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Thread deletion getting on my nerves

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Snog · 25/11/2012 06:36

Seems like thread deletion is becoming much more common on mumsnet and i find it annoying that threads i have taken time to post on disappear as if they had never existed. Can we not just delete inappropriate posts?
Why does the whole thread need to go?

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EdnaScoggins · 26/11/2012 11:33
Hmm

Absolutely no place for simile on MN. Wash your mouth out with soap AT ONCE or we will wash it out for you.

KrisMoose · 26/11/2012 09:32

Using the term Gestapo so lightly is a disgrace. We are lucky to have a huge language to choose from so to use the name of heinous mass-murderers in such a context is absolutely wrong and hugely offensive.

Oh and HQ can delete what they want, when they want. If you're not happy - tough tits.

GlitKnit · 25/11/2012 20:30

I think MNHQ should flick the vs and say "our site , our rules so fuckya"

GetorfsaMotherfuckingMorrisMan · 25/11/2012 19:47

I think MNHQ should actually just delete it and not tell us why. Grin

Djembe · 25/11/2012 19:41

Love 'those with actual experience of rl' Grin

EverlongLovesHerChristmasRobin · 25/11/2012 19:37

I can't even remember what this thread is about.

GetorfsaMotherfuckingMorrisMan · 25/11/2012 19:24

lol at snog. Grin That's a cracking comeback.

Honestly, it is a bit annoying when threads disappear and you don't know why, but I think you were a bit daft likening it to the gestapo.

OverlyWordyHurdyGurdy · 25/11/2012 17:50

That's actually quite funny.

SuePurblybiltbyElves · 25/11/2012 17:42

Arfing.
Has anyone said First World Problem yet? That always goes down so well.

GlitKnit · 25/11/2012 16:34

lol

northernlurker · 25/11/2012 15:53

Crikey. Is there a need to be super sarky? Hmm

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Snog · 25/11/2012 14:39

Thanks to Helensmumsnet for the clarification on this one.
I do indeed use Threads I'm On to see threads - so that's why threads seem to disappear to me.
I was not aware that others didn't have the same issue, or that I could email mumsnet to find out what happened if a thread disappeared.
As I had suggested upthread it turns out to be mainly a technical issue and its great to hear that Threads I'm On will soon display those threads even for a short time.

Quick thanks too to those posters who have prioritised taking time from their own busy lives to post here to tell me how I should spend my time, helpful to have the guidance, in particular from those with actual experience of RL

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CaptainBarnaclesDaddyman · 25/11/2012 14:18

Big sister surely?

Everlong · 25/11/2012 13:33

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GetorfsaMotherfuckingMorrisMan · 25/11/2012 13:32

Lol 'I'm upset I invested a lot of time over the past few days in a thread on the internet and now it has disappeared FOREVA'

GlitKnit · 25/11/2012 13:11

imagine yourself complaining about this to a RL person

Imagine their bemused and pitying look

and go for a walk

Trills · 25/11/2012 13:03

It's their website and they can delete what they want to...

Everlong · 25/11/2012 13:01

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GlitKnit · 25/11/2012 12:57

id say if this is REALLY annoying you that you need time out from Mumsnet in which to discover Real LIfe

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HelenMumsnet · 25/11/2012 12:56

@Snog

I just want to know what threads were deleted and why, that is all

The thread title and a generic reason for deletion would be sufficient for me.
I am not objecting to thread deletion but to the process of thread deletion.

There is lack of transparency here and the current situation is too Big Brother in style for my liking. Appreciate that this may be for technical rather than ideological reasons. Mumsnet used imo to be far more liberal on the subject of censorship and things seem to have shifted.

Sorry but we do disagree with you on this one, Snog.

We almost always post with an explanation for deletion prior to deleting a thread - and we try to leave that explanation up for as long as possible before actually deleting.

We also, when deleting a thread, type up a message that displays the reason for deletion, should you call up the thread url again.

We realise that this doesn't work very helpfully if you tend to view threads through Threads I'm On - but we have asked Tech to look at that and fix some way for the deletion message to display in Threads I'm On, too.

But, of course, if you're ever confused, you are most welcome to mail in to MNHQ and we will always be happy to fill you in on what happened and why a thread was deleted.

We appreciate that you may not always be happy with our decisions to delete but we really don't think we are Big Brother or the Gestapo or even untransparent.

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Snog · 25/11/2012 11:47

I just want to know what threads were deleted and why, that is all

The thread title and a generic reason for deletion would be sufficient for me.
I am not objecting to thread deletion but to the process of thread deletion.

There is lack of transparency here and the current situation is too Big Brother in style for my liking. Appreciate that this may be for technical rather than ideological reasons. Mumsnet used imo to be far more liberal on the subject of censorship and things seem to have shifted.

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usualsuspect3 · 25/11/2012 09:54

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bruffin · 25/11/2012 09:48

But the message is only up until the thread disappears and if you dont catch in that window you never know.

LadyIsabellaWrotham · 25/11/2012 09:25

Oh did cheeky wedding-dress-borrower thread kick off? Damn, I missed it Sad

Everlong · 25/11/2012 09:22

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