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AidaP is scraping Mumsnet threads, and grading them

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BambooLampshade · 28/04/2026 21:15

Honestly, this man is obsessed. He has now created a program to scrape and grade Mumsnet threads from this board.

What is this?

Oh yes, I have downloaded most of mumsnet and we will be doing embeddings of the content to try to understand how does the rot and hate builds and spreads.

I never had so much hate and delusion on my hard drive before 😅

https://bsky.app/profile/aidap.bsky.social/post/3mkklbtpgbs2s

Aida (@aidap.bsky.social)

What is this? Oh yes, I have downloaded most of mumsnet and we will be doing embeddings of the content to try to understand how does the rot and hate builds and spreads. I never had so much hate and delusion on my hard drive before 😅

https://bsky.app/profile/aidap.bsky.social/post/3mkklbtpgbs2s

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Datun · 29/04/2026 10:23

Well it goes a long way to explaining why this fucking nonsense has lasted so long.

There are certain sub set of men who are absolutely infuriated to the point of madness when women say no.

So much so they want to grade us on our levels of refusal.

What's hilarious is he's so incensed by women saying no, he's prepared to devote all his time to keep reading about it.

Creepy really

Beowulfa · 29/04/2026 10:21

BusyAzureTraybake · 29/04/2026 09:53

I once graded all the toilets on a trip round Europe. Am currently grading all the full English breakfasts within a 20 mile radius of home.

Now I think about it, my bloke has a spreadsheet of pub cats in London. If you're ever in Holborn, The Seven Stars has a cat who sometimes rocks an Elizabethan ruff type collar.

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 10:20

BackToLurk · 29/04/2026 10:17

If Aida has signed up for the website he’s signed up to the terms and conditions and legal action can be taken against him.

Good point.

I guess then it would be a question of linking the activity (the scraping) back to the individual who signed up for the account.

IP address and/or email address would be the most obvious way, I suppose, but those two things are childishly simple to obfuscate/change.
That said, I'm getting the impression AidaP isn't exactly a master-criminal, so probably is using the same properly identifying details for this scraping as they did for the account.

I'm still bemused as to what the point of this is; other than to wave the results around Reddit in some show of self-congratulatory triumph?

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 29/04/2026 10:19

I'd be interested in anything relevant you have to say

Would ye, aye.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 29/04/2026 10:18

I don't know this AidaP and no idea how they identify

Well, keep up @HazelLemur
A quick Google would tell you that AidaP is a man.

BackToLurk · 29/04/2026 10:17

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 09:55

Those are simply MN's Ts and Cs.

I agree, AidaP shouldn't be doing it, but there's no actual law I'm aware of that makes scraping publicly available (not behind a login) information from a public website illegal.

MN, or any website for that matter, can write what they like in their policies; it doesn't mean it has any weight in law.

If Aida has signed up for the website he’s signed up to the terms and conditions and legal action can be taken against him.

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 10:17

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 29/04/2026 10:14

Why would anyone DM you?
We can chat on here.
I've got nothing private to say to you.

And yet you continue...

Let's see if we can get you back on topic. What are your thoughts about what has been discussed with regards to AidaP's scraping and grading?
Why do you think AidaP may be doing this?
Do you think there's anything in law that can be done?

I'd be interested in anything relevant you have to say.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 29/04/2026 10:17

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 10:09

Not in the least.

I don't know this AidaP and no idea how they identify. Which you know, obviously.

Do you have any opinions on the actual topic being discussed, perhaps in relation to the several points I've made, or are you content to just continue trying to derail the topic in attacking me?

If so, as I've already said, please do feel free to engage in your attacks over DMs; I welcome your frank views.

Thank you.

Edited

If I've attacked you, please report my posts to MN.

BiologicalRobot · 29/04/2026 10:16

If so, as I've already said, please do feel free to engage in your attacks over DMs; I welcome your frank views.
Thank you.

This person is seeking ways to ban posters. DO NOT DM. It is a "special " tactic of theirs (general).

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 29/04/2026 10:14

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 10:09

Not in the least.

I don't know this AidaP and no idea how they identify. Which you know, obviously.

Do you have any opinions on the actual topic being discussed, perhaps in relation to the several points I've made, or are you content to just continue trying to derail the topic in attacking me?

If so, as I've already said, please do feel free to engage in your attacks over DMs; I welcome your frank views.

Thank you.

Edited

Why would anyone DM you?
We can chat on here.
I've got nothing private to say to you.

BiologicalRobot · 29/04/2026 10:13

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 09:59

That's quite alright; your ignorance is forgivable. But try to stay on the topic of the thread as I have done in previous posts, hmmm?
If you want to mindlessly attack me, please do so in another thread or in my DMs.
Thanks 😊

Why the fuck would we want to discuss you being a man and not a woman in DMs?? That's a very "man" thing to suggest. And also a sure fire way to get a poster banned. We see you.

