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A moan about a thread deletion

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paxillin · 13/04/2016 14:38

Sorry to be a bit over-invested in what was just random chat. Chippednailvarnish's thread was fun though. I know it started off as "why are there so many first time posters posting dodgy threads", which could be seen as policing who can or cannot start a thread. But if that was beyond the pale, it should have been zapped immediately. It developed into a fun thread. Quite a few of MNHQ posts, too. It was allowed to stand all evening and all morning and then went. Yes, there were a couple of minor arguments, one got dissolved last night, before and during some of HQ's posts.

There were so many people on there. The deleting of a jocular comment was already weird, the "victim" of that joke said she got the joke, no problem, it's funny. It wasn't grand politics. What was it then? The discussion over fuck to rhyme with duck or look? Or troll-doll, troll-foal? Even this morning peace broke out over a frozen shoulder after a short argument.

It really makes me feel censored. Not because it was so important, but because it was such trivial fun and got zapped.

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Chippednailvarnish · 13/04/2016 18:02

I'm guessing that the person complaining about the "pack mentality" requested the thread was deleted, even though they were really the only person making personal comments.

And it is censorship - very selective censorship.

PresidentOliviaMumsnet · 13/04/2016 15:58

Sorry, we're not trying to censor chat - quite the reverse.

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