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Why on earth do you think you should be able to influence what other people talk about?

Why shouldn't I??🤔 I'm offering an alternative opinion to those who believe endless speculation is appropriate.

Why does that opinion not count equally?

There was plenty to discuss

Plenty to speculate and gossip about, I think you mean - this is a tragic case for a family and her close friends. Why do you think it's appropriate to post endlessly on it - on 7 threads?

Yet here you are speculating and insinuating

Imagine thinking people shouldn't discuss a case which is on the front page of every newspaper

Actually it is not. The case is now being given a certain amount of attention & updates by the media - most of it - and is not front & centre of every bulletin.

Precisely as it's a tragic family matter, and while at some point, there will be an update and hopefully outcome, there is little new to report at this point.

(The prurient media is of course inappropriately milking the situation)

I don't think it seems quick. Theyre in a routine and she arrives home at the same time so he knew something was wrong.

My DM gets to my house at 4.15 every day. If she hadn't arrived by 4.45 I would be ringing to check she's ok. If there was no answer and still no sign of her by 5, I would be gone to look for her.

It’s not your job to decide what’s appropriate to discuss. If you don’t want to partake, just don’t. Why on earth do you think you should be able to influence what other people talk about?

A tired lazy response. People are also entitled to express their discomfort at the existence and prevalence of these threads & not be expected just to 'hide' it or walk by.

Absolutely this.

It's an active case! Of course there are things to discuss.

Exactly.

It is an active case. Not entertainment. And while at times, commentary in the public domain is warranted, a live, ongoing case, with a family in the throes of the worst moments of their lives at the centre, is not that time, and not for you to discuss obsessively as you have done, sadly.

But what else is anyone going to say that hasn't already been said 6000 times before?

@MNHQ

Totally agree with this. Certain people are detailing the threads on purpose to get the threads pulled.

other than them the threads are respectful, abiding by what the family have asked for & your guidelines.

can
you please just delete their disruptive posts & not delete ehi threads.

please.

Everyone is at liberty to discuss this case. It is all over the news and papers. If you don't like it just walk on by.

30-45 mins seems very quick to be checking someone’s whereabouts and preparing to go out looking for them doesn’t it?

Anyway, I think discussion and conjecture is a natural human response and the number of members who now seem to think it’s appropriate to police the threads expressing disgust, reporting everything they disapprove of and getting their own way is far more concerning than the ones who maybe cross a line now and again. Just delete those.

You don't think 6000 plus posts in these threads alone on the topic is enough? If people are so 'concerned" they can light a candle and say a prayer. It's bullshit. A missing most probably dead woman is not entertainment.

The police asked for no speculation.

About time they were taken down.Should have been deleted way before now.

It’s high time these threads were removed.

There isn’t actually anything to discuss any more. Any discussion about this is pure gossip and speculation.

And given the family have seemingly started taking part in independent documentaries already, if the police aren’t telling the family anything, then it’s not hard to see why.

Same.

To be honest the obsessives constantly trying to police ANY discussion around this case seem just as angry and unhinged as the 'I saw his eye twitch at 9.32 pm and that's why he did it' ones.

There are some legitimate fears and sympathy people have for Nicola and her family. There are also legitimate criticisms to be made around some of the police communication/inconsistencies ijn this case, which the public should also be allowed to discuss.

What they don’t want is people... throwing hurtful accusations about

Which is exactly what has been happening on these threads. I think mnhq should have been more proactive several threads ago, rather than leaving it up to posters to report speculation and accusations.

It does work. PA said NB usually returned from the dog walk about 9.45-10.00. He said at 10.15, he wasn’t unduly worried as she might have been chatting to someone. At around 10.30, he decided to call her phone. He phoned her mobile and WhatsApp several times to no answer. He then began to prepare to go out to meet her when his phone rang at 10.50. It was the school saying her phone had been found and her dog loose.

@ofwarren I was on the thread at the time it was taken down. There was a lot of nastiness between two posters (two who had already been at each other on previous threads) as well as suggestions of specific individuals being involved.
It's a shame as I felt the threads were a useful source of information and place to discuss our concerns about the case. I hope they reinstate the thread and delete the offensive posts

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It's just a thread. And this is the funniest excuse I've ever seen to carry on gossiping and rumour-mongering.