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Reform sending private messages for support in Wigan

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Shedmistress · 17/05/2026 13:40

Hi all

Has anyone else had private messages from random people asking for suport for Reform in the coming by-election?

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ElenOfTheWays · 19/05/2026 22:39

Shedmistress · 19/05/2026 22:35

It definitely used to be the case that a name change needed the password.

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Ah thanks. That's probably why I got confused then

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Shedmistress · 19/05/2026 22:35

ElenOfTheWays · 19/05/2026 22:22

Yes. I see you are right. I might have been thinking of a different site.

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It definitely used to be the case that a name change needed the password.

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ElenOfTheWays · 19/05/2026 22:22

ArabellaScott · 19/05/2026 20:22

If you are signed in, which you need to be to post, you just go to settings and type in a new name and hit 'save'. That's all.

Yes. I see you are right. I might have been thinking of a different site.

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 19/05/2026 20:44

Shedmistress · 19/05/2026 20:27

It is amazing though that a nephew worked this all out so quickly IMHO.

Quite amazing.

given we can’t.

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Shedmistress · 19/05/2026 20:27

It is amazing though that a nephew worked this all out so quickly IMHO.

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ArabellaScott · 19/05/2026 20:22

If you are signed in, which you need to be to post, you just go to settings and type in a new name and hit 'save'. That's all.

ElenOfTheWays · 19/05/2026 19:29

ArabellaScott · 19/05/2026 15:37

I don't. Maybe different on the app.

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I'm not on the app I'm going to check I haven't changed my name for a while so maybe I'm wrong or it's changed. Unless you're only talking about changing it for PMs? I don't know about that.

ArabellaScott · 19/05/2026 17:33

Well, yes, sure.

And could count as malicious comms, etc.

thirdfiddle · 19/05/2026 17:29

It's still creepy TRA behaviour whether the perpetrator has an aunt or no.

GreyskySexRealistsky · 19/05/2026 15:46

The nephew (if there is one) probably just changed the username for an account that was already logged in (the poster says she left her account logged in. Log ins don't expire).
It's easy to change username. You just type it in under "Add your message here -> Your username".
I do agree MN should have explained though.

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 19/05/2026 15:40

This does not smell right at all. It's not one username, it's not the person who came in here apologising and there has been weird messaging from HQ. It's not normal...

ArabellaScott · 19/05/2026 15:37

ElenOfTheWays · 19/05/2026 15:09

No you can't. You have to put in your password to change. Well I do. So "Nephew using account accidently left signed in," doesn't wash if the username was changed.

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I don't. Maybe different on the app.

GreyskySexRealistsky · 19/05/2026 15:36

You have to be logged in. Then you can change user name.
The poster in question says she was logged in.

ElenOfTheWays · 19/05/2026 15:09

ArabellaScott · 19/05/2026 08:19

You can make a new username just by typing it in the box.

No you can't. You have to put in your password to change. Well I do. So "Nephew using account accidently left signed in," doesn't wash if the username was changed.

FinchiePink · 19/05/2026 13:05

BridgetPhillipsonIsACowardlyJobsworth · 19/05/2026 12:26

I have had no notification/contact from MNHQ at all, just a deleted post. No explanation.

Perhaps they are short staffed at the moment.

I don't think you usually get a notification or explanation if a post is deleted. It just goes.

BridgetPhillipsonIsACowardlyJobsworth · 19/05/2026 12:26

I have had no notification/contact from MNHQ at all, just a deleted post. No explanation.

Perhaps they are short staffed at the moment.

KittyWilkinson · 19/05/2026 12:11

Shedmistress · 19/05/2026 10:30

So MNHQ are deleting posts on here but not commenting themselves. How odd.

MN replied to my report ( not of singlesexspaces - that wasn't me) to say that they are taking a look.
So, clear as mud really.

BridgetPhillipsonIsACowardlyJobsworth · 19/05/2026 11:42

Yup, that was mine [22.47] Not really bothered, I was convinced that the poster was not genuine, but looks like something else might be going on. I guess MNHQ is looking into it, but it's certainly a strange way of going about it! Never seen an explanation for weird msgs coming from an actual poster, rather than directly from HQ.

If MNHQ ever come on here to explain, I'm happy to apologize to the poster, if required, but will hold that in reserve until I hear from someone official.

ArabellaScott · 19/05/2026 11:12

Deletions are probably for 'trollhunting'. You can email MN and ask. They hate that, though.

GreyskySexRealistsky · 19/05/2026 11:08

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 19/05/2026 10:32

er this is mad - what messages are being deleted?

I know I made one last night at about half ten calling this explanation bullshit - assume that?

Loads of yours have been deleted

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Shedmistress · 19/05/2026 10:55

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 19/05/2026 10:32

er this is mad - what messages are being deleted?

I know I made one last night at about half ten calling this explanation bullshit - assume that?

22:47 last night has been deleted.

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SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 19/05/2026 10:32

er this is mad - what messages are being deleted?

I know I made one last night at about half ten calling this explanation bullshit - assume that?

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Shedmistress · 19/05/2026 10:30

So MNHQ are deleting posts on here but not commenting themselves. How odd.

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PerkingFaintly · 19/05/2026 10:15

And now I'm wondering whether that's made you feel all left out and Nae Pals again, @ArabellaScott .Sad

Have a Brew. Nicer than a PM.Smile

PerkingFaintly · 19/05/2026 10:09

OK I've just changed my default to another of my usernames, say [myothername].

My posts on this thread continue to be by PerkingFaintly, as it's the name I've been using on this thread.

When I go to my PMs page to start a convo it defaults to [myothername] in the username box, but I can type "PerkingFaintly" over this. It confirms PerkingFaintly as one of my names and says "You are sending this message as PerkingFaintly".

But if I start a PM by clicking on @ArabellaScott 's post above, I get "You are sending this message as [myothername]". I wasn't expecting that: I'd imagined it would appear as PerkingFaintly, the name I've been using on this thread.

(I didn't actually send the PM, so don't worry that it's not in your inbox.)