People are understandably reluctant to post on here now for advice and support, unless it's for a niche subject, and I think that's a huge shame, as there is a wide range of intelligent posters to call on who share a good breadth of knowledge. But there are also too many people who also enjoy being rude and dismissive and get a kick out of making the op feel worse. I suppose the very thing that makes Mumsnet great - the freedom to largely post whatever, whenever, anonymously - is also becoming it's downfall. Once again, the few ruin it for the majority! T'was ever thus!
Maybe this was what Mumsnet premium was all about? To eliminate this sort of thing? Unfortunately though, owing to various security breaches, I am reluctant to give them my credit card number.
Also, when Mumsnet started, way back when, there were far fewer sources of information about parenting, domestic tasks, cooking etc and other forms of sm have now filled that gap.
It's such a shame as Mumsnet is unique really and I have hugely appreciated its presence over the years. But now when I log on there seem to be either the same threads about "how often do you shower/how often do you change your bed/do you take your shoes off before going indoors" (to my mind done to death and really boring) or a cat fight under different guises on the subject of sahp v wohp (which I find upsetting) or what probably are troll threads where the op disappears after their first post (which are either not worth engaging with, or if you do, are frustrating).
There are some good threads around still in feminism and politics, and some of the advice under the relationships board can be genuine I think, but as for general run of the mill threads, I agree with pp about the lack of nuance, not to mention wit and humour.