Does MNHQ Check Our Inboxes?

I had that message about the new site too. And now its been deleted at the request of the user. Yeah, right

I had an email from MNHQ to say they had banned the new user and deleted all the PMs.

It’s exactly the same as the site that the mums one is a spin off from so they weren’t trying to copy MN or make it look like MN. Just obviously used the same template and wanted to keep the branding the same. Also loads of websites are blue (digital spy) and have similar forums am I being unreasonable/what would you do/am I the asshole etc.

I visit about 8-10 forums, they’re not ‘in competition’ for me as a user, I just rotate between them depending what I feel like reading or which one I visited first or what help I need.

The screenshot from a pp showing the new site (MC) just looks like a rip off of MN. It should at least show some originality, for goodness sake!

Starting a new site? Fine. Trying to poach via MN PMs - not fine. Making your new site look just like MN - not fine.

I had it too. It smelt of a hacker. I meant to email Justine. I'll do it now.

I’ve signed up to the other forum and it’s good. Not interested in the MN bashing threads and I’ll probably keep using both, but boy, does it make you wonder how the heck this one can possibly take £350k/m in staff costs to run!? It’s poor by comparison and very outdated.

YW. I am just relieved it’s not a data breach.

First time I have seen this occur but as I said, I'm rarely about any forum to be honest. I prefer the serenity of Gransnet these days. :)

Thanks for explaining though @ArriettyJones. It is all starting to make sense now.

I went to Netmums. Too many colours and emojis for me @lilmishap but yes, I'd imagine NM is the biggest rival of MN in terms of subscribers and advertisers. They appear to have existed alongside each other for years, it would seem.

@BringMeSunshineInMyLife
I expect the people promoting their new site (I have no issue with it) are being banned and subsequently their messages disappear along with them

Is it an X rated site?

If it's the one I'm thinking of (and I assume it is as was on a thread earlier which is why I prob got the message too) and going by some of the usernames with tin hats on in this thread -
It's a site set up with a similar name to MN, by people (or person) pissed off that MN has a subscriber option and they think that's not good (neither do I but meh)
Also seems to be a place some want to go as can say "transwomen men whoohoo" as MN increasingly won't let us ) it's just all shite.
I won't be venturing over there if that's what it's for.

They have a wage bill of £350K a month, but rely on volunteers at night?

I think you and I both know this has been discussed at length before @Badbilly

I agree, it’s a bit naughty of them.

Are any sites 'rival sites' ? I think MN has been around long enough to have a fairly firm user base?

It’s the groups that are formed by disgruntled MNers that tend to cause a bit of tension and bickering. I think that’s the theme here rather than commercial competitors.

The place where the insect joke was made splintered off as a group of ex-mumsnetters who were pissed off about a really disastrous bit of modding (involving a terminally ill woman, her pervy predator of a DH, and some questionable fundraising).

This time this batch of defectors are annoyed about premium subscription.

There was a group called moldies who just wanted a super secret clubhouse for their BFFs.

It’s an annual event.

@BakedCam MumsNet and NetMums are surely quite close to rivalry in terms of advertising....and names.

Probably because this one was started late at night. MNHQ don’t work these hours. The Nightwatch provide voluntary cover for the really dodgy stuff, but full moderation will not start again until 7 or 8am.

They have a wage bill of £350K a month, but rely on volunteers at night?

Ah, that would because it wasn't about someone possibly providing details of a new forum so not in your business interests to deal with, eh?

Ahhh, is THAT why?!
Sounds like mass spamming of links then,
Maybe one was reported, and they have a way of deleting all others?
Would make sense if so.

Fair enough.

I read that as it was. A joke on another site....

Are any sites 'rival sites' ? I think MN has been around long enough to have a fairly firm user base? I've not been an avid poster but been around for years on and off. Whixh is the beauty of the site. I like here and Gransnet.

I guess, like most sites, it will bring its challengers, disruptors and a core group of both who will splinter and serve up elsewhere.

That was to @lilmishap

Probably because this one was started late at night. MNHQ don’t work these hours. The Nightwatch provide voluntary cover for the really dodgy stuff, but full moderation will not start again until 7 or 8am.

Oohh! This happened to me too today!
I saw my message icon flashing merrily away (I hardly ever get messages so was intrigued lol) - clicked on and saw it had "been removed at users request"
I've been pretty vocal on threads lately so thought I must have pissed someone off and then they had a change of heart and retracted
@MNHQ what's going on lol

Why did they get rid of the thread that was the same as this one but let this one run?

It was a joke about Justine. She did go over there and ask them to stop it before she banned them from here but, yeah, it all got a bit tetchy and escalated quickly.

She still only banned the joke maker, though. Not everyone who had joined that splinter group.

Which is what I was saying. MN won’t ban you just for joining a rival site.

'They did once, a joke posted on another site got the person banned from this site'

That is rather militant.

So done posted a joke on another site and MN banned them from here? WTF?

Yes I remember. Insect related wasn’t it?

Kind of proves my point about tweaking Justine’s nose on her own site.

I thought MNHQ can read PMs. I thought they sat hey could check when they think someone is doing a begging thread or is trolling... not sure though.

I meant that obviously MNHQ will delete poaching PMs and ban whoever sent them, not that they will ban anyone who joins both sites.

They did once, a joke posted on another site got the person banned from this site

@ArriettyJones No sure if MN want to lose members by kicking them out - they need the numbers for when the advertisers come back.

That’s not what I meant.

I meant that obviously MNHQ will delete poaching PMs and ban whoever sent them, not that they will ban anyone who joins both sites.