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Could we have a way of knowing if its OPs first thread?

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BeyondTheVirtualActivist · 29/04/2014 20:43

Without having to search?
And a way to report it if its an obvious goady one from the menu page?

Eg the cancer one earlier. No need to actually read it to know it was inflammatory.

Just thinking that if people dont have to read the baiting OP, theyre less likely to get drawn in, reply, fight, troll hunt, fight some more etc...

Obviously it'd mean that any namechangers would be 'flagged up' by accident, but if it was a namechanger, the 'new poster' flag could be removed after it is reported? (And obviously there will be no need for anyone to report it if it isnt offensive, so it will just stay flagged. Iyswim?)

What do you think?

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RowanMumsnet · 30/04/2014 10:52

Hello

We can see how this might be an appealing idea in some ways but it could also be a bit like pinning a 'kick me' sign on a newbie's back. As you know we've usually decided against measures that make it obvious who's a newbie and who's not, cos ideally we'd like people to be judged on their posts on a thread, not on their longevity, IYSWIM.

ExitPursuedByABear · 29/04/2014 21:51

Oh who cares. Read. Post. Ignore.

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BeyondTheVirtualActivist · 29/04/2014 21:49

I'd live if the nc went (just let me change back to btloa first!) but mn wont, they'd lose one of their usps. And that'd leave only the swearing Grin

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Coconutty · 29/04/2014 21:45

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meditrina · 29/04/2014 21:45

"Its nobodys business how many times someones posted"

I suppose not. I rarely notice who's who. But the search function is there for anyone to use. And see if say a username who is beginning to slag off other posters (as eg "sad") has only been posting for one day. And drawing conclusions.

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BeyondTheVirtualActivist · 29/04/2014 21:43

She might have done. How would we know?

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meditrina · 29/04/2014 21:23

Perhaps you need to have both minimum of XX weeks membership and XX number of normal(ish) posts before receiving NC permissions?

Nibblyboy: I kind of agree - the first NYE posts were funnies ny regulars. I was th later psts, aping the style (and no stopping when asked) which were the problem. I saw how the threads changed (stopped being funny, and at least one tipped ino unacceptable) but did no think at he time to check if the problem 'try too hard' posters were pre- or post- PB.

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BeyondTheVirtualActivist · 29/04/2014 21:20

Well i'm sure hq know whether most of the trollyfuckers are regulars who have nc/troll under their own name or people who post one thread, get banned and bugger off. Not saying either doesnt happen, but if the second is the big problem, its a way to deal with the way banned posters change their ip and come straight back?

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Nibblyboy · 29/04/2014 21:17

Yet on New Year's Eve when oodles of goading threads were posted that was HILARIOUS.

I've not seen Julie mumsnet since. Have you ?

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BeyondTheVirtualActivist · 29/04/2014 21:16

Yes usual, exactly like that

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meditrina · 29/04/2014 21:16

I thunk it would put off normal new posters, and be ineffective against determined trolls (who could spend a couple of days posting harmlessly before unleashing poison/weirdness).

It's not that onerous to use 'search' is it?

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BeyondTheVirtualActivist · 29/04/2014 21:16

Shall we start over? Blush

Owl, I apologise if i snapped for no reason. The way I was reading your posts does not appear to be how they were meant. So i am sorry for biting your head off.

I'm not premenstrual, i can be nice! Grin

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omletta · 29/04/2014 21:15

Forget that - I forgot that I had once started a thread!!

omletta · 29/04/2014 21:14

I've never started a thread - but I've been here since 2009 - isn't that a bit unfair when/ if I ever do?
Or doesn't it matter if I'm not a troll....

celticghurl · 29/04/2014 21:13

Its nobodys business how many times someones posted

usualsuspectt · 29/04/2014 21:12

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OwlCapone · 29/04/2014 21:09

You mean asked like "you mean like hitting the report button?"

To which the obvious reply would have been "no, I meant from the list of thread titles"

Sheesh.

BobTheFly · 29/04/2014 21:07

Dare I ask if you're pre-menstral op ? Grin

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BeyondTheVirtualActivist · 29/04/2014 21:04

The menu? That big list thing with all of the OP titles on them, how many posts and the last person to comment (plus OP if you have it selected)? Probably not the right word, but is it that hard to figure out what i meant? Or you could have just asked.

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