Can we have some sort of 'warning' for people who repeatedly post without reading all of OP's posts?

It's quite heavily moderated in some ways. I once got deleted (under an old name) for being disablist. I think I was writing something about my autistic DS and it was obviously in no way disablist. Even having written "autistic DS", I expect someone will want me to write "DS with autism".

Guilty as charged, public shaming maybe?

I dunno - I think people should be able to type anything they want on the internet. You don't need to have completed a tutorial to access Mumsnet - and you shouldn't have to. New posters ought to be able to make mistakes without getting reprimanded (or banning threatened!).

Also I don't think people should be banned unless they write stuff that is highly offensive.

Mumsnet is very heavily moderated. One of the most if not most heavily moderated forum on the internet. Infamously so.

Says who?

Mumsnet isn't heavily moderated. And when it is, it's only post-moderated, i.e. when a post or thread has been reported. And even then, a report doesn't necessarily lead to a deletion.

Mumsnet is very heavily moderated. One of the most if not most heavily moderated forum on the internet. Infamously so.

I'd happily walk everyone who needs it through it if I never see another complaint about someone quoting the OP. It just doesn't matter.

I wish they would take the quote button away again me. Much simpler to copy/paste/bold.

Only if you're technically capable of doing so.

Christ.

Look dudes, this isn't a nursery. You're not going to get your hand held and nor can you police how other people use this site.

Years people whinged for a quote button. Now we've got one there's still whinging. Years people whinged for a like button, now we've got one it's not enough. There should be something to show disapproval as well. Go to Reddit if you want Reddit.

Mumsnet isn't moderated, it's never been moderated. Just scroll on by if something irritates you. Report posts that break the sites T&C's...

It's not hard.

I wish they would take the quote button away again me. Much simpler to copy/paste/bold.

Yes. Particularly if they don't tag the person. Although in slow moving threads it's not such a big deal.

One more thing which infuriates me is when posters fail to quote the person to whom they're replying.

No, I often see people advising posters to ask MN to move particular threads to Relationships, Special Needs Children or Legal (for example).

It's to get their threads off the bearpit which is AIBU.

By different board I think they mean different site - ie, not Mumsnet.

Argh.

I've noticed that when I mention to someone that there was no need to quote the opening post, they get very defensive.
Some people even respond with "well, how else do I answer?" - which just demonstrates an unfortunate lack of comprehension.

I'm trying very hard not to get annoyed about it.

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If the poster wants more of a counselling session, with nuances and alternatives being thoughtfully explored then they should probably post on a different board

Well yes; but if the poster is fairly new to MN they may not understand how to choose a specific board.

Also, some people are really very poor with technology. On many occasions, I see people asking if a previous thread can be linked. They are incapable of using AS and finding it themselves - or an OP who has started a second thread about something asks someone to link her previous thread, because she doesn't knew how to herself.

What does fnar fnar fnar mean?

I don't know the thread you're referring to, but if it's an "Am I Being Unreasonable" then in my mind the point of that board is judgementalism. You tell people what you've done in your initial post and they tell you if they think it's unreasonable. It's pretty binary, there are even a YABU/YANBU vote. I don't usually read all the replies and follow ups. I judge! The poster needs to include all relevant information.

If the poster wants more of a counselling session, with nuances and alternatives being thoughtfully explored then they should probably post on a different board.

Amen to that!

I think y'all need to spend less time on mumsnet tbh.

And however much information is in the OP, things change and move on.

An OP might be about a neighbour problem, & the first few posts would suggest she talks to the neighbour. She might do that, post again to say the neighbour had told her to fuck off. It’s not at all helpful if idiots are still posting that she should talk to the neighbour.

But in some cases that could mean a huge amount of information about things the OP doesn’t realise will be relevant or does not want to discuss. Family situations are often very complicated nowadays.

We used to manage with the browser version for years before filtering to see just the OPs comments was introduced. It's a very useful convenience but not a necessity.
I use the iOS apps on phone and iPad - they do have filtering but don't have various other features. I prefer it because it's more readable (less clutter, more space for larger text is useful as one becomes longsighted!). If I need something that's not in the app, I just switch to the browser...not exactly difficult.

The response to these these days seems to be back to good old "challenge on the thread, we're not going to delete it".