YesIDidMean... wrote:
"It's pretty simple to me.
Lock anything referencing methods or announcing suicide plans. MNHQ post locking message signposting RL support and explaining why it has been locked. Anything else left to stand.
Same levels of moderation BUT 24/7 so posts can be locked or pulled any time. Night watch isn't enough in this day and age.
However I strongly believe one of the distinguishing and beneficial aspects to MNHQ is the self/light moderation and this should continue. We already have a system whereby people can report trolls/suspicion and as long as this didn't stop overnight, I do not feel it needs to change.
If people felt their reports/suspicions were acted on and HQ always available, they would not feel the need to troll hunt. Unless of course, they are posting publicly to show how aware and clever they are and bestowing their superior troll hunting skills on the poor gullible folk.
We are all adults using this site of our free will and have to take responsibility for ourselves. This is always mentioned by MNHQ anyway, don't give more of yourself than you can afford. Posters shouldn't need other posters to protect them, we should be protecting ourselves. There will always be trolls, just as there are in real life, we meet people pretending to be someone they are not and we should all be able to develop skills to look after ourselves."
I really like this.
I am one of the lurkers referenced by ScaryMaryZ and others above. I don't post often and have used a number of different names over the last few years.
I often read without being logged in. For me, getting into lots of discussion here would actually be giving more mental energy and time than I can afford. For this reason, I do not report as often as I should.
However, I have taken part in a range of discussions and helped people with advice and support where I have felt able and qualified to do so. I have also reported where I felt others might be taken in on the "Three pence a week and a tin of beans to feed six children for the next week" type of thread, not mentioning this on thread but giving advice to the OP about where she might be able to get food. It took five minutes of my time.
(Interestingly, unless I have been looking in the wrong places, there seem to be far fewer of those threads about than this time last year.)
I do feel part of the site and I have learnt a lot from being here on all sorts of different threads. Although I can often spot if a thread doesn't hang together, or someone posts something like "it's been a dreadful year, although I haven't complained on Mumsnet, but...." just before the Christmas appeal is announced, I take the majority of threads on trust. I have no idea whether or not they are true. For most threads, light-hearted banter or straightforward advice, it doesn't actually matter.
I do not like sneaky advertising, trying to get financial help or goods in an underhand way, meanness, snide remarks or nit picking. I am deeply concerned about suicide notes and agree with "lock and post MH resources" but think that "I am feeling suicidal, please can I talk to someone" messages should most definitely be allowed. I hate bereavement trolling.
I think MNHQ do a fantastic job with humour, tact and respect. I think there should be 24/7 light moderation with people paid around the clock, all moderating to the same standard (as much as possible!).