Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Site stuff

Join our Innovation Panel to try new features early and help make Mumsnet better.

See all MNHQ comments on this thread

Original poster

Can MN confirm there is no flooding of alleged Reform bots?

155 replies

DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 09/06/2026 14:26

I find it hard to believe bots would post on this site anyway. Sigh. But the repeated accusations from what I assume are extreme left wing posters of so called "Reform bots" to anyone who might offer a counter opinion, is both wearying and juvenile (imo).

(Notable that this same accusation is rarely - if ever - found to be made in the opposite direction).

Please can MN confirm to all that "Reform bots" are not flooding the site?

OP posts:
Original poster
DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 09/06/2026 14:50

TrustMeTrustMe · 09/06/2026 14:45

Ironically, I think you may have misunderstood the OP @MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack

Show quote history

Correct.

I was not asking for a debate on the rights and wrongs of different political affiliations.

Plenty of other threads have that covered!

Just looking for reassurance from MN that we are indeed real people.

Reassurance for those who suspect it of course (I'm not one of them, in case it isn't obvious).

@MrsTerryPratchett hopefully if any bots ARE identified they are weeded out quickly and effectively.

OP posts:
TrustMeTrustMe · 09/06/2026 14:45

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 09/06/2026 14:42

I don't think there are loads of bots.

I just think that there are a lot of voters who are very easily manipulated and sadly too stupid to see that voting for Reform would be a monumental act of self harm for the nation.

It is hard to believe that huge swathes of the electorate really are that stupid and full of hate, so of course it's quite comforting to think that they must be bots. Nobody wants to believe that they are sharing their society with morally bankrupt idiots.

Unfortunately, I think they're real people who are on the brink of fucking themselves and the rest of us over because they have allowed the far right to manipulate them.

Ironically, I think you may have misunderstood the OP @MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack

MrsTerryPratchett · 09/06/2026 14:44

It would be astounding if there weren’t bots. It’s a massive site, politicians do Q&A, advertising and so on. Millions of voting age women, in a key demographic? Why wouldn’t the bot farms and various interests be here?

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 09/06/2026 14:42

I don't think there are loads of bots.

I just think that there are a lot of voters who are very easily manipulated and sadly too stupid to see that voting for Reform would be a monumental act of self harm for the nation.

It is hard to believe that huge swathes of the electorate really are that stupid and full of hate, so of course it's quite comforting to think that they must be bots. Nobody wants to believe that they are sharing their society with morally bankrupt idiots.

Unfortunately, I think they're real people who are on the brink of fucking themselves and the rest of us over because they have allowed the far right to manipulate them.

WeirdyBeardyMarrowBabyLady · 09/06/2026 14:32

I would like to know this too.