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AIBU to wish mumsnet didnt delete the whole thread

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Mirrorwriting · 29/05/2018 12:04

I spent ages typing on my phone and there was some bloody good advice from many poster. Regardless of whether op is genuine or not or whatever, the content we have all written has value .

I wish they would just put a warning at the beginning of the thread and lock it so nothing new can be posted.

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Whitesea · 30/05/2018 00:46

YABU. MN have deleted a thread for me in the past when I wrote something too personal. Others had quoted and written about it so deleting only my initial post would not have served any purpose.

Also for the poster who asked about highlighting the OP's posts, you can do this via your settings.

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Mirrorwriting · 30/05/2018 00:39

Cough, there’s one where the toddler in the post is now finished school but the thread keeps popping up when people don’t realise.

Maybe if the OP had the power to add a link to a new update thread that would satisfy us but without zombie threads.

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CoughLaughFart · 30/05/2018 00:20

As we are on the topic of threads, I also don't know why Mumsnet HQ don't do something about the Zombie threads (i.e. the ones that were last posted on many moons ago). There is one thread (about a carpet fitter) that keeps coming up every few months/years. Surely there is something that could be done to highlight in a VERY noticeable area on the thread that the details are weeks/months/years old (or simply lock all threads that haven't been posted on for 6 or 12 months).

I don’t see the problem. Not all threads are time-sensitive and posters often return to give updates.

Etoilefilante · 30/05/2018 00:18

I also think it would make things easier if on MN you could press a button to see all of an OPs posts in a thread like you can on babycentre. Or maybe you can but i just don't know how to!

ahouseofleaves · 30/05/2018 00:16

This. I'm new here, but I've wondered about this several times.

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Mirrorwriting · 30/05/2018 00:12

I know, right Etoile.

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Etoilefilante · 30/05/2018 00:10

Mirror, you mean the lady whose husband died before her baby was born? That was so sad!

How does MN decide if somehing is fake? Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction- no?

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Mirrorwriting · 29/05/2018 23:47

They’ve done it again with the bereavement one.

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TurquoiseDress · 29/05/2018 15:50

YANBU

It is so annoying when you have contributed to a thread, spent time to compose replies, sometimes with detailed information about your own experiences/situation.

So frustrating when you come back to look at a thread and the whole thing has been zapped!

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Mirrorwriting · 29/05/2018 15:27

I agree watcha

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WhatchaMaCalllit · 29/05/2018 12:09

Nope - in general, not an unreasonable thing at all.

(Before Mumsnet HQ think this is a thread about a thread, it's probably a thread about LOADS of threads that have been deleted and not about one specific thread so please don't delete this one).

I don't know why they don't lock the thread so no additional comments can be made and only in circumstances where a poster has either revealed way too much information about the situation or about themselves would the whole thread be zapped.

As we are on the topic of threads, I also don't know why Mumsnet HQ don't do something about the Zombie threads (i.e. the ones that were last posted on many moons ago). There is one thread (about a carpet fitter) that keeps coming up every few months/years. Surely there is something that could be done to highlight in a VERY noticeable area on the thread that the details are weeks/months/years old (or simply lock all threads that haven't been posted on for 6 or 12 months).

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Mirrorwriting · 29/05/2018 12:05

(This is about the ‘tight mum’ thread in particular.)

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