know will annoy me - some benefits ones. Scroll past a lot of other stuff.

OneFineDay13 · 13/04/2025 19:31

Pregnancy and child name ones

scalt · 13/04/2025 19:30

The ones moaning about heat, nice weather, and summer. Our summer is much too short for that.

Also climate change ones, especially if the title invites virtue signalling.

SonoPazziQuestiRomani · 13/04/2025 19:27

Hobnobswantshernameback · 13/04/2025 19:25

Ones where the OP posts some goady bollocks and never returns
the "how old do I look" ones
the " could I be pregnant ones"
the " is this a line" ones
the " let's call her Alice" ones

Oh yes the conception board was another one I've hidden. No more "line eyes" or "2WW" threads!!

B1indEye · 13/04/2025 19:26

maddening · 13/04/2025 18:15

I don't hide any threads I find needing to do so or feeling the need to do so is weird

It's not weird at all, it might depend on how you use the site. I click on active and read the titles, if I see one that I dont want to see again for any reason I click to hide it.

How could that be weird, some threads run and run and I don't want them clogging up my feed when I know I'm never going to read them

Seems sensible use of time to me