Why so much hate on MN?

They will certainly get to decide whether this thread stays up. Let's see.

MNHQ get to decide lots of things but you wouldn't think that was the case.

What does that mean? It’s gibberish.

MNHQ get to decide lots of things but you wouldn't think that was the case.

No particular thread has been mentioned, it is just a general discussion imho, and a valid one. Anyway, mnhq gets to decide if this is a TAAT. Not you, not me.

So troll hunting and bot accusations have to be aimed at a particular somebody? OK. I can see why you are nervous around this particular topic. Well not you, but definitely the consortium.

You wouldn't be trying to get this discussion shut down by any chance?

Inferring that people are somebody else instead of every day women posting on a forum. Slagging people off about how much time they spend on the site and they've got no lives. So calling people sock puppets, trolls and generally being nasty - while saying there is a rise in mean posts.

Go to the thread you’re talking about rather that TAAT.

It is a general discussion and not aimed at particular posters. Nobody has been named or singled out. So how are TG being broken?

This isn't a TAAT. This is a thread about the levels of hatred on MN as a whole. Which is a topic that deserves to be discussed. If it makes you uncomfortable, well... I am making points based on what I see on MN on a daily basis. I have no idea why you seem to take it personally.

Inferring that people are somebody else instead of every day women posting on a forum. Slagging people off about how much time they spend on the site and they've got no lives. So calling people sock puppets, trolls and generally being nasty - while saying there is a rise in mean posts.

Go to the thread you’re talking about rather that TAAT.

What is incorrect about what I have said?

You can argue it on the thread if you’re so sure. Probably better than this vague and incorrect stuff.

You're correct - there are posters who are so strong in their convictions that they have become almost a religious faith. You can provide them with all the source data in the world, but they do not want to accept it. One clear example is the people who believe illegal immigration is rising - they need that belief to maintain their ideology, so they simply dismiss any evidence presented as fake.

That's a good way of weeding some of them out, they do tend to do that - just avoid awkward questions and keep banging their drum regardless.

Unfortunately, I suspect some genuine posters who are fanatical about their chosen opinions also do this too - if you ask them an awkward question that answering honestly and straightforwardly would lead them to show themselves to be wrong, they just get angry and deflect (usually to insulting). The real issue is probably that they don't want to face up to their contradictions themselves. But it does muddy the waters.

I find some of the bogus posters start, over a number of posts, to show that they don't quite get the nuance of the fine detail of British culture. So a sense of something being 'off' kind of builds over a number of posts.

Hilarious?

Which talk guidelines is it breaking?

‘Woke Left’.

Honestly, what, in your opinion, does woke mean?

I tend to make a mental note of those who ignore it when data sources or evidence is posted and then double down on their message. That tells me they are not posting in good faith. And there are sadly a lot like that.

I tend to make a mental note of those who ignore it when data sources or evidence is posted and then double down on their message. That tells me they are not posting in good faith. And there are sadly a lot like that.