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Does anyone remember the new year AIBU broke Mumsnet?

107 replies

Duffmcstockings · 01/01/2021 00:43

Did that really happen? Did I imagine it??

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Candlesticking · 01/01/2021 01:09

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

Whatnext2018 · 01/01/2021 01:20

Like gremlins 🤣

Lindtballsrock · 01/01/2021 01:22

That was quite a funny New Years 😄

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 01/01/2021 01:26

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

FinallyFluid · 01/01/2021 01:31

Shouts Moldies.........

Leaves again.... Grin

MrsTravers · 01/01/2021 01:37

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 Blush

MedusasBadHairDay · 01/01/2021 01:38

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 · 01/01/2021 01:42

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 · 01/01/2021 01:45

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 · 01/01/2021 01:49

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 · 01/01/2021 01:55

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 · 01/01/2021 01:55

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 · 01/01/2021 01:57

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

Destinysdaughter · 01/01/2021 01:59

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

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 01/01/2021 02:00

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 · 01/01/2021 02:00

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

Nefbachmorf · 01/01/2021 02:04

Yes. I think it was 2013.

MedusasBadHairDay · 01/01/2021 02:09

@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 · 01/01/2021 02:10

Was 2014 into 2015!

grassisjeweled · 01/01/2021 02:10

I remember the hacking

BusterTheBulldog · 01/01/2021 02:12

Oh no take it back 13 into 14

Duffmcstockings · 01/01/2021 02:19

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.

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Duffmcstockings · 01/01/2021 02:22

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 .

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SaladBowlsAndBasinsAndBuckets · 01/01/2021 02:56

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 · 01/01/2021 07:21

Anyone remember when HoneyDragon managed to create an invisible thread?

Grin

I miss her and her weirdness

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