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Mumsnet turning into Tattle

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lillie23 · 21/03/2023 10:04

Anyone else noticed how horrible some of the users on Mumsnet are. There are a few threads on here that I have read and some of the users are so rude with their replies, it reminds me of Tattle the way the users just slate and put people down. I think, would they be so rude and obnoxious if you was asking their advice face to face.

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EarringsandLipstick · 25/03/2023 13:02

I'm not being funny but you yourself have been vile to many posters yourself! Real vitriolic and condescending!

@newjobnewstartihope

That's completely untrue. I have never been vile, vitriolic and condescending.

You, in the other hand, with that personal attack, breaking MN rules ... 🤔

NunNunNun · 25/03/2023 08:35

Mind you, this is ridiculous. Mumsnet thread about Tattke and a Tattle thread about Mumsnet - what a sad bunch we all are 😂

NunNunNun · 25/03/2023 08:30

I’ve seen people slag off children of Tattle. Granted, another poster often comes along and tells them that children aren’t fair game, but it’s disgusting.

I hadn’t seen that posts about the persons child who passed away. And yes, I’m aware that posters slag off children on here too, but that’s normally because someone posts about certain incidences or behaviours, they don’t discuss children’s looks/weight/dress etc.

Lanadelfrey · 25/03/2023 08:30

I really like Tattle. I don’t venture into the influencer threads as some of them are definitely obsessive but the off topic and advice sections are fab. I find it to be a much friendlier, less uptight space than MN.

The mumsnet thread is hilarious and spot on and absolutely no one on Tattle is bothered about this thread, they’re laughing at it lmao. That’s another of the key differences imo; there’s zero humour on MN.

JanesSadLittleLife · 25/03/2023 07:59

@EddieSteady I know right...absolute cringe.

Here is a snippet from one about a trans tik-tocker; "She's fucking talentless, a sight for sore eyes with that nose and she'd probably gas the place out with her ungodly hobo smell!!"

EddieSteady · 25/03/2023 07:49

YourTruthorMine · 24/03/2023 22:00

Tattle is far less toxic than Mumsnet. Entiltled celebrity culture is out of control and Tattle is one of the few places that allows free speech. Mumsnet unfortunately has a tribe of not very nice people who dictate what we can and can't discuss

Here's an example of what's said on Tattle. This isn't about a celebrity by the way, just a YT vlogger with fewer than 10k subscribers.

""What is the talking about?? Going to the next town to M and S? Maybe if she stopped banging out kids for a living she would have more disposable cash! Hilarious how husband's name only got a knot in it when the cap was bought in!! These benefit families boil my piss! We get 00000 government handouts! Can you imagine the dregs having to solely survive on actually earnings!? Would love to see that vlog!! So sick on my tax paying for this degenerative family and others like them!!
Where are we paying for these scumbags to go on holiday this time? Holiday??!! Phwaahh!
Is it just me or do they all look like they need a bloody good wash?! House looks like it stinks! Kids look like they stink! Need a bloody good hairwash! Actually would fit right in on benefits street (would pay her a few quid)!
vlogger name moaning about getting her 10,000 steps - if she got a job and paid back into society she would smash that! Worked it out ... she claims the kids have 'issues' so she can "look after' them forever and not have to get a job! The 'special' kids will depend on her forever. Ching ching £££££. Still no work for the gummy twat! Can she not see that her and her scummy dregs are what is ruining this country!! Let them just have what they earn!! (Sweet FA) This country is too bloody soft! Also, the scabby kids will do the same as her, absolutely fuck all!"

On the same thread other posters who won't use the primary school children of the vloggers names and refer to them as 'pigs'. A 15 year old child being described as "built and looks like a middle aged woman". A 5 year old child being spoken about "All that's wrong with her is she is overweight, a disobedient arsehole, and talks with marbles in her mouth".

The vlogger described as an "ugly fat shit" and "a fucking skank". 7 year old child described as a "spoilt pig" . Their very normal house described as a "hovel".

"The pair of them can hardly string a sentence together! Almost illiterate! Why document your skanky life on YT when it's so god damn embarrassing! The children don't seem to have a brain cell between them! they have just bred the next generation of benefit halfwits!" - this is particularly hilarious due to the appalling spelling and grammar of most of the posters on the thread!

Picked another thread at random. Again just a minor YT vlogger. "She"s dog ugly" "bet her gusset stinks" "fat greedy shit" "she makes me gag" "I'd love to smash her in the face with a frying pan".

I could go on and on.

That's all far less toxic than MN is it? Where are all the lovely supportive people? What's this got to do with celebrity culture when they're just normal families who vlog?

I can assure everyone here "they're not saying what most people are thinking". Most people are not going out of their way to watch content on YT that they could easily avoid, to online bully adults and children. They're vile people who are obsessed with monitoring every move of minor vloggers to then hurl abuse and demonstrate how truely nasty they are.

If that's the kind of free speech you're enjoying, we'll..

Stugs · 25/03/2023 00:09

newjobnewstartihope · 25/03/2023 00:04

I don't think any website is fully caring and kind unless it's something like gardeners world

No, you are right. I follow a few house decorating groups on Facebook and even they can be really cutting and intimidating!!

newjobnewstartihope · 25/03/2023 00:04

I don't think any website is fully caring and kind unless it's something like gardeners world

Anycolouryoulike · 24/03/2023 23:39

newjobnewstartihope · 24/03/2023 23:35

I couldn't care less about that either so I'm not sure why you are crying about it

You clearly do. And tbh , so what? Just stop pretending Tattle is so caring and kind. It's not and neither is MN.

