Can we donate?

I happily would. I don't think it's such a stupid suggestion even though I will probably be rounded upon Mumsnet has been so invaluable to me so often and has helped me make life-changing decisions. I honestly think my life would be poorer and quite different without it.

I was on the parentscentre forum years ago before MN and it was basically brought down by trolls they couldn't get on top of. I'd happily pay a small subscription to help keep out the bored teens on holiday and the F4J wankers. It might not prevent everyone but would massively reduce the casual trolling.

I understand the security concerns but surely it could be done through another secure site such as paypal?

In a way, although I've spent most of today doing internet housekeeping, this whole thing has done me a favour. I was far more lax than I should have been over passwords, living in some fairyland bubble where nothing was ever going to really happen. I've gone through every site I can think of today and made much more secure and completely different passwords for every single site and written the whole lot in a book (my family are all open and trustworthy so no worries there). I was one of those numpties who, when I couldn't log in, reset my password to the same one, assuming my tablet was playing up. I've changed it now, of course. It's been a massive wake up call.

paleblue don't be a knob. I expect you're dependent on someone or something. How about if your H is an EA wanker and your mum is an alcoholic and your DF has Parkinson's disease as well as caring for your mum. You know, MN is a valuable resource. So don't be a cunt. It's not for you to judge what people find supportive.

MN has literally saved my sanity, living alone as I do with an ex who hounds me and parents who rely on me and a 6 day a week job full of people demanding the earth from me.

I'm sure you didn't mean to be so rude.

Don't get me wrong, mumsnet is brilliant and I love the forum. I absolutely want to let MNHQ know that I support them during this difficult period.

It isn't a charity though-it is a business that makes money from advertising which is largely because there are so many users of this site. I don't think donations from users are really what a professional website should be relying upon to finance what should be a basic requirement (security for users). So I'm not sure MNHQ would necessarily be keen to go down that route anyway.

Didn't there used to be a charge to send PMs....? Or am I making that up?

you really can't imagine life without MN? Jeez, I had no idea how dependant some folk were on this site.

Isn't the best way of supporting MN is to keep using it?
Takes more than this to scare MNetters.

Sorry op if I sounded abrupt, just feeling a bit paranoid right now

It was a nice thought! I do like to see the posts supporting MNHQ to be honest.

You pay them for the service they provide, your bill doesn't depend on how vulnerable they let your computer to be to hackers

Well banks do rely on your money. FBs pretty shaky isn't it in privacy terms? Don't tend to use email anymore apart to sign up to websites ... But yeah I do see your point

Agreed though. Glad I'm not the one trying to sort it all out!

Look at it this way. Do you think we should pay for privacy? To the bank? Fb? Your email provider? mn is no different.

It's not "hilarious" that people want to do something to help. It's a valuable service and we value it - that's what we're saying.

Only if I posted a Fiver to MN Towers by snail mail.

But wannaBe is right, MN is a mega business now. Decent security should be at the top of its list.

We've been hacked and someone pops up suggesting financial donation online

Hilarious.

No thanks.

MNHQ makes money off us already, you do know.

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Depends how you fundraise. JustGiving or something is pretty secure?

Guess you're not wrong about ad revenue etc!

And this...

Absolutely no way would I do this - if I had made a payment to MN I would be even more worried right now about what details Jeffrey has!

There are so many reasons this is a bad idea.....

Mn is a multi million £ business, they can more than afford decent security.

This ^