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We know it's fake! Leave it alone!

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Bigbadfish · 09/10/2022 10:30

I am more than aware that a lot of threads are fake. But if the discussion is good it's enjoyable. Why delete it? This place has seriously gone down hill compared to previous years. There's no good threads, the app is falling apart and then anything good that does arrive you zap!

Just leave it up!

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PAFMO · 09/10/2022 16:12

MK19590 · 09/10/2022 15:55

I was reading some old threads in classics recently to fill time on a long train journey. It occurred to me that over half of them would have been deleted in a matter of hours if posted today

So they should have been tbf.
Fat balls? Yeah right.
Korean ladies? Yeah right
PB- oh fuck off you sex troll.

OP- where are we going to draw your line then? Who gets to decide who is a fun lying troll and who isn't?

Phos · 09/10/2022 16:09

I genuinely have wondered when we see a "We've taken it down so we can take a look behind the scenes" message - what do they actually do?

PeekabooAtTheZoo · 09/10/2022 16:00

ZeroFuchsGiven · 09/10/2022 15:09

And 'We know its fake' maybe some of us old timers do but a lot of newer posters do not and then end up genuinely upset over sharing something they thought would actually help the troll in question.

This. I’ve felt like namechanging more than once because I shared something to help an OP in good faith only to learn it was a troll, and it takes a toll on those of us trying to help who get caught in the crossfire of a bunfight we don’t understand then we get namechecked for hours by angry people. All because of trolls.

MK19590 · 09/10/2022 15:55

I was reading some old threads in classics recently to fill time on a long train journey. It occurred to me that over half of them would have been deleted in a matter of hours if posted today

BIWI · 09/10/2022 15:55

FFS. It's delete-happy at the moment because there are so many bloody trolls! Which is what you/the OP seem to want. You can't have it both ways!

Absolutely agree with @Hobnobswantshernameback (as usual) and @A580Hojas. All the trolling is completely spoiling the site.

Phos · 09/10/2022 15:47

MN do seem a bit delete-happy at the moment.

I don't care if they're fake either, I really don't see why people get so wound up about it. If someone really feels the need to make up a situation/thread, then let them. I don't buy the genuinely upset about sharing something, it's a public site, anyone can see what you put on here. If you're going to get oversensitive, don't share.

ZeroFuchsGiven · 09/10/2022 15:09

And 'We know its fake' maybe some of us old timers do but a lot of newer posters do not and then end up genuinely upset over sharing something they thought would actually help the troll in question.

ZeroFuchsGiven · 09/10/2022 15:06

Are you being serious? I mean on your watch you would have people responding to suicide threads, pregnancy threads etc all just for the sake of entertainment? get a grip ffs.

If you dont like how the site is run you could always pop over elsewhere.

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Bigbadfish · 09/10/2022 15:02

Blondbombsite · 09/10/2022 14:23

I agree with the OP. Troll threads that beg, are pervy or are about sensitive issue which could upset people, should be deleted. People making up shit about school mums, weddings or pom bears, I don’t care. I assume even real threads are exaggerated or we get told a highly edited version anyway.

This is what I mean. Obvious troll is obvious.

But some random drama that is actually plausible. Leave it up. Nobody would know until MN pipe up.

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CuriousCatfish · 09/10/2022 14:26

If MNHQ leave obvious fake threads up them they should allow troll hunting comments.

You can't really allow one without the other.

Blondbombsite · 09/10/2022 14:23

I agree with the OP. Troll threads that beg, are pervy or are about sensitive issue which could upset people, should be deleted. People making up shit about school mums, weddings or pom bears, I don’t care. I assume even real threads are exaggerated or we get told a highly edited version anyway.

A580Hojas · 09/10/2022 14:18

I don't agree.

The site isn't any fun any more, true. Everyone is miserable. But having a lot of rubbish on Mumsnet is even more depressing than that.

Hobnobswantshernameback · 09/10/2022 14:15

Yay lets leave all those oh so funny attention seeking trolls to peddle their take a break shit for the Pom Pom wavers
cos that'll make the site pure quality won't it
🙄

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Bigbadfish · 09/10/2022 13:36

BIWI · 09/10/2022 13:34

Absolutely not. All that does is encourage more trolling. And where do you draw the line?

There's more than enough stuff posted here all the time, so no need for made up bollocks.

Not if its a normal discussion. There are always going to be fake posts. Half of classics is BS.
But if it gets an actual interesting conversation going then leave it be. Better then half the repeated boring stuff that's clogging active

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BIWI · 09/10/2022 13:34

Absolutely not. All that does is encourage more trolling. And where do you draw the line?

There's more than enough stuff posted here all the time, so no need for made up bollocks.

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