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Original poster

A leetle bit concerned about privacy with these status thingummies...

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BitOfFun · 20/02/2010 17:00

MNHQ- after some pootling about, I seem to have worked out that your status is applied retrospectively to recent name-changes.

Tell me, where does that leave us when we post on bumsex on sensitive topics with a name-change?

If somebody hovers over the namechange days later and sees something fabulously witty that just happens to match what BitOfFun has on her status today, the whole privacy thing is going to fall apart, isn't it?

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OliviaMumsnet · 20/02/2010 21:30

Hmm, erm, I dunno
To paraphrase Baby's Dad in Dirty Dancing:
When I dunno, I say I dunno
Lemme see if I can find out. Thanks for pointing that out.

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BitOfFun · 20/02/2010 19:56
Grin
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EssenceOfJack · 20/02/2010 19:52
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BitOfFun · 20/02/2010 19:38

Bugger, I'm going to need an iron and brown paper, aren't I? Or put my head in the freezer or summat...

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EssenceOfJack · 20/02/2010 19:36
EssenceOfJack · 20/02/2010 19:35

By EssenceOfJack Sat 20-Feb-10 00:05:02
Have been testing, as soon as you put another up it appears on your 'changed' name.

So no status if you want to say somethign serious, ever!

on this thread

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BitOfFun · 20/02/2010 19:24

Did you? Hehehe, well, I've taken the credit now

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EssenceOfJack · 20/02/2010 19:18

Ahem, I actually pointed this out last night

If at any point you change your status then it changes your previous namechange.

And stop searching the fecking sex secret thread you bastards....

fanjolina · 20/02/2010 18:58

It was all a ploy by MamaG to develop a spreadsheet better than Shiney's and Reality's

LeninGrad · 20/02/2010 18:49

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BitOfFun · 20/02/2010 18:45

Yes- well, I've posted this, and reported it so it hits the big red button policedesk too. No word as yet from our sponsors...

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LeninGrad · 20/02/2010 18:45

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PrincessFiorimonde · 20/02/2010 18:40

PS (nonchalantly) - where is the sex thread, btw?

(Just in the interests of research, you understand...)

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BitOfFun · 20/02/2010 18:40

I know, Shiney! I'm actually quite grateful to Mal now for her habit of over-sharing: it's made me far more reticent about posting anything in gory detail now I know how stomach-churning it can be for other people to read, namechange or not

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MaggieMirabelle · 20/02/2010 18:36

oh! yes i see it is 3 days, 4 hours and 20 seconds since knickknack did a random thing. very funny.

JustAnotherManicMummy · 20/02/2010 18:36

Just delete your status altogether. That's what I did.

And I didn't post on any rude threads by the way

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BitOfFun · 20/02/2010 18:33

Maggie- it is a new feature in your registration details which allows you to add a status, which other users see if they hover over your name with the cursor. Not everybody is using it yet, but give it a try and you'll see what I mean.

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KnickKnack · 20/02/2010 18:31
MaggieMirabelle · 20/02/2010 18:29

what do you mean by status? profile?

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BitOfFun · 20/02/2010 18:28

I know- it could have been slightly worse for them

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TulipsInTheRain · 20/02/2010 18:27

all the same captain.

i did notice someone actually got caught out by it on the current sex thread..... thankfully their secret wasn't too horrific but still.

Eglu · 20/02/2010 18:26

What is this status thingy?

What have I missed?

PrincessFiorimonde · 20/02/2010 18:26

Ah yes, BitOfFun, you are quite right. Well spotted!