I'm not sure how this'll go, as I know not everyone will agree (pfft - ie, as in almost every thread on Mumsnet, ever!)
I thought it might be lovely to send some weekend-thanks back to the Mumsnet team, the site owners, the moderators, just the team in general really.
I know there's a lot of frustration about what we can and can't say, particularly within FWR.
But Mumsnet has held its ground, enabled a conversation, a two-way dialogue that just doesn't happen on many other sites right now.
They haven't shut the conversation down, when I'm guessing often it may have felt easier to do so given external pressure being exerted by certain groups and people (and hopefully the number of clicks on FWR as a result have been good for business
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There will be those who say 'oh, but look at the pile-ons' etc, this site is 'transphobic'.
But this site doesn't delete threads that often, so the evidence remains to the contrary. Threads that show intelligent, mostly calm discussion when people disagree with each other.
(I particularly find the terminology of 'pile-ons' interesting - often deployed when a poster finds lots of people on the thread disagree with them. If I recall, that used to be defined as 'hmm, most people seem to disagree with me' - now re-identifying as a 'pile-on' once 'more than two people disagree with me' as if it disagreement = act of hate and aggression! I suspect many visitors who solely come to FWR wouldn't cope with a wedding-thread/parking thread disagreement!)
And I'm pretty sure the Mumsnet team doesn't have a 'hive mind' just like none of us do here, so your office team meetings must be fascinating!
So to the moderators, the leadership team, to the person on reception who probably worries sometimes who's going to walk through the door, given some of the aggressive tactics we've seen from those who wish to silence women's voices:-
I'd like to thank you for keeping this space open to enable everyone to have the conversation.
depending on what floats your boat!