What is it with all these threads being deleted??

Many of us were here for the fallout of both of those pieces of shit.
We saw women we had got to know over the years sharing THEIR stories of losing their children only to then find out that these parasites had stolen photographs of REAL children in real hospitals to use on their threads.

Did you notice that one of the (thankfully few) troll defenders on this thread started a thread yesterday morning involving a dead child and a disabled child? Subsequently deleted.

Your support of people like this is interesting.

Not believing something has happened isn’t the same as not believing it’s possible. I agree that there are people on MN who seem to think that, just because they have no personal experience of a scenario, it doesn’t happen. What I’m saying is that it’s naïve to believe everything you read and never show any cynicism just because something could be true.

Not naive at all, rather it is naive to think something didn't happen because you personally cannot conceive of it. Maybe I'm just world-wise and experienced, seen too much in life. Those that are not only so cynical that they automatically assume a person is lying but simply can't understand something happening have led a very sheltered life in my experience.

I do think it says so much more about those people that they would think someone was trolling about something like that. That your mind would even go there.

’How could you even imagine such a thing?’ is the cry of the naïve, I’m afraid.

I have read a bit about those. I still ask where the proof is these people actually trolled and weren't genuine. Same as I ask you why you would assume someone would troll about dead babies?

I do think it says so much more about those people that they would think someone was trolling about something like that. That your mind would even go there.

Unfortunately an Under the Bridge would provide would-be trolls with a Masterclass in how to be a good troll. All hairy-handed troll threads in one place, what's not to like, fill yer boots!

hence why MNHQ always get rid, as quickly as they can to wipe the slate clean. It doesn't stop trolls of course but it doesn't encourage it either. I can get that, it makes sense to keep the forum free of troll detritus.

**sitestuff

I have raised that in sitest

In fairness, the troll deleted this morning was interesting on an AS.
Even more interesting is that they were posting on this thread yesterday.
I suppose they got their idea for their sick fuck post from here.

That deletion makes sense now. I hadn't seen the update from the OP.

And I intended to return and post on that…!

I saw it when there was no replies at all, but didn’t have time to post - topic I feel strongly about though and wanted to raise a virtual glass and agree with the OP

they (hopefully) look at the posting history

Let's hope that their search function is better than the one they've given us.

Went to look at my active threads and the one about raising a glass to women's suffrage was deleted at request of op because of "not many posts" ... in one day.... WTAF. Was a starting discussion on Suffragettes v. Suffragists.

Starting to post less myself, getting fed up of it.

'disguised', obviously

It was a total shitshow, but also a haven for all those who want 'free speech' aka not-even-thinly-disguide racism to be allowed

Not you Lilifer.

I saw the other forum, and it was a total shit show

Indeed Hobnobs

I'm experiencing some deja vu here. A while ago another site set itself up as much better than MN in every way and proceeded to blatantly on threads and by PM try encourage posters to jump ship and go to their site instead.

The site was nothing but thread after thread of abuse about MN in general, Justine in particular and various posters who they'd taken a dislike to. It was troll central. It crashed and burned after massive fallings out and attempted unsuccessful revivals.

Of course, those trolls have tried creeping back in to MN. Their style is very familiar.

(Oops - too soon)
seems that several of us are getting fed up with the ‘woke/PC’ world going mad?

Or can someone explain trolls to me? (I get the sex pervert type, hadn’t realised there were other kinds)
eg/ the ketchup one being ‘goady’ - can we not be trusted to ignore it if we don’t want to engage?

I post under a few different names, depending on topic and to save worry about being recognised but am already posting less recently

Just chipping in to add my frustration with the deleted threads too..

I agree with the idea of an Under the Bridge section for them being moved to. That way the good advice from genuine posters is not lost if someone does a search - but later posters don’t waste time tailoring a response.

And threads like the ketchup one - I just clicked away when it was obviously stupid (didn’t even occur to me it was a troll tbh) but do they really need policing?

Yes - this happens all the time. It's blatantly obvious that the OP hasn't had privacy concerns as much as they're disappointed that people think they're being a prat.

One went yesterday that I was finding interesting - a woman wanted to sue her maternity service for a birth injury (cosmetic) to her daughter's face. She got her arse handed to her - not unfairly or maliciously - and then, POOF! The thread vanishes. No reason given. Presumably the OP - who also posted a picture of her daughter's scar - decided she'd be outed, and MNHQ just removing the picture wouldn't be enough. I bet if she'd got the response she wanted, which was clearly encouragement to go for a totally spurious medical negligence case, that that thread would be standing now.