Both have their fair share of arse holes.

ItsBeginningToScabOverNow · 24/03/2023 23:39

A lot of posters make it sounds like websites are schools and you only go to one.

There are loads of people who use both Tattle and MN. Just because someone might not post “ugh, the state of that mirror” on MN, doesn’t mean they’re not thinking it (or posting it on Tattle).

newjobnewstartihope · 24/03/2023 23:35

I couldn't care less about that either so I'm not sure why you are crying about it

Anycolouryoulike · 24/03/2023 23:19

newjobnewstartihope · 24/03/2023 23:11

You sound about 8
Who cares what someone from another forum thinks about Mumsnet?

And who cares about what MN thinks about Tattle... oh wait.

newjobnewstartihope · 24/03/2023 23:11

Anycolouryoulike · 24/03/2023 23:01

And the threads about Tattle on MN are spot on. If they can't take it, don't dish it out.

They slag off MN. MN slags them off. They can't cry about it, if they spend all their time SS MN threads to rip to bits what do they expect?

You sound about 8
Who cares what someone from another forum thinks about Mumsnet?

Stugs · 24/03/2023 23:05

Honestly the tattle threads didn't seem half as nasty as it can be on here. Admittedly I've only read a few pages of one thread.

Anycolouryoulike · 24/03/2023 23:01

And the threads about Tattle on MN are spot on. If they can't take it, don't dish it out.

They slag off MN. MN slags them off. They can't cry about it, if they spend all their time SS MN threads to rip to bits what do they expect?

Matildapower · 24/03/2023 22:23

The threads about mn are spot on

Anycolouryoulike · 24/03/2023 22:21

Housenoob · 24/03/2023 22:18

I've not been on Tattle but I occasionally have a gander at this thread on S&B, I'm sure they are lovely ladies but tbf I've had similar thoughts. Some of the mirrors and carpets really are filthy 🤷

Oh noes. They need to up their housewife skills.

Housenoob · 24/03/2023 22:18

Anycolouryoulike · 24/03/2023 22:03

Tattle

'look at that crap outfit, doesn't she own an iron?'
'can't she hoover her carpet,just what sort of woman is she?
'her mirror needs cleaning, I'm a much better housewife than her'

And on and so on.

I've not been on Tattle but I occasionally have a gander at this thread on S&B, I'm sure they are lovely ladies but tbf I've had similar thoughts. Some of the mirrors and carpets really are filthy 🤷

Stugs · 24/03/2023 22:18

I've never read tattle before but have just read some of the Mumsnet posts and I'm afraid to say some of them are.spot on and quite funny 😁

newjobnewstartihope · 24/03/2023 22:10

EarringsandLipstick · 24/03/2023 19:41

I cannot believe anyone is defending Tattle. The argument that they are nice to one another ... give me strength - they are because they are united in their bile & viciousness, against many many people.

I knew about it but not much about the actual content, until fairly recently. In the past few weeks on the MN Tattle thread they were disgustingly offensive about a longtime MN poster whose DD was seriously ill and sadly died. The mocking & laughing (they believed it was untrue) was sickening. The cross-pollination of posters meant some of the same awfulness was repeated here on MN, to the distress of the poster. Since then I have really grappled with using MN at all, and yet there is good, informative, supportive & funny content here, too.

I'm not being funny but you yourself have been vile to many posters yourself! Real vitriolic and condescending!

Stugs · 24/03/2023 22:08

RachelGreensHair · 24/03/2023 21:55

Mumsnet

OP: it's warm today.
First reply: no it isn't.
Second reply: do you always exaggerate OP. I feel for your partner having someone so toxic in their life.
Third reply: I've checked your posting history OP and it doesn't stack up that you feel warm.
Fourth reply: you're showing off, I'm living in a stable with no water or heating.
Fifth reply: my husband who earns six figures came back from his hobby (outing) and said its cold, I think you should give your head a wobble.
Sixth reply: can't you spell OP. Even my baby who is 43 months can spell.

You sound rather entitled. I feel sorry for your dcs. Are you normally this abusive?

(😉)

Stugs · 24/03/2023 22:06

Skinnermarink · 21/03/2023 10:08

Mumsnet is much more toxic than Tattle and has been for ages.

This.

Sadly Mumsnet can be one of the most toxic sites around. Its worse than Twitter sometimes and it's absolutely chock full of fantasists pretending to have jobs that mean they have expert knowledge on things that they really know nothing about.

There's also a lot of really nice people that are kind and helpful, just annoying that there are so many arseholes.

Anycolouryoulike · 24/03/2023 22:03

Tattle

'look at that crap outfit, doesn't she own an iron?'
'can't she hoover her carpet,just what sort of woman is she?
'her mirror needs cleaning, I'm a much better housewife than her'

And on and so on.

YourTruthorMine · 24/03/2023 22:00

Tattle is far less toxic than Mumsnet. Entiltled celebrity culture is out of control and Tattle is one of the few places that allows free speech. Mumsnet unfortunately has a tribe of not very nice people who dictate what we can and can't discuss

Skinnermarink · 24/03/2023 21:55

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