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 10:12

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 29/04/2026 10:08

Further to this, I've just taken an - admittedly quick - glance over GDPR and I can't see anything that could be reliably used to cause scrapers to Cease and Desist

Possibly someone with superior knowledge will be able to.

A fascinating insight. Given your self-presumed superiority, could you please find the section of GDPR legislation that covers internet scraping from public websites? Thank you 😊

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 10:09

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 29/04/2026 10:06

Again, though, the question is why he's/she's/they're engaged in this scraping

Oh dear @HazelLemur you sound very confused.

Not in the least.

I don't know this AidaP and no idea how they identify. Which you know, obviously.

Do you have any opinions on the actual topic being discussed, perhaps in relation to the several points I've made, or are you content to just continue trying to derail the topic in attacking me?

If so, as I've already said, please do feel free to engage in your attacks over DMs; I welcome your frank views.

Thank you.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 29/04/2026 10:08

Further to this, I've just taken an - admittedly quick - glance over GDPR and I can't see anything that could be reliably used to cause scrapers to Cease and Desist

Possibly someone with superior knowledge will be able to.

oldtiredcyclist · 29/04/2026 10:08

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 09:53

I am a transwoman and a woman, not a man.

None of which changes the statement I made on this thread. You are attempting to derail with an ad hominem attack because, well, that's all you and your sort have, really.

Try to stay on topic, hmmm? There's a pet.

I am afraid that you are wrong, very wrong. You are male and will always be male, you are not a woman.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 29/04/2026 10:06

Again, though, the question is why he's/she's/they're engaged in this scraping

Oh dear @HazelLemur you sound very confused.

BusyAzureTraybake · 29/04/2026 10:04

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 09:59

That's quite alright; your ignorance is forgivable. But try to stay on the topic of the thread as I have done in previous posts, hmmm?
If you want to mindlessly attack me, please do so in another thread or in my DMs.
Thanks 😊

Typical bloke. Trying to control the conversation

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 10:04

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 09:57

Would it though? I'm not so sure.

When we make posts on an open, public forum - such as we're doing now - there's a tacit acceptance that information is public; I'm not sure GDPR - or any regulation - can be brought in here.

My biggest question about AidaP's scraping is why. I mean, what is the point?

Further to this, I've just taken an - admittedly quick - glance over GDPR and I can't see anything that could be reliably used to cause scrapers to Cease and Desist.

Again, though, the question is why he's/she's/they're engaged in this scraping. Is this some sort of TERF league-table being built? Seems like an awful lot of work for not very much result to me.

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 29/04/2026 10:03

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 09:59

That's quite alright; your ignorance is forgivable. But try to stay on the topic of the thread as I have done in previous posts, hmmm?
If you want to mindlessly attack me, please do so in another thread or in my DMs.
Thanks 😊

Stating a fact isn't regarded as a "mindless attack", mate.
HTH

BridgetPhillipsonIsACowardlyJobsworth · 29/04/2026 10:01

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HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 09:59

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 29/04/2026 09:57

I am a transwoman and a woman, not a man

Eh? Forgive my ignorance, but if you're a transwoman, you're a man.

That's quite alright; your ignorance is forgivable. But try to stay on the topic of the thread as I have done in previous posts, hmmm?
If you want to mindlessly attack me, please do so in another thread or in my DMs.
Thanks 😊

BIWI · 29/04/2026 09:58

No @HazelLemur.

You are a man.

At best, you are a transwoman. But you are not a woman.

(I know this has been said a million times already, but it has to be repeated until you finally understand that you will never be able to change your sex, no matter how much surgery you have or drugs you take.)

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 29/04/2026 09:57

I am a transwoman and a woman, not a man

Eh? Forgive my ignorance, but if you're a transwoman, you're a man.

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 09:57

Helleofabore · 29/04/2026 09:53

i would like to think that GDPR would come into play here. This would be an illegal use of data.

Would it though? I'm not so sure.

When we make posts on an open, public forum - such as we're doing now - there's a tacit acceptance that information is public; I'm not sure GDPR - or any regulation - can be brought in here.

My biggest question about AidaP's scraping is why. I mean, what is the point?

HazelLemur · 29/04/2026 09:55

TwoLoonsAndASprout · 29/04/2026 09:39

I attach this for those who suggest this scraping is completely legal.

Those are simply MN's Ts and Cs.

I agree, AidaP shouldn't be doing it, but there's no actual law I'm aware of that makes scraping publicly available (not behind a login) information from a public website illegal.

MN, or any website for that matter, can write what they like in their policies; it doesn't mean it has any weight in law.