Do you freely admit to being a mnetter?

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Just wondered if people generally keep it private that they use Mumsnet or not? Never heard any of my friends saying they use it and wondered if it's widely takes about it not really! Just curious to know what people do...

I will mention it in passing and especially recommend the feminism chat pages for intelligent discussion.

I’ve honestly never been asked and i’ve been here under one registration or another for since 2005.

I’ve never heard it even mentioned in real life!

Some I do, some I don’t. I have recognised, and been recognised on here. I name change regularly.

I do, I generally just talk about interesting threads like a pp.

I think it can be quite helpful in certain circumstances and I wish I'd known about it about 4 years before I found it.

No I keep it quiet.

When I first started posting and starting threads I naively posted very identifiable info about my relationship ending. It was my only source of support so I did a lot of threads.

I later realised that any colleague on here would be able to spot me a mile off, cos I would talk about the same stuff at work. Creeped me out a bit thinking that they knew my private thoughts and emotions - like someone reading my diary.

I name change a lot now and think before sharing too much personal stuff.

Half my conversation starts with

“On mumsnet ….”

Nope and if someone does I have to name change (see name).

People see me on my phone and I'm probably on MN (I don't use any other SM).
I name change all the time as I'm paranoid about people reading my posts and knowing it's me.

Used to until teams hate really took off.

Now I don’t because I think people have a legitimate reason to be uncomfortable with Mumsnet.

Sorry trans hate

Yes and my friends and family take the piss .In fact a friend of mine is a moderater...so funny 😊

Never

@KintsugiCat

Used to until teams hate really took off.

Now I don’t because I think people have a legitimate reason to be uncomfortable with Mumsnet.

Teams hate, that’s WFH for you! 😁

I do, but I acknowledge what @kintsugiCat feels too. I say MN is an amazing community, and it changed the way I think about feminism.

But I also say I miss how it used to be. It is tedious the way that MN has become a home for people who think they're very clever because they can derail any thread by discussing trans issues. MN gave me the courage to come out, but I am sick of reading straight women using lesbians as an excuse. I'm disgusted by the whole 'urgh, transwomen don't look like women, hur hur' tone to a lot of posts, which is such a huge step backwards from acknowledging it's the patriarchy that insists women have to be feminine.

So, yep, I admit to being a MNer but I also tell people it's a real shame how that aspect has changed.

I don't know why you would be ashamed of it tbh. To me it would be like being ashamed of twitter or Facebook because there are extreme groups on there.

@SarahAndQuack complaining about threads being derailed without a hint of irony - careful now or you'll have this thread removed to the dreaded feminism section you so deride.
Incidentally it's my favourite section of MN and I've not come across anyone with the insultingly simplistic view of TW you describe.

I'm in Ireland so there arent that many people I can discuss it with here.

A coupld of weeks ago though, 7yonwas playing with his cousin an I head him ask 'does your mum use mumsnet?' So he'll out me to anyone here that does know/use it.

Yes, but my username is redracted in all reports.

I intended to keep it quiet but it always slips out into conversations somehow.
I think a lot of people think it's all fluffy huns though and don't know about the vipers.

Yeah… I have to make sure I don’t reference it too much in conversation 😂

@SarahAndQuack It’s the same control mindset toxic masculinity dressed up as feminism.

Something occurred to me the other day. I don’t think that laws on benefits for example should be written to pin oh everyone who needs them in case they are some “freeloaders”.

Or that we should make ill or disabled people jump through cruel hoops to prove they are really sick in case some are “faking”.

Or that we should create a hostile environment for all immigrants in case there some are criminals.

Or that we should be suspicious of all Muslim people because they might be “terrorists”.

Every liberal society has a problem with free riders, namely people who try to take advantage of provisions that are meant to accommodate or help people in certain circumstances.

But is bad law and bad practice to write laws and make rules that basically assume the worst of everyone ina category. What you do is you have extra measures and regulations, systems and agencies to identify and curtail the people who are abusing the system. You don’t just assume that everyone is abusing the system and work back from there.

If you start from that place of suspicion it will always end up in darkness and cruelty and victimisation, whether that is the intention or not.

Yep and I'm not even a mum ...

Only dh, he doesn’t know my usernames though. We got our witnesses for our wedding from mumsnet and it’s fun telling people that although they usually look a bit

No
My neighbour asked me if I was on here. She had read a comment I made.
It didn't bother me BUT she didn't tell me her username 😂😂😂

Hell no!

I say "Um.. is it not called Netmums or something?"

Throws 'em right off.