Temporary bans for posters continually posting CV stuff on non CV boards

For anyone wanting to hide the coronavirus topic (or any topic for that matter) I started a thread asking how to do this a few days ago:

here

If you look at my last post on the thread it tells you how to do it.

True Shirley, about the thread titles.

Maybe a Coronavirus free topic is the way forward but then again, if everyone stuck to the right topic, they'd all be CV free apart from one.

I reckon it'll calm down a bit in a couple of weeks.

Maybe this is actually a good idea. I miss the parking, MIL and wedding drama threads!

I never thought I would say this but......I miss Brexit!

mnhq haven't come on yet to give their opinion

odd

Why not lobby for a CV free topic.

I could absolutely support this. I had thought that should be everything but the CV topic but since it clearly isn’t, a CV-Free zone would work for me.

It has taken over the site

Some of the ignorance and whipping of hysteria is breath taking.

I must have hidden 200 threads in 2 days

I agree, I work in healthcare. Mumsnet used to be a place to come to switch off. Not anymore

How do you know the multiple posts are full of uninformed hysteria, if you're not reading them?

Because titles like “CHILDREN DYING??!” sort of gives you a hint of what the content might be before you open it. But even if they aren’t that explicit, there are still lots of threads with totally bland titles which only relate to CV once you’ve opened them

Why not lobby for a CV free topic

Maybe this is actually a good idea. I miss the parking, MIL and wedding drama threads!

CV is now everywhere.
Literally, and therefore, conversationally.

If you want a CV free zone for yourself, I suggest you self-isolate on the forum.

I'd support @MNHQ quarantining you and the 'shut up morons' brigade into your own private topic where you can try to avoid mention of the virus entirely.

Why not lobby for a CV free topic.

911? In the UK? Well I suppose at least that won’t clog up 999 or 111. .

On my local fb group someone was urging people to catch the bus to hospital if they thought they had it.

On the other side someone talked of how this is the end times and how unless you have given your heart to Jesus you’ll be eternally damned.... very soon..... .

The sheer, unbelievable stupidity of some people makes me despair of trusting them with strategies to avoid contracting the virus.

People can't even post to the right place here. People are starting threads with the same questions over and over.

On Social Media this morning one woman was urging people to phone "911" if they thought they had the virus.

It goes on and on.

PS: I have a teenager who has to go out. I can stay home and am doing but there are other considerations. I have a job interview next week which I am told will still be happening face to face, and assuming I don’t die (which I’m. Not expecting to) I need a job. And saying to a prospective employer “well, I am in the severely at risk category so is there a way to do this another way,” before they’ve even given me a job isn’t exactly going to endear me to them is it, so I’m going to have to take my chances on public transport.

I could sit at home for the next week and panic about the what-if’s if I do this. Or I could go out, go to the interview, get the job, and when this is all over (because it will be,) I’ll be earning a living.

and why are you calling worried mums threads on various virus related issues 'hysteria' well what else would you call it? It certainly isn’t normal worry, so if not that then hysteria fits, surely? Or does being a woman. Exempt someone from being an hysterical lune?

There are plenty of people here who have valid reason to be sincerely worried. I have an underlying heart condition and need a transplant. If I catch this, I will very likely die. There are precautions one can take but worrying and panicking isn’t actually going to achieve anything, and amplifying that worry all over the internet and thinking that everyone else should be on board with your hysteria is only going to hurt you

So what is the point?

How do you hide a topic? I’d like to do this to reduce the amount of threads I’m seeing on it but am rubbish with Mumsnet!

Yes the threads should be in the correct topic and should be moved as soon as practicable.
No you shouldn't dish out bans just because you can't be bothered to look beyond Active threads.
I have had a look through property, legal and SN kids this morning. It's not difficult.

Someone talking about barking dogs outside the dog topic is not multiple posts of uninformed hysteria and is also unlikely to cause mental health issues though.

Genuine question here (honestly not being a dick).

How do you know the multiple posts are full of uninformed hysteria, if you're not reading them?

Surely once you know they're CV related, you just hit the back button?

I agree that MN is CV central but it's never been any different whenever there's been anything big in the news, so I would oppose banning members.

Perhaps we can all overwhelm AIBU with duplicate kitten and puppy pictures instead?

and why are you calling worried mums threads on various virus related issues 'hysteria'

isn't that a word men use to dismiss women worries and to shut them up?

Please could someone tell me how to hide the CV topic? It’s driving me to distraction. Thank you.

I am in France and someone has very kindly started a FB group to discuss the new lockdown measures announced yesterday. Could be very useful, but I had to leave the group after 10 minutes. Not because I "have my head in the sand" but because the level of absolute stupidity demonstrated by the posts is mind boggling (and embarrassing!).