Does MNHQ Check Our Inboxes?

Good idea.

Does anyone know if I can use lamb stock as a base for pepper and chilli soup?

I have bags & bags of frozen lamb stock and a pile of peppers and they need to be married together somehow.

I’ve been on other long standing forums who also use ‘AIBU’ as a section...
Bemusing that some of you think Mumsnet is so high and mighty that it would own the phrase.

And if you want all talk of it to stop and think its unfair of them to poach MN users you might want to think about stopping posting what you’ve read over there and thereby creating drama here

Erm... No. They're actively spamming Mumsnet and then saying their not.

From a different thread, about how to advertise the new site (which I've no problem with, except the following highlights)

I did screenshot more, but it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

Has MN trademarked AIBU, for example?

Can you trademark something as ubiquitous as forum title? Real question.

And if you want all talk of it to stop and think its unfair of them to poach MN users you might want to think about stopping posting what you’ve read over there and thereby creating drama here.

*I did wonder about the legal aspect.

Has MN trademarked AIBU, for example?*

it's quintessentially mumsnet, they're on very dodgy legal grounds ripping that off

You know the group is nothing like Mouldies, right? Despite someone claiming its just the same above.
Anyone can join. Anyone can be a member of both groups. You don’t need to be annoyed you didnt get a pm personally inviting you.
If you've looked and don’t like it then don’t use it. Its pretty easy.

Though many of you claim it's a pile of crap but are clearly reading it and going back for more.

Wasn’t AIBU brought in because it existed on another forum and users here wanted it too?

I'm not going to fall for your trap (im smart) but you know there is a thread on the other site where people are talking about being banned from MN.

No idea what you mean by my “trap” but thanks for clarifying you meant those who were banned by MN.

They obviously have not heard about the Competition and Markets Authority who have legal power. Silly move!

I did wonder about the legal aspect.

Has MN trademarked AIBU, for example?

I imagine right now MNHQ have bigger fish to fry and as discussed earlier, this sort of thing tends to happen every so often and eventually fizzles out. So I doubt they've instructed their legal team just yet 😂

Meh. Every time this happens it’s because someone thinks they can reinvent the wheel. They all get incredibly excited thinking they’re going to change the world or something and within a week it’s all blown over and not much is different.

You make my point for me Arrietty (are you a fellow Studio Ghibli fan) you're not bothered and have decided that for yourself! You don't need to be protected from infomation about it.

What do you mean “cross MN”? Why would anyone beg to come back if they’re already a member? You don’t have to give up your MN membership to join another forum.

I'm not going to fall for your trap (im smart) but you know there is a thread on the other site where people are talking about being banned from MN.

Yes, a couple of people have, maybe as many as FOUR.
I've barely seen a link (maybe 2?) on the boards so MN is hardly overrun.

And yet countless threads have been spammed with the link and the PMs did happen.

So some did take it as a call to arms.

Doubtless, they did. But that’s very different than what you claimed- “All the members over there were asked to spam here to recruit members via PM”

Which is simply not true.

Looks like illegal activity members plotting to PM people here to tell them about other sites.

They obviously have not heard about the Competition and Markets Authority who have legal power. Silly move!

I don't see the outrage over this all. If you want all the snazzy features then pay £5 a month

What snazzy features? Fewer ads (doesn't say how many fewer) and an 18 second edit button.

I like the other forum, it has all the functions I expect from a 21st Century forum but I will also will continue to be on MN despite it having none. However I will not be paying because we members provide the content and without us, MN would be nothing.

@SomethingOnce it's a little embarrassing to watch really.

Anyone that crosses MN will soon be begging to come back here.

What does this mean?

What do you mean “cross MN”? Why would anyone beg to come back if they’re already a member? You don’t have to give up your MN membership to join another forum.

Some people chatting and suggesting it is not all members being asked to do it.

And yet countless threads have been spammed with the link and the PMs did happen.

So some did take it as a call to arms.

Yes. I would urge caution to the casual reader that not all usernames scaremongering about MN security and/or bigging-up the new site, are as genuine as they seem.

The tone of many of their posts is wooden AF.

Bless.

There's been plenty of posts on MN in the past about raiding NM and stuff

Really?! What for? To loot ticker tape?

Some people chatting and suggesting it is not all members being asked to do it. Jesus christ. There's been plenty of posts on MN in the past about raiding NM and stuff. Yet I wouldn't call that a call to arms. 😆

I haven’t been asked, and I doubt many have read that suggestion and even if they have they have no intention of doing so.

@ArriettyJones exact same thing happened with the Reddit sub. A few years on and infighting with a slightly strange faction who went into hiding, and although there are a few thousand subscribed only a regular 40-60 users (and that's being generous)

Years before that everyone decamped to Facebook. Infighting, groups seperated, everyone settled down.

Mumsnet seems to have weathered the various storms.

*Meh. Every time this happens it’s because someone thinks they can reinvent the wheel. They all get incredibly excited thinking they’re going to change the world or something and within a week it’s all blown over and not much is different.

All very juvenile.*

Agreed, this new site looks like the lowest of the low - like something from lidi WITH a reduced sticker on it.

It's the moldies all over again. Anyone that crosses MN will soon be begging to come back here. It happens over and over again.

Asking for users to spam MN you say?