dear mn hq please could threads to do with testing for ds and other disabilities

I did originally think that Soupy, but it's part of a larger problem with AIBU and Chat being populated by threads that shouldn't be there. Usually you shrug and move on but with very sensitive topics, it just serves to highlight the issue and it probably needs tackling more broadly now that MN is so big.

Would it not be better to report the original posts on those threads to alert MN that they need to be moved?

i agree.

I agree with most of what has been said on here.

The testing topic was set up for such disussions, and such threads should be moved there.

I agree with Shoesytwoesy

I agree that people seem to use AIBU in particular instead of filing it correctly in the relevant topic. Irritating.

Sancti is right. It's a valid thread and a good question but because it's so sensitive people do read it in a personal way. You can't help it. It can't remain about the topic but is translated into being about individuals.

I have a few topics hidden because the content is not something I want to deal with. But things do end up in chat and aibu and I'm still hiding threads at least weekly that should have been elsewhere in the first place.

The two main problems seem to be a desire for high traffic (aibu) and a desire for it to be deleted eventually (chat). The first would definitely be tackled by more consistent usage of the right topic.

Amen cattle prod!

I am sick of threads in AIBU that are just stuck there out of laziness/to get a higher volume of traffic, usually AIBU to ask you all what you think of my new haircut/how to paint the shed/vote for my hamster in thus beauty competition.

Was really annoyed last week with a thread URGENT HELP and it turns out to me about fecking party bags!!

I think as mumsnet attracts more and more traffic the bigger this problem becomes. We really could do with a couple of moderators, not necessarily to reprimand or police the site, but just to keep things organised, housekeepers perhaps?

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I agree
Don;t get me wrong- it's a valuable thread which has so far managed not to disintegrate into anything horrid and I am glad it exists- but I think it's something you have to be able to deal with, and not coping with recent aftermath of the experience / diagnosis of chromosomal abnormality / midway through tests etc.

Totally agree with you, Cattleprod is right that threads are in the wrong place throughout, it is annoying

I agree it is not the right place for such discussions many MNers have been through this painful discussion in RL.

I think there should be a general tightening up of which threads go where. There are far too many in AIBU just 'to get more traffic', loads of pregnancy, breastfeeding, vaccination etc stuff all over the place, scary looking titles 'Help, Urgent!!' etc that turn out to be something lighthearted, hardcore swearing in thread titles that I know a lot of people don't like, too many uses of words, particularly related to disabilities, that offend many people etc.

Could someone at MNHQ spend an hour a day shunting threads round and putting them in the right topic? I know most are annoying rather than upsetting to people, but it would make mn much easier to navigate.

Hear hear, I don't wnt to read why my DD is unwanted

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I agree, Chat is not really the place for threads like that. A lot of MNers have been through horrific experiences of trying to decide whether or not to test, risk miscarriage or terminate.

If ther eis a specific topic for this sort of thing, then posters need to be made aware of it and any threads moved to there.