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General Election - is anyone else finding this worrying?

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catinthehat2 · 27/01/2010 19:42

This was posted on another thread:
"By manfrom Wed 27-Jan-10 16:17:17
Hmmm, interesting article on LabourList about targetting sites like MN:
link
Without being unduly cynical, I wouldn't be surprised if labour (and probably tory) "activists" were all over Mumsnet trying to drum up support. Mums are, after all, a key demographic.
Some of the posts over the last few days on MN do seem to be suspiciously close to the party line.... "

Now, there's going to be an election soon and I don't want to see activists from ANY party HQs rolling up under assumed names.

Is there any hope that MN can block the IP addresses of the party HQs so they can't propagandise from their rapid rebuttal units?

If not, I think I might be off for the duration.

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Wereworm · 27/01/2010 21:25

I think it is a problem. It is an abuse of the talk forum. I hope that MNHQ will be willing to keep a look out for these people and block IP addresses that seem to be producing suspicious one-off posters. Obviously that will be very hard for them to do effectively, but I certinly think they should try.

HerHonesty · 27/01/2010 20:19

i think its fairly obvious who the "politrolls" are. and i think your average mumsnetter doesnt pay a blind bit of notice. and i also think - well if the very least they are looking at this website and learning how critically important the issues that get raised, ie childcare, NHS are to us MN voters (who are apparently the hot focus group for this election) then just maybe we might get some proper and sensible attention paid to these policy areas rather than the ridiculous sound bites we are having to endure at the moment from ALL sides of the spectrum now.

JimmyMcNulty · 27/01/2010 20:03

I'm not sure it's a problem. What can they do? Post 'opinions', rhetoric... If the Brown and Cameron webchats are anything to go by I don't think we are much in danger of being swayed by evil masterminds here - never seen such cack-handed attempts to communicate with people. If activists come on here trying to drum up support, good luck to them - the worst I can think is that it will be very dull.

scaryteacher · 27/01/2010 20:00

Well, one poster on there had very decided opinions about what MN is like - he has obviously never ventured on here.

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