Why won’t MNet take seriously other sites trolling here?

As this post has now been noted on there I expect an influx of Tattle posters to appear and try and justify comments like the above so I shall step back
Now that you've advertised the Tattler site and ensured an influx over there of bitchy MNers, you can definitely step back. Job done, hey 🙄

I've read back further and can see that they have also made positive comments about some of the photos, even the 'pasta' woman. In isolation the comments in the last few days looked cruel but that's not the whole story.

I see no need to post there and ask about it, especially as they're spot on about so much else. I think anyone posting photos of themselves must be brave and know they're taking a risk posting on public forum.

There's quite a lot of trolling on Tattle too.

I've been here yonks and there have always been disgruntled mumsnetters posting about mumsnet on other sites. That tattle thread doesn't look any different. People who mumsnet posting about how awful or stupid people who mumsnet are. Seemingly oblivious to the irony.

The trolling is so ubiquitous on here now anyway that I tend to think of most threads as a story to follow rather than a real life situation.

It's a public forum, and we already know from some of what we see on here that some people are emboldened by anonymity to sneer, carp and generally be unpleasant.
Over and above the perv, troll and bullshit threads, I mean.
Some of the posts elsewhere about MN are opinion or fair comment - one of mine has been mentioned! But I think that constantly picking on one person, as they seem to be doing, is getting nasty.

Tattlers aren't trolling here. If you have problems with what's being posted on Tattler, you need to raise the issue there, not here.

And if (generic) you post something on MN, you no longer control that information. It's not as though it's a new concept.

@pinneddownbytabbies sorry I thought you meant whether a thread was genuine.

It's not troll hunting, it is simply telling people on a thread that their posts have been picked up and are being shared elsewhere on the internet.

Troll hunting is accusing someone on the actual MN thread of being a troll.

Posters on here need to get their heads around the fact it’s a public forum and nothing they post is confidential. Prefacing your post with arrant nonsense that you don’t give permission for the content to be used elsewhere or ‘fuck off Daily Mail’ just expose themselves as being almost too thick to use the internet.

The reason the Tattle threads and Reddit posts exist is precisely because MN is full of bullshit and perv threads yet troll hunting is banned so despite reporting them, they just carry on with the halfwits begging for updates.

Just been for a nose on Tattle... it looks interesting, exposing some influencers for lying...about bloody time!!

I think it's a public forum and isn't heavily moderated, so there are risks associated with that.

I've been on one of the sites criticising MN threads and it generally seems to be people wanting to point out obvious trolls which they can't on here as it's against talk guidelines.

I do get a bit confused by HQ's approach, as they are generally hands off....until they aren't. Also, on other sites with hands off moderation, you are usually able to block persistently unpleasant posters. For some reason @mnhq repeatedly refuse to make this feature available on here and it makes the site so much worse. Iirc they initially said it wasn't possible from a. Tech perspective 🤣. Of course it is. I've now just hidden the vast majority of talk topics, as the trolls, MRAs and their kind have ruined a lot of the topics.

A warning would be nice and as you say, HQ will "pop on the thread" to stop bunfights, troll hunting etc. But since they refuse to help, there is your answer and it's even more reason to post with a level of caution on here.

You could do it yourself

Well no we're not supposed to "troll hunt" so you have to report and wait for them to pick up and see what they decide.

Yes, but it doesn't have to be MNHQ that does that. Anyone could post on the thread and say 'look folks, sorry to have to tell you, but...'

You could do it yourself.

I agree @Welllookiehere . I don't think we should have to just accept it.

This.

And to add to that, let’s not forget that MN employed someone who doxxed women posting on the feminism boards. So be wary of what you read and what you post, and make sure the email address you’ve signed up with can’t identify you IRL.

Op mumsnet haven't got the resources to delete posts constantly

Don't post details if you don't want others picking up on them

And that is a business decision taken by those who own this site.

We are all aware of it. We can all work out why that is the decision that has been made.

We all have choices.

MN wants threads here to spread to other forums and to the Mail etc. It drives traffic here. People read those posts on Tattle, or read about a thread on the Mail and then come over here to see what it's about.

Of course they're not going to warn people, or attempt to end the cross pollination. It's not in their interests, and in fact they WANT it to happen. There's probably a member of staff who's job it is to encourage it to happen.

MN threads have also started to appear on my FB feed. Now that's a deliberate act by mumsnet.

Surely just a lesson not to believe everything you read on here or post anything you’re not happy to have shared with millions.

Isn't that a bit pathetic though? Like on SM posting stuff just for as many likes as possible and whatnot? It shows them up more than anything as being a bit crap at life if that's what it's reduced them to doing for sport.

You can't let yourself get het up.

Trolls gonna troll.

*or Reddit

Blimey...are people really SO invested in mumsnet?

Time to get a life off the internet perhaps? Couldn't care less if Tattle off to Reddit troll

Just because they confess to being a troll who started a particular thread, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are telling the truth.

I take everything on t'internet with a pinch of salt, and after a two-minute look at Tattle a couple of years ago I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole, so anything they say about me on there will go cheerfully unread.

It's best not to take posts on here too seriously. Especially the AIBU inflammatory type ones. It's an open forum which will attract all sorts. MNHQ cannot be patrolling this constantly. Report any you think are trolling and accept threads you are posting on might be nonsense. I scroll on past loads of threads I suspect are nonsense.