Does anyone remember the new year AIBU broke Mumsnet?

[Duffmcstockings]

Did that really happen? Did I imagine it??

[Candlesticking]

I’d only just joined. I thought the natives were completely mad.

[Whatnext2018]

Like gremlins 🤣

[Lindtballsrock]

That was quite a funny New Years 😄

[PastMyBestBeforeDate]

Oh yes. The whole of MN was shut down (or it felt like it).

[FinallyFluid]

Shouts Moldies.........

Leaves again....

[MrsTravers]

Gosh, I've been here since 2007 but have absolutely no recollection of that.

I had young(er) children at the time, so might just possibly have gone to bed early

[MedusasBadHairDay]

The Bingo night? I know lots of people were pissed off but I genuinely found it funny - made new years far more entertaining than usual for me

[HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee]

Nonevent.folks were really overreacting. It’s mn not LAS or Samaritans
Intern was left in charge,and multiple deletions. Time offline etc and much handwringing
But you know what (whisper) mn is only a website. Don’t pitch massive expectations on to it
And you should be able to cope if it has a glitch

[HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee]

Tell us oh wise ones. Of the before times lol I know all the mythology of mn used to be a place you left your door open, knew everyone.yadda yadda

[HarrietSchulenberg]

Was that the Moldies episode or was that something something else?
I was around for the She Who Must Not Be Named debacle and that really was jaw-droppingly spectacular. I've never encountered anything quite so car-crash-esque anywhere since.

[PastMyBestBeforeDate]

Moulies was before that Harriet. The NYE debacle must have been a couple of years later. I joined just before Mouldies because I didn't really understand what had happened.

[DramaAlpaca]

Moldies was before my time, as was the SWMNBN debacle, so it's since then.

I think I remember MNers getting a telling off next day from MNHQ for being very naughty on NYE, but I might be imagining that.

[IHaveBrilloHair]

I remember, I lost hours to that, days even!

[Destinysdaughter]

I do, but I can't remember what it was about! Or am I getting it confused with the drama about Anyfucker...?

[HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee]

Really it was all a bit histrionic. Mn is a web based chat, sometimes things fuck up
It had a series of fuck ups Justine apologised

[BrandyandDeath]

Oof. It was really funny if you were a) pissed as a fart or b) slightly more pissed than that.

[Nefbachmorf]

Yes. I think it was 2013.

[MedusasBadHairDay]

@Destinysdaughter

I do, but I can't remember what it was about! Or am I getting it confused with the drama about Anyfucker...?

It was a game of AIBU Bingo that got a little out of hand, people were trying to cram as many clichés into a thread as possible. There were a lot of threads created in a fairly short space of time.

I believe it was sparked because there'd been the usual influx of school holiday trolls, and people had got a little tired of the goady threads so decided to take the piss.

[BusterTheBulldog]

Was 2014 into 2015!

[grassisjeweled]

I remember the hacking

[BusterTheBulldog]

Oh no take it back 13 into 14

[Duffmcstockings]

I have never ever naice hammed, or cutted up pear. I am not a moldy. Or on the whole a starter of threads. But I remember this, nr it was quite funny at the time.

[Duffmcstockings]

Also, EatShit Dennis. Who got really badly outed. If you are still lurking, I wish you all the best. I send you fond thoughts now and then .

[SaladBowlsAndBasinsAndBuckets]

It was my first year on MN and I hadn't been on it for NYE but came onto the carnage the next day. I still don't really get what happened! It was all a bit nuts.

[Soubriquet]

Anyone remember when HoneyDragon managed to create an invisible thread?



I miss her and her weirdness