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

Maryz. You're not leaving me again. It's not on. If you go this time I'm making you use the facebooks. I mean it. Even if I'm your only friend. No options.

I've been reported loads apparently. so someone must still be doing lots of reporting

Did they ever say 'we know you reported this because you were losing the argument and wanted out' higher power'to wade in on your side, or 'we know you only reported this because you were told to in a pm'

Ah

Well FFS, it was so bloody obvious. And you're telling me that MN told people off for reporting suspicious posting? Someone needs to activate their common sense chip.

I'm good, thanks, Maryz. I was thinking that people like you, me, Serf, HoneyD, HighAlert, and very many others, are actually a bit of a free resource for MN. We do tend to know when something's not quite right.

I have to add that con artists can be very convincing even to professionals. Sometimes sadly they are going to get away with it until they finally do something that can't be construed any other way. It's a very grey area until you have irrefutable evidence. Human nature is to want to believe the best in people, innocent until proven guilty etc. If a thread continues to get more reports then maybe these should be investigated by a different moderator so they can double check their conclusions.

Including how to bold it seems :)

Thank you LineRunner . I have a lot to learn ...

SpeckledyHen, a sock puppet is e.g. a troll who name-changes mid thread in order to agree with themselves.

Hi everyone. Been a while.

I don't expect a reply if I report stuff. But if I wanted one I'd ask for it and think that should be honoured. I've never reported when I think someone is a troll. I've only ever reported when I worry about someones safety. If I carried on worrying I'd likely re report and ask for a reply. That's similar to whistle blowing policy where I work. You can ask for a response regarding what action is being taken and they have to respond. It doesn't mean you get an automatic response, but if you ask for one you should.

This latest issue would not put me off reporting either. Also, what are mnhq responsible for? Where is the line? Surely they can't be responsible for the behaviour. They can only be responsible for repeating guidelines, checking out potential con artists and banning those that seriously break the rules. They can't be responsible for all of our behaviour. Not sure if that's making sense but what I'm trying to say is some circumstances that arise are going to be upsetting and these things never end satisfactorily even if all the procedures are followed because the nasty thing still happened in the first place and the person doing that is ultimately responsible for it, not mnhq or other users.

So as an online community we should be able to report and request a response and keep an eye out for eachother, but we can't blame mnhq if they follow procedures but horrible stuff still happens.

No sense of urgency in that post katherinemumsnet, mumsnet has been like a slow car crash this weekend.

Is it true that if more investigation was done a few months ago (the revelations on the thread running during yesterday) then the wife terminally ill threads would have been pulled then?

You're not wrong Maryz but for whatever their reasons MN believe their stance is the right one. And if they don't like or agree with us they can and do shut us down.

I don't understand their reasoning because to me, you and seemingly hundreds of other posters when something is amiss it's glaringly obvious and you'd think HQ would see it to so it's very frustrating to be told that " everything checks out behind the scenes " not a lot we can do!

Oh my god my typing is woeful.

@katherinemumsnet to my previous post

Katherine. I reported last week and you (and it was you) replied and told me to feel free to make my thoughts known on the thread but that you would not be removing it.

Wouldmthat not have been construed as troll hunting, since I was reporting to I did not believe the op?

@KatherineMumsnet can you advise whether you (or someone else at HQ) responded to my initial point on the deleted thread thread before it came down? That for app users you need to put some sort of holding post up rather than just "thread deleted". There were several good suggestions made in amongst the TAAT debate!

Stupid question - what is a sock puppet please ?

That's what they said on the thread. I have no idea if it's true or not.

Someone said on another thread they had reported a dodgy thread and had a reply telling them to stop troll hunting.

That can't be the whole story, it just doesn't follow