Abandoning the policy of responding to all reports was a mistake I think.

There was a really interesting thing on one of this weekend's deleted threads. A poster repeatedly referred to a suspected troll as 'cretin'. Many posts later another poster pointed out it's a term considered offensive by many, the person using the word went off and googled why it might be offensive, returned and apologised as they'd thought it meant something else. There was no need to report, the poster didn't get defensive, the thread moved on. That used to happen a lot more, but it is as rare as hen's teeth now, because if you question anything you get a ton of shit chucked back at you.

Ugh......

Another one has just bitten the dust.

I don't know people are reporting you, HighAlert. You seem exceedingly restrained these days

So where David thread gone now. I have only been on mumsnet a while and now following on Reddit. This is so bonkers. I am so sorry for the real Caroline. This is just awful. I hope he has broken the law and can be charged with something. I can't believe someone laps up all those lovely kind words of support and offers of help and money that so many people made. Shocked. What a rat.

Maryz I have 9 we'll all be in double figures before Monday morning but maybe we may get some solid answers by then.

I know Honey, it is sad to see some of the old face recognise no longer here. I have fond memories of this place and a number of the posters amongst my seemly huge memories of the trolls It is comforting to wander back and see familiar faces having a chat and a catchup. But it no longer seems like that comfy old pub good for a meet up, more a trendy bar trying to change to fit a new style of visitor which makes you feel oddly out of place.

I will lure you in. Even if I have to make it myself

No Maryz they are proper banhammered

I agree that there should be space for Pertinent Minimal Queries.

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We are not allowed to self-moderate

The trouble with being allowed to police the threads ourselves is that there will always be people who tear the arse out of it (we already see the damaging effects of carnage regularly on AIBU) and then there's mayhem. And it could be to a genuine MNer who just isn't great at expressing themselves or who genuinely get their facts wrong (as opposed to making stuff up)

It genuinely seems like an intractable, unsolveable rubicks cube. It's MNHQs site, they own and manage it, they do need to come to a policy decision that stops this stuff happening every few months. It will involve them sticking their neck out a lot more than they have, but if they don't it will spell the end of this site, sorry to be a doom and gloom merchant, but it will be unviable over the long term.

It could, for example have advertisers ( their source of revenue) pulling out because they don't want to be associated with a site that attracts too much controversy and negativity.

I cant see that it matters. I report anything that breaks the rules and thats that (member since 2012). I dont need a response.

Although as Mnet are systematically banning all my friends on here for asking pertinent questions I suspect my days are numbered anyway.

She's on a sticky wicket. I still have abandonment issues.

dear lord Honey what did MaryZ ever do to earn that potential torture? I thought you two were friends

Is it just me wondering what would happen if nothing at all ever was deleted or moderated in a manner other that self moderation. Would it descend into complete carnage? Would it even itself out in the end? Would people change the way they posted if everything they said was still visible? Would people spot trolls and avoid quicker?

I know it could be dangerous on the legal grounds but still it would be an interesting social experiment.