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Endless one post OP threads

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MrsTerryPratchett · 13/07/2025 15:46

Hi MNHQ. There’s a rash of one post OPs at the moment. Normally goady, made to wind up, not enough detail and then the OP never returns. Hundreds of posts, no OP in sight. AI, goady trolls, idiots? Who know, probably a combination. But it’s getting silly. Could we add to the guidelines and make it a reportable thing?

I don’t mean someone who is a regular who forgets, or is just slow. I mean like the current one with 600+ replies about trans ‘hate’. Or the vegan at an BBQ. Obviously a wind-up but people bite.

Someone suggested it was a little club somewhere (probably some twatty boys’ club) that had a contest going for who could do it the most. Can we please knock it on the head?

OP posts:
LindorDoubleChoc · 13/07/2025 22:16

I agree. Been moaning about it for months.

TheAutumnCrow · 13/07/2025 22:09

StellaShining · 13/07/2025 21:58

I’ve hidden the AIBU board and it’s improved my use of the site immensely.

Sounds like a plan, tbh.

NameChangedOfc · 13/07/2025 22:00

StellaShining · 13/07/2025 21:58

I’ve hidden the AIBU board and it’s improved my use of the site immensely.

Same here.

StellaShining · 13/07/2025 21:58

I’ve hidden the AIBU board and it’s improved my use of the site immensely.

TheAutumnCrow · 13/07/2025 21:54

Chewbecca · 13/07/2025 21:51

I think I might have fallen for one this very evening:
New here...and an issue with the neighbours..

I hid it without opening it! Was I right??

Chewbecca · 13/07/2025 21:51

I think I might have fallen for one this very evening:
New here...and an issue with the neighbours..

WarmMJ · 13/07/2025 21:47

TheAutumnCrow · 13/07/2025 21:35

Are the Tattles the sort of people who think that Prince William should get a hair transplant, that kind of thing?

😂 No. They're just people who chat online endlessly, largely attempting to hold influencers and celebs to account. The Meghan threads I saw are vile, and at that time were certainly not adequately moderated. But in general there is lots of incisive, amusing chat. You can read without joining. You won't catch anything.

WarmMJ · 13/07/2025 21:42

sunnysiders · 13/07/2025 21:21

I wonder if more tattle users are on this site now, since the defamation thing. It’s definitely changed in the last year.

Tattlers chat on and on in endless threads. One and run is not a tattle thing. I doubt they bother coming here, they think it's dull.

TheAutumnCrow · 13/07/2025 21:35

Are the Tattles the sort of people who think that Prince William should get a hair transplant, that kind of thing?

justasking111 · 13/07/2025 21:30

sunnysiders · 13/07/2025 21:21

I wonder if more tattle users are on this site now, since the defamation thing. It’s definitely changed in the last year.

That's a thought.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 13/07/2025 21:25

TheAutumnCrow · 13/07/2025 21:21

Or indeed if there’s only one short one, early on. That’s another ‘trick of the trade’.

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Another trick is when I post, “OP not been back?” Or similar, OP posts “OMG I went out, is that illegal?” But doesn’t answer a single question or post again. It’s weird and annoying.

OP posts:
TheAutumnCrow · 13/07/2025 21:24

MrsTerryPratchett · 13/07/2025 21:18

This. Winds up the newbs but the crusty old posters all see what’s happening and it makes the place quite annoying.

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And the newbs are more likely to be opted in to getting round-up emails advertising pre Isley the sort of threads that MNHQ think will drive traffic … same with Facebook …

I know it’s a business but I think it needs a rethink and a reset.

sunnysiders · 13/07/2025 21:21

I wonder if more tattle users are on this site now, since the defamation thing. It’s definitely changed in the last year.

tobee · 13/07/2025 21:21

senua · 13/07/2025 20:46

Normally goady, made to wind up, not enough detail and then the OP never returns.
And we're not allowed to say "interesting first post, OP" any more to give people the heads-up.

MNHQ could send an email to the perpetrator telling them to come back or be de-registered, and if they fail to return then the thread gets deleted.

Presumably though MNHQ would give op X amount of time to respond as a matter of course. And when time was up it would be too late. Damage done.

TheAutumnCrow · 13/07/2025 21:21

Lds1 · 13/07/2025 21:12

Next to the number of replies, I'd like another number next to it in a different colour for the number of ops replies. If theres no replies on a long thread there's not much point reading it.

Or indeed if there’s only one short one, early on. That’s another ‘trick of the trade’.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 13/07/2025 21:18

Doyoumind · 13/07/2025 21:06

It brings traffic but makes the site unappealing. I spend far less time here than I used to. I find threads boring or baity. The quality has certainly gone down.

This. Winds up the newbs but the crusty old posters all see what’s happening and it makes the place quite annoying.

OP posts:
RufustheFactualReindeer · 13/07/2025 21:17

I agree

its goady and so not in the spirit

you couldn’t move for ‘not in the spirit’ thread deletions a few months ago

now even the goadiest threads are allowed to stand

and there is a certain poster who constantly create threads which they have no interest in coming back to

Meadowflower2023 · 13/07/2025 21:14

gamerchick · 13/07/2025 15:54

I check read all when it's a chunky thread to see if the OP has come back most of the time. It's not worth investing in something that's just a hand grenade.

I do this too.

Lds1 · 13/07/2025 21:12

Next to the number of replies, I'd like another number next to it in a different colour for the number of ops replies. If theres no replies on a long thread there's not much point reading it.

Doyoumind · 13/07/2025 21:06

It brings traffic but makes the site unappealing. I spend far less time here than I used to. I find threads boring or baity. The quality has certainly gone down.

justasking111 · 13/07/2025 20:57

It boosts traffic unfortunately

TY78910 · 13/07/2025 20:52

I saw a similar thread to this recently (I think it was a suggestion to auto delete after a period of time of OP not returning) and someone said that although yeah it is annoying and clearly created to stir the pot, there can be good discussions that other posters have as a result of said thread.

I’ve been on many threads which got good discussions and then I wake up in the morning and it’s deleted and I never know how it got so spicy it got deleted!

But I do agree with you about the goat threads, especially around the topics in OP 🤣

HelloGreen · 13/07/2025 20:51

TheAutumnCrow · 13/07/2025 20:46

I’m sick of reporting, reporting, reporting twatty threads, only to find that MNHQ is apparently winding people up by email by drawing attention to them. Not cool.

There’s so much fucking froth-bait on here now.

I hid the vegan bbq one - has MNHQ deleted it yet, or fan-flamed it via FB/emails/website??

I’m in a mood.

It’s still running. Obviously reported by loads of people but not deleted. Does modding not run over weekends?

senua · 13/07/2025 20:48

TheAutumnCrow · 13/07/2025 20:46

I’m sick of reporting, reporting, reporting twatty threads, only to find that MNHQ is apparently winding people up by email by drawing attention to them. Not cool.

There’s so much fucking froth-bait on here now.

I hid the vegan bbq one - has MNHQ deleted it yet, or fan-flamed it via FB/emails/website??

I’m in a mood.

That's disappointing to know. And Not In The Spirit.

senua · 13/07/2025 20:46

Normally goady, made to wind up, not enough detail and then the OP never returns.
And we're not allowed to say "interesting first post, OP" any more to give people the heads-up.

MNHQ could send an email to the perpetrator telling them to come back or be de-registered, and if they fail to return then the thread gets deleted.

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