Now will people stop believing everything they read on here?

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And stop begging for updates to made up rubbish?

But surely the washing line would be darked on along with the sheets, therefore rendering it useless as the aforementioned tourniquet

I actually think probably 90% plus of the threads on MN are real. The vast majority are so mundane (but useful) that there is nothing to be gained by trolling. Eg what household tips save you time, or blended family not working etc etc

I read at least one thread a day that is patently fake. The syntax gives it away more than anything else, I find. Sadly it would be harmless if so many of these trolls weren't provoking people to discuss utterly sordid situations involving children, as they all too often are. There was one today, I'm convinced it was some pathetic little pervert sitting on a phone amusing his/her/their twisted self. And people falling for it, hard, bothering to go along with it, because either they're very trusting or don't have much in the way of critical skills. It's a really grim fact of life these days, along with online grooming. But we're discouraged from calling out these people. Best that happens is the thread gets taken down, but not before plenty of people have been drawn in and the OP has got some of the attention they were after

Ummm that's not what the Reddit thread is for lol.

Diagram, diagram, you know the rules.

There's rarely a picture from the iPhone 13 taken out the window. But an artistically drawn squiggle of drunken lines and stick folk, and Noddy cars and roundy trees. .

I'm gonna have to comfort eat a really big salad to get over this shock.

It's the internet what do we expect a.

Only a really big salad? You need a huuuuuge salad so big that you, and your kick boxer millionaire husband and 5 ground workers couldn’t finish.online Liars can only be fully expinby esting a huuuuuge salad

Exponby is of course expunged

Yesterday there were two very similar threads posted by a PBP (previously banned poster). The same 'awful man'/partner/father story had already been taken down on previous days. So many posters knock themselves out telling the OP to LTB when it is clearly a fishing story. I reported the threads and both were taken down after a while. I did try to warn other posters but they are in full righteous indignation mode and do not want to believe in trolls

It always amazes me that people outside of Mumsnet are convinced that everyone on MN believes everything that is written.

Are you new here? Because we all know that the correct response is "fumming".

I think this is a double bluff and they are in fact a Daily Mail journalist, like all the silly posts trying to winkle out outrageous stories they can publish!

I love it when a thread finds its way on to a certain other site and people are taking the piss out of posters who are cheering an OP on and defending their honour against anyone who questions them.

I'm surprised their threads last past the third page with the amount of self appointed troll hunters there are on here.

I think that mumsnet is used by the government as a 'test the nation's thoughts on topics' exercise. So eg an NHS question posted is likely to be a fishing exercise to gauge the temperature, with the OP as a westminister hack coming up with a question or event. Much like at the minute. I worked in a government sponsored job and in my induction was told that 'mumsnet' was a VERY powerful organisation and kind of not to be messed with. 👽

Elsewhere on the internet, people pay money to read made up stories.

Here, we get them free, with live updates & we don't even have to subscribe.

That's a generous number.

Now dont be giving them ideas ifsheonlyknewthen!

YABU

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'Random' posts fiction on Mumsnet, to pass the commuting time (shock horror)
I post replies, to pass the time when theres bugger all on telly..
Life's a bitch..

I'm just baffled by this 😂

@djdkdkddkek
It was so sudden but at least no vets bill incurred for pillow over the face peacefully slipping away in her sleep. RIP £18 a month burden dearest Mittens.

I'm quite sure the percentage of bullshit posted on Fesshole is far higher than MN. I don't follow it but it appears in my feed daily as others I follow do and it's clearly largely made up bollocks.