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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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ChristinedePizan · 15/09/2011 10:06

That deleted thread is really odd. Did the site get hacked or something? It sounds like it might have been

Blackduck · 15/09/2011 10:05

why was the female/male brain one deleted?

SardineQueen · 15/09/2011 10:04

Just seen this, how awful.

I agree it would be a terrible shame if people like Sakura and Dittany stop posting - reading Dittany's posts on a thread ages ago was a revelation - here was someone expressing the feelings that I had had, but never been able to pinpoint! It was wonderful.

However I have to say that if I were Dittany or Sakura I don't know that I'd be sticking around. As much as I hope they will (please stay!).

I don't know what to say really. MN is the only talk board I've ever been involved in and the only feminist thing I've been involved in and I've been genuinely surprised and shocked at the trolling, targeting, other vindictive websites and all the rest of it. I mean for gods sake it's just us lot having a natter - I find it mind-boggling that anyone gets so upset about it/cares so much.

MNHQ say just report when we think there's trolling is that right?

solidgoldbrass · 15/09/2011 10:01

Sympathies to Dittany and Sakura: I've had issues with internet stalkers in the past and it is horrible.

LRDTheFeministDragon · 15/09/2011 09:56

Has HQ said anything, on deleted threads for example, about what they're going to do? Or are they assuming this is one isolated troll with a grudge? (Seems very unlikely, doesn't it?)

DontCallMeFrothyDragon · 15/09/2011 09:53

That they do, SGM. Not sure how it works on anonymous forums, mind

StewieGriffinsMom · 15/09/2011 09:49

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ChickensHaveNoEyebrows · 15/09/2011 09:46

Was that the male/female brain one? It was a goody.

ChristinedePizan · 15/09/2011 09:43

I missed all of this but I agree that Something Must Be Done. This is internet stalking :(

theothersparticus · 15/09/2011 09:43

StewieGriffinsMom If it's the one I'm thinking of, I was so dissapointed that got deleted, I'd read patiently through to page 12 this morning and it got deleted just as I turned to the last page Sad

I lurked for ages watching the arguments instructive comments from posters like Dittany and Sakura I'd be sad to see those, and other, strong voices silenced.

DontCallMeFrothyDragon · 15/09/2011 09:41

Shock BAD SGM!

Actually, I'm disappointed I missed it completely. :(

StewieGriffinsMom · 15/09/2011 09:37

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DontCallMeFrothyDragon · 15/09/2011 09:35

By teeniest, tiniest bit thick, we mean very thick... Grin

Sakura, if you're reading, also hope you're ok. I genuinely don't want to see any of the genuine voices on this board silenced.

BobBanana · 15/09/2011 09:34

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DontCallMeFrothyDragon · 15/09/2011 09:33

They never do, edd. They linger like a bad smell until MN boots them. Sometimes, they last longer than others, for whatever reason

TheRealMBJ · 15/09/2011 09:33

Just the teeniest, tiniest, littlest bit

LRDTheFeministDragon · 15/09/2011 09:33

What DCMFD said.

Dittany, please know we're all here rolling our eyes at the stupidity of trolls.

I hope Sakura is ok too, if she's reading.

DontCallMeFrothyDragon · 15/09/2011 09:32

Bob, hiding it also makes the section invisible to outsiders with a genuine interest. How can you find something if you don't know it's there?

edd1337 · 15/09/2011 09:31

Well whoever these trolls are, I sure hope they go away quickly

I like sticking to rules too. That's why we can have civil conversations

BobBanana · 15/09/2011 09:30

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SinicalSal · 15/09/2011 09:28

and they're generally just the teensiest bit thick

DontCallMeFrothyDragon · 15/09/2011 09:26

le sigh

When we know they're trolling us, deliberately accusing us of "mizzandriez!" and asking "what about teh menz", or that because we want every rapist jailed, we must want all men jailed... then I think they lose the right to stay here insult free.

All they're doing is trying to discredit the feminist voice. And for every feminist that leaves the board because of them, they chalk it up as a win.

For the little, naive trolls who may be reading this thinking "get rid of a mumsnet feminist = a win for teh menz"... No. I nearly got driven from this board not too long ago. But I still would have battled as hard as I do now. Feminism is a frame of mind, the fight for women to be seen as equals... Not how often we post on Mumsnet. I campaigned for women's rights before I joined MN. I'll carry on should I ever leave. I suspect the same goes for every feminist here.

SinicalSal · 15/09/2011 09:23

christ this is BORING. Having to defend ourselves again.

Edd, I like to stick to the rules, so I won't be troll hunting. But trolls on the feminist boards are generally antifeminists with one big drum that they don't tire of beating. HTH you spot them

Blackduck · 15/09/2011 09:21

of course trolls don't exist on this board...we are a bunch of deluded women imagining it Hmm

ChickensHaveNoEyebrows · 15/09/2011 09:20

Stalking people across the internet is creepy and weird and instantly makes the stalker's arguments, whatever they are, invalid