Something like MN but not MN

[tiggeri]

I have really enjoyed being on MN but recently getting a bit fed up of some of it. Is there a similar forum? Not netmums!

It's the constant trans bashing and a sort of vibe of anti left that seems to be trickling through. Also I find that most people are middle class and wealthy, I'd like a forum that's a bit more diverse.

Not parenting related but I like the moneysaving expert forum - there are sections with more general chat as well as the bits for getting out of debt or whatever. Less political and more financial diversity.

Mumsnet is actually fairly distinct as a forum.

Good luck and good bye.

@tiggeri

I have really enjoyed being on MN but recently getting a bit fed up of some of it. Is there a similar forum? Not netmums!

It's the constant trans bashing and a sort of vibe of anti left that seems to be trickling through. Also I find that most people are middle class and wealthy, I'd like a forum that's a bit more diverse.

Oh my god thank you. I have the EXACT same feelings as you. There is a horrendous amount of trans hate and classism! Fingers crossed someone mentions a good forum on here. Let's make our own haha

I've been wondering this for ages.

@Josiemac93...yet you're still here...?

Reddit?

Mumsnet is far from perfect but I love it and actually think it’s fairly diverse

I often disagree with posters but most people seem reasonably intelligent and able to have some kind of debate, which is important to me as a woman who prefers not to discuss beauty and telly!

@ElderMillennial

Reddit?

I was thinking maybe reddit too!

If you don't like mumsnet or netmums maybe you're looking for something other than a parenting website?

Are you asking on mumsent for alternate sites because you don’t like this one? 😂 do you also ask your current partner for new boyfriend recommendations before you bin them?

This site isn’t middle class wealthy, look at any thread on wages, it’s hugely diverse.

Have The Guardian got a chat board, that would be perfect for you.

Asking on MN about a site that's better for them than MN. You could always start one yourself?

Munsnet is quite left of centre compared to many sites out there. The fact is that aside from cultish areas of Twitter, the UK left is viewed as being in a total mess and is therefore unpopular. The last General Election might be a big clue.

If you think most people on here are middle class, you haven't been reading carefully enough.

I'm not middle class, nor am I wealthy.

There is a fair amount of trans bashing on here, but there are a few of us who call it out when we see it, and we make sure the very transphobic threads are reported and they are mostly deleted.

I do think its pretty diverse on here. Maybe I'm reading different threads to you.

@Roonerspismed

Mumsnet is far from perfect but I love it and actually think it’s fairly diverse

I often disagree with posters but most people seem reasonably intelligent and able to have some kind of debate, which is important to me as a woman who prefers not to discuss beauty and telly!

Couldn’t agree more!

I don’t see trans hate. I see women standing up for our rights. Rights that help protect women physically, financially, mentally... I am all for trans rights but not at the expense of women’s rights.

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I should correct that. I personally haven’t seen trans bashing threads. Doesn’t mean there haven’t been any. The ones I see aren’t.

You don't see most of the hate because it gets deleted quickly.

The attitudes still drip through from those who start the threads though.

I'm all for trans rights but.... means you're not all for trans rights at all.

“Hey Asda, are there any other supermarkets you could recommend? I don’t like it here”

Reddit leans too American IME although I do still use it for some things. Would have thought it’s easy to avoid discussions on here about trans issues (which in the main are actually discussions about women’s rights) since they’re mainly confined to the Feminist board.

OP is clearly the type who would stand in her local hairdresser’s asking the customers to recommend a rival salon.

So I suspect she is too unreasonable to be satisfied with anything. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'm all for trans rights but.... means you're not all for trans rights at all.

Would you be ok with your rights being eroded for a different protected class?

It is possible to want protection for trans people and be furious about the erosion of women’s rights too

I just want sensible discussion on it

The trans man now woman I know has bigger issues to think about

Which bits of MN are acceptable to you @tiggeri?

This sort of thing is easy enough to Google, OP.

Just try a few out, just like you’ve tried MN out and found it no longer appeals.