Thread Deleted ( Parts 1,2,3, and 4)

I think MNHQ is pretty much on the ball and if they're not deleting threads it's because they don't want to. Footfall and traffic is important to them so, threads run their course but, when such threads are highlighted for individual reports to be deleted then they have to act.

I bet they sit there saying, "Shit, we have to take this bollocks down now", though.

Pretty much everything on here is fake, exaggerated or goady froth. Not sure why anyone is surprised tbh.

I always feel sorry for the people sucked in. Also read better written stuff in Take A Break. Engage brains people…

If threads go on for that long it's a pretty good indicator of BS, I always think. Especially with a topic like that. Certain to rile people up.

I read some of the first thread and right at the beginning it sounded vaguely credible. It was getting less so by the end. But as soon as it went to a second thread I stopped bothering. It triggered my BS radar.

FFS.
What do they get out of it. Just for kicks?
I sort of imagine a wannabe novelist wanting to get character insights..
I did wonder if it would get picked up by the Mail, but I guess their antenna are well developed. (better than mine!)
The last one I remember was some woman who had let a friend stay in her rental property which was in her garden and the friend was a real CF but the poster just couldn't see it and kept arguing that perhaps she was alright really.

People were reporting it from thread 2 if not 1, they commented saying that they had. So it was still allowed to run for another 2 threads.

What is PBP?

Mumsnet can't give emotional support to those who have commented on a troll thread- that'd be a huge job,

It comes back to not giving more you can afford in all ways. You have to assume that a large proportion of threads on here are bollocks and keep that in mind and not get emotionally involved.

The Oliver's army threads from a few years back are a huge example of this- a troll thread about a boy with leukaemia- took loads of posters in (even though it was clearly rubbish). The onus is on you to look after yourself.

Likewise

I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did, it was so obviously nonsense.

I think MN have to accept that when people give time, energy and emotional support to FOUR threads that disappear - there will be a TAAT

I wrote at least four posts across those threads and I usually think really carefully about what advice I would give a friend IRL - rather than just bash out something on my keyboard. I think the deletion notes from MNHQ should be more specific in respect of people's time and emotional energy spent @MNHQ

Of course it was.

I gave the OP the benefit of the doubt but alarm bells rang at the mention of the "rusty..." sex thing and then when they updated this morning about staying with him, I was like "right..."

No one has commented or asked if OP could update. The issues is MN have deleted all 4 threads which is an unusual move and signifies something was not at it seems

This thread is asking MN to comment, not OP

Yes it was.

If your life was quite literally completely falling apart in the way the OP detailed, would your main focus really be updating mumsnet? Especially in AIBU, where you know it's going to get a lot of traction and attention

I've reported this thread simply to flag it to MN and asked if they will comment

I wouldn't have thought so. It's not really a 'thread' as such is it, it's just people asking about how it works. I think it degenerates into a thread if people start talking about the actual posts specifically and pulling them apart.

PBP = Previously Banned Poster

Does it count as a threat about a thread if you are asking a question about it on site stuff

They don't sit and read the threads, they rely instead on reports.

It's possible they eventually looked into it after a few reports came in.

I won't comment on what I think of the thread itself but agree with the Op that considering how many posters were on them, the deletion message is very vague and it would be good to know why it was deleted rather than leave it to speculation

What’s PBF please?