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Why was this thread hidden?

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Zonder · 02/05/2025 07:29

I'm a bit shocked by the thread about MN using people's generic quotes about products as advertising for specific brands of a product. That seems disingenuous.

However I am even more shocked that the thread concerned has been hidden. That seems doubly disingenuous, especially as other people had photographic evidence of the same happening to them.

It does look like we can't trust MN promotion of products to have true comments on them.

Can anyone explain this? And will you be reinstating the thread?

Why was this thread hidden?
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Zonder · 02/05/2025 07:51

Thanks for posting @Wondermoomin I was hoping you would see it.

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Wondermoomin · 02/05/2025 07:48

Thank you for asking the question. It was my thread and I’m wondering the same.

I’m working today but will check at various points to see if it’s been reinstated or if MN have privately messaged me. However, I think they owe an explanation more broadly than just to me as it became clear on that thread that this wasn’t an isolated incident.

YonderTweek · 02/05/2025 07:40

Ahh I was just looking for that thread and hoping there's an update.

TheAutumnCrow · 02/05/2025 07:36

ZenNudist · 02/05/2025 07:33

They also took down the TAAT so expect this to go too.

TBF mumsnet is a business and there has got to be some way of making money. I'm not saying lie, but I understand the caution about that thread.

Nevertheless MN the website must comply with the rules of the regulator the ASA.

ZenNudist · 02/05/2025 07:33

They also took down the TAAT so expect this to go too.

TBF mumsnet is a business and there has got to be some way of making money. I'm not saying lie, but I understand the caution about that thread.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 02/05/2025 07:32

Oh I’ve just been looking for that thread, glad I spotted this one!

AlwaysFreezing · 02/05/2025 07:31

I think there's an automatic process here. Enough reports (and people were reporting so mnhq could see it as it was in AIBU not site stuff) and threads automatically get hidden.

YesThatsATurdOnTheRug · 02/05/2025 07:31

Yikes!!

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