That "Violent Woman" thread..

Remember when someone from HQ said that threads with lots of biscuits could come across as rude, goady, etc? Maybe this is like that, they think it makes them look bad that we're taking the piss rather than gently correcting the original GF like loving parents would.

Darn - I really wanted that cherry almond cake recipe posted by someone and I can't remember who! Mums net can you send to me? Thanks

Pretty sure it was @Rufustheyawningreindeer with the cherry almond cake, am I right?

The pattern is becoming clear, I think.
A misogynist posts threads and is reported.
MN leaves the post up for days.
Misogynist claims are refuted and women have a bit of fun with food.
Thread deleted.

I do not think MNHQ wants newbies to be able to see the misogyny we are constantly subjected to or the way we respond to it.

I would love to see which posts are reported and why. I suspect many of them are for that reason, juda.

days after the nastiness and goadiness has been turned around by some good-natured cake-related banter
Because it IS the banter Lang, it happened on the first ‘honey/bees’ thread, days after the original OP post. Remember Margaret Atwood said....(almost) ‘Men (and TRAs and MRAs) are afraid women will laugh at them.....’
And they really, really are, aren’t they?
Won’t stop me joining in next time but I’d sure respect MNHQ more if they admitted it.

@SophieLMumsnet - but why do you keep taking down threads for goading/nastiness days after the nastiness and goadiness has been turned around by some good-natured cake-related banter? Surely this is an example of FWR policing itself? As it is, I am left with the distinct impression it's this mode of self-policing which is being deleted - because if it was for goading/nastiness, it would have gone the first time you looked.

Well this is a bit of a bugger. How are we going to list our daily violent acts now?

Oooh did people like the book idea then, @BettyFloop? I have to confess, I didn't have much time to pop back to the thread before it was deleted.

I am so competely CRUSHED by mnhq's decision that I have thought of putting a @ next to J4nice and calling our muse home. After all it was h** (pronounced hastericks, for proper pronounce compliance) thread which started it all.

'Cake threads' are, alas, too much like cake. If they're any good they don't last long.

I need to pack in this working lark. How have I missed a cake thread.

It was the oats in crumble. I mean I just don’t know how anyone can live with themselves...

I’m glad I saved the recipe!

That thread cheered me up no end after a long and difficult day yesterday. The baking related comments made me laugh out loud more than once and I thought it was an excellent demonstration to any GFs out there of how posters here can derail a trolling thread with wit and good humour.

I'm just glad I saved some of the recipe links and I hope the book idea doesn't get lost now the thread's gone because I'd buy multiple copies.

I'm gutted! I was planning on trying out every single recipe and then getting really good at baking and go on something Non-Bake-Offy with Mary Berry!

Now my dreams have been dashed and my pets will starve.

Shame on you, MN!

I wonder if at some point an analysis will be done on the content of deleted threads. Data is mined and analysed for all sorts of purposes - training an AI on what constitutes bad stuff could be one legitimate reason. It will transpire that a bafflingly large number of MNs deleted threads seem to be predominantly about tea and/or cakes....

Just as long as someone remembers to take tablet to Truro all will end well. MNHQ your bad, best thread EVAH.

And I don't want to be dogmatic but a cake is no place for peas.

Maybe that's why it was deleted?

Didn't know oats in crumble topping wasthatcontroversial.

Oh come on! An ABOMINATION.

cross post with loveyouradvice who said it better than me.

I had only read some of it but I thought it showed lurkers (of which I am usually one) who are new to this board some of the trolling users of this board put up with it.

I thought it contained some useful EVIDENCE that disagreed with the op's claims and some lighthearted comments about cake. Maybe I missed something and it turned nasty but it just seemed like mumsnet at its best - lots of intelligent and funny women.

What makes me sad about this is I thought that thread was a brilliant example of how we might deal in house with disingenuous OPs.... funny, very Mumsnet... really sad it has been taken down .... it was a classic for this forum!

Darn - I really wanted that cherry almond cake recipe posted by someone and I can't remember who! Mums net can you send to me? Thanks