New or split board request ( republican board )

Mumsnet deleted that thread because just like this one it was being used as an open opportunity to be derogatory to regular posters as per @HighFlying post above.

I was only replying to you. You hadn’t edited when I had started to respond. And you posted a quote I made.

Happy to put it to bed. Noted.

Not so happy to be told what to do and when to stop when you were the one @-ing me.

Christ.

Christ, I said I left the thread! 😆

I don’t understand what you want me to say @adragoncalledaudrey
As so said I explained myself & directed the question at Jeff who answered sufficiently. We can put it to bed now.

Ah - see you have edited. I’m glad that the explanation was ok for you.

Also being on a thread or not is up to you. It is indeed that simple.

I don’t go on some threads because I don’t care for either the subject matter or the opinion or something else I don’t want to be a part of.

It is always someone’s choice whether or not they stay on a thread. 🤷🏽

Fair enough if you don’t feel you can ask but that is not on the poster posting the gifs but on you.

It is an anonymous forum and I don’t think you would have been given a hard time if you had asked.

It really is that simple

Well I would disagree hence MNs starting a thread about the board.

It wasn’t one gif but lots & like I said it confused me. @adragoncalledaudreyI didn’t feel like I could ask so I just left the thread.

Either way Jeff’s explanation was sufficient.

I think some posters are getting a bit hung up on this whole gif posting thing. If I don’t understand a gif I will either ask for the meaning or I ignore it.

That being said, all this talk of gifs is moving away from the original discussion point.

Have you ever asked anyone to explain anything? I think they would happily explain.

I ‘got’ the Jeff Goldblum gifs because of the user name. I don’t think there is anything more confusing to it than that.

I often find if I don’t like the way a thread is, I pass by or add my opinion. You can gauge what it is about quickly and move on if it isn’t the subject matter you are expecting.

It really is that simple.

The boards will be what they will be. Some people have clearly been posting on there a while and will have their own way of communicating. If I ever feel like joining in I will. What is the worst that can happen?

I am a fairly recent poster and manage to navigate it fine.

@jeffgoldblumif you are posting them for fun then that’s an explanation. I am simply explaining that to an outsider it can be confusing.

@CariadDarlingI don’t even think I was chastised (I can’t remember) but others were. To me it was just a bit odd & very different to other threads/boards I have been on. It definitely put me off & it’s very hard to describe. Its like there was this list of rules & in-jokes but myself & other posters didn’t know what they were or what they meant. I can completely see why MNs started that thread.

I think it would be helpful to put in the title if a thread is about H&M particularly for new people.

560 something posts and even if half of them contained what you’re claiming they do it’s still only a small amount of posters on the RF board. And I’m being generous with that figure as there’s also quite a bit of fluff in the posts that really couldn’t be taken into account.

Was my post really confusing? Jeff is great but the point was the gif had seemingly no relevance to the discussion. I would understand if it did.

It would be like me randomly posting a gif of a gift because like my username I love them but what would be the point?

So one specific with a lot of complaints compared to very very few throughout the rest of the board.

I’m sorry you feel chastised but given the attempted derailments that go on at times I think people can forget their manners when suggesting a thread needs to stay on topic and that if a poster wants to discuss a certain aspect of the RF they should perhaps start their own thread. Maybe new chapters of the H&M thread could have a description in its title of what the thread is about. Would that help do you think?

I specifically remember a thread I was reading & @jeffgoldblumwas posting loads of Jeff Goldblum GIFs (I like him as an actor so I remember) but I genuinely didn’t even understand what the gifs meant and then other posters were replying to the gifs with emojis. I really don’t understand this board 😆😆

I pretty much avoid it now but if someone posts a thread about the RF in AIBU they tend to go the same way 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think all of it should be on there regardless so it’s clear to other users.

It shouldn’t be hidden of course. I think sometimes a thread comes up in active and the title isn’t necessarily clear that it’s only about H&M. A lot of posters don’t use MNs daily or all day so they wouldn’t necessarily be aware of what a thread would be about or what you should be posting about. I have clicked on a thread thinking it’s about everyone to do with the RF but it then becomes clearer it’s about H&M & posters wanting to discuss other things are chastised.