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GloriaVanderbilt · 14/09/2011 16:53

Hello,

I just reported a thread started by 'Dittony' which had a title attacking another poster and provided a link to a blog post.

It looked like a few others had reported it too as they had posted on it.

However in A/C there is another thread with the same title, which when you click on it takes you to a page saying 'error: thread deleted at OP's request'.

The OP however would appear to be someone who posted on the first thread, but not the same person who started it.

So can anyone please clarify what happened here...assuming the second thread was not posted by the same person as the first, (which has now gone) under a namechange?

(really hope not!)

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LRDTheFeministDragon · 15/09/2011 12:14

Bob, it was just a lighthearted crack at your tone. I thought you might even find it funny. Never mind.

edd1337 · 15/09/2011 12:09

I actually wondered if LRD knew better. Perhaps she can enlighten us?

BobBanana · 15/09/2011 12:08

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ShirelyKnotSHIRE · 15/09/2011 11:52

Heh! I got deleted for saying some really, really awful stuff. I'm not proud of it.

Sad

In my defense I was drunk.

StewieGriffinsMom · 15/09/2011 11:44

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LRDTheFeministDragon · 15/09/2011 11:38

'No I assure you it's impossible, I'm a geek.'

That's settled then ladies, relax. A man is here with his computer know-how.

ShirelyKnotSHIRE · 15/09/2011 11:25

I just meant under this particular namechange

Grin
StewieGriffinsMom · 15/09/2011 11:24

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DontCallMeFrothyDragon · 15/09/2011 11:21

I've been deleted 5 times, and only just found out about it... Hmm Not sure I like the methods of sneaky deletions. We should be told why our posts are deleted, if only for future reference... Grin

ShirelyKnotSHIRE · 15/09/2011 11:15

Did you call someone a twit SGM?

You disgust me.

StewieGriffinsMom · 15/09/2011 11:12

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ShirelyKnotSHIRE · 15/09/2011 11:09

I've NEVER been deleted tethers. You can check if you like.

I'm like the Gary Linekar of mumsnet.

edd1337 · 15/09/2011 11:06

And of course, with our resources we could never find anyone even if they broadcast their IP address. I know because my own IP says i'm 300 miles away

It's trickier if someone is using a smartphone with the correct apps

tethersend · 15/09/2011 11:04

I got deleted for saying someone was 'scraping the barrel' on another thread.

I'll probably stick to misogynistic trolling in future, just to be on the safe side.

BobBanana · 15/09/2011 10:56

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ShirelyKnotSHIRE · 15/09/2011 10:53

Sinister as defined by me.

You might be "a geek" Bob, that doesn't mean that you know everything there is to know about how to track down losers trolls.

Who's to say what the latest technology has going for it?

Who's to say whether I know exactly who YOU are, just for example!

It's a rum old game and no mistake.

I expect MNHQ are delighted to have your support Smile

BobBanana · 15/09/2011 10:50

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ShirelyKnotSHIRE · 15/09/2011 10:36

Not impossible, Bob. Not impossible at all, and I'm starting to think that if anyone posts anything "sinister" in the FS they should be banned.

Wah wah wah free speech boohoo! If you want free speech go somewhere else. Grin

BobBanana · 15/09/2011 10:36

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LRDTheFeministDragon · 15/09/2011 10:33

They're not in an impossible position. They could delete trolling posts. They're not doing that atm.

BobBanana · 15/09/2011 10:28

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AyeBelieveInTheHumanityOfMen · 15/09/2011 10:19

I listened to an Adam & Joe podcast this morning on my way to work. They were discussing people writing in to say they didn't like their show and were incredulous that anyone would use their time to listen to something they didn't like and then write to them about it. It made me think of all the dull fuckers who do the same on here.

The vicious trolls are a different kettle of fish. Or the handful of them that repeatedly target posters on here. I really hope that MNHQ are brave about handling this issue and don't go down the cowardly route of deciding that this section is too much effort. We are not the ones causing trouble. Bowing to the dregs of the Patriarchy would make a mockery of the whole site.

Dittany and Sakura - I am so sorry they are doing this to you.

ShirleyKnotFrotGrot · 15/09/2011 10:16

Awful.

An MRA popped up on AIBU earlier this week and he is so monumentally stupid that within 6 or 7 clicks I had his fucking telephone number.

Now, I'm not suggesting for a moment that I would ever DO anything with that sort of information but um, I'm not sure what point I'm trying to make here - something to do with how incredibly smug and self satisfied and...dense these fuckers are.

So sorry you're having such a dreadful time over here - I love this board (and lurk a lot) and it would be totally shit to lose this valuable resource.

MNHQ - please do something about this shit.

LRDTheFeministDragon · 15/09/2011 10:09

SQ - MNHQ say to report when people break talk guidelines, but, HelenMumsnet said on the SN thread in site stuff that if we felt there was something worrying about a poster or if we thought they kept coming up with dodgy comments, we could report and explain we knew it wasn't breaking guidelines, but we were concerned for x,y,z reasons.

I've reported some of the nastier stuff about rape in this context. IMO joking about rape and making sexist comments should be blacklisted in talk guidelines just as much as racist or disablist comments, although sadly at the moment they seem to be considered much more acceptable.

It seems pretty obvious that trolls feel welcome in this section and assume their views cannot be challenged, and this is why they have felt able to attack Dittany and Sakura.