So I’ve just discovered Tattle…

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My friend told me about it recently so I thought I’d have a look. So I do have some views on ‘influencers’ showing off their DC before they’re old enough to consent, but blimey, this goes above any beyond that. There is a woman on Istagram called ‘Knee Deep in Life’ I’ve followed her for years and I can see that’s she’s not everyone’s cup of tea but she’s pretty inoffensive but the way she’s been talked about of Tattle is horrible, I don’t know how anyone could describe as anything else other than bullying.

i stopped reading after this and I’m very willing to stand corrected if this was a one off and every thing else is well put together and thought through but suspect that’s not the case. I know MN is in no way perfect but just found it really nasty.

Okay so there's a closed shop, long waiting list to join. So members maybe just lurkers contributing diddly squat to the forum. That doesn't sound very dynamic.

I do understand if you don't have the mods why this would be a logical decision. Lurkers don't cause issues.

Mumsnet has more money perhaps

I remember this, he was taking photos of the paramedics as his daughter was carted off in the ambulance. Content first and your child second.

Those are not really the type of posts they speak about.

they do however call out the shocking behaviour of some prolific posters some of which just get fawned over here despite many issues about them their house

also the S&B threads where people post horrific dresses, frankly the only thing wearing some of the suggestions are the curtain poles at my nans care home

And all of Tattle stood up and clapped.

How very mumsnet of you 😂

I can understand why a site like Tattle gets views. I found it when I felt like the only person in my social circle who didn't think Jack Monroe was a saint (a couple of years ago now, thankfully). It was gratifying to find people who felt similarly. But I'd be on there maybe 15-20 minutes a day at the absolute maximum, whereas some of their users do appear to spend most of their time logged in. Many of them clearly have alerts/notifications set up for when their favoured influencer or whoever posts, so they can be the very first one to comment. It strikes me as quite a sad way to spend so much time and not very healthy. I'm also always confused by the comments about how hilarious the threads are. I don't think I've ever even chuckled, I'm more likely to cringe. They do seem very full of themselves, or at least the mods and super regular posters do.

They also aren't just calling out fraud or however they spin it. Many of the JM posters were clearly furious when people off Tattle actually started drawing attention to Jack's dodgy schemes and so gave them less to talk about. Many of them have now run off to a thread about a random Twitter user who, yes, seem deeply unpleasant, but barely has a few thousand followers and zero engagement. I was briefly a 'side character' on one of the threads due to being on a panel with the main subject, and they were more than happy to tear me to shreds in their discussions as well despite me having no real public platform. They're not doing anything good there, they are just satisfying their own desires to gossip and bitch. They should at least own it.

That's far from the worst of the threads too. The Harry and Meghan one is full of conspiracy theorists and people who hate Meghan for all the wrong reasons - I've seen a lot of Pro-Trump comments in there. I say that as someone who isn't a fan of Meghan at all. The Radford Family thread is packed with insults about the children's looks. The Carrie Hope Fletcher thread seems to be based on her daring to gain weight and marry a man they don't consider handsome.

I'm sure there are many casual posters who are perfectly decent people just with a penchant for gossip, but some of the feted regulars across the threads honestly seem disturbed.

How very Tattle of you.Quick go and get your back slaps.

I’m not on tattle. I read only. Doesn’t mean I can’t agree with the posts or enjoy reading.

Is that acceptable?

I think the posters on tattle are loads more polite to each other on there, probably because they can’t hide behind frequent name changes and new accounts…

Obvs people will see the scandalous gossip threads but some of the off topic discussions are fab, especially the true crime ones and the love island and mafsa watch-alongs are so much more funnier than on MN.

I have seen that view before @Prinnny .

They are polite because no disagreement is tolerated. Try going on and saying that you think it’s out of order to call a two year old a horrible little shit and see how polite they are to you then.

Exactly, it's a clique. Those within it are nice to each other, anyone new or not sticking to the script will absolutely be jumped on.

Oh I disagree, I see lots of healthy well-informed debates, no one gets asked if they struggle with comprehension or are on glue. I don’t venture on tik tokers or all these insta famous families, that’s not my bag so can’t say I’ve ever seen a 2yr getting slated.

I’m definitely not suggesting I think MN is perfect, there are some awful posters here. But yes, Tattle do slate two year olds, and more.

Claiming that they only want to hold influencers to account is completely disingenuous because the vitriol is there to see. I never posted on any influencer or celeb threads but did lurk occasionally and some of the comments are off the scale. I fully support calling out unethical practices but there are poster’s on there who stalk people’s every waking moment.

Then there’s those who will reach to the moon to try and find fault. I read a thread recently where a woman was criticised for not leaving her holiday resort in Mexico, because apparently it’s not that dangerous if you keep your wits about you and you’re only likely to be on the receiving end of low level crime. Bananas.

I did enjoy the off topic board but it’s so cliquey now. Tattle peaked in lockdown for me but it became boring very quickly.

How do you think that these Tattlers are “stalking people’s every waking moment”? It’s because these influencers are sharing their every waking moment. Jack Monroe for instance - I know every detail of her furniture, her family, her crockery, her wardrobe, her upbringing, her sexual relationships, her medication, what her house and garden look like inside and out, her GCSE results, her boobs, where her soap dispensers and many sideboards are from, even her “unruly labia”. Every single brain fart is shared with the world and then they are dissected on Tattle to spot the inconsistencies and highlight the downright lies and swindles. If you don’t want people to judge, don’t share.

So much selective editing here!
You've mentioned exactly where you live and posted photographs of yourself and your son in the locale numerous times. Dog tag with phone number ring any bells?
Tattle commented on your heavily edited while pretending to be otherwise images.
Death threats and legitimate court summons being delivered to your door were not the work of Tattle.
Your Limited Company (I assume that's what you mean) was eventually struck off after non filing of accounts for several years and following several threats to strike off from HMRC. There was even a hold for some time, presumably as creditors wanted to be paid before the company disappeared. All this is publicly available information.
Are you ever going to change, or even try?
VBI nearly signed off?

Pity that entire rugby team of burly blokes who were usually at her beck and call always seemed to be at an away match when they were needed,

Was that the special police squad that she said was set up to monitor people being horrible to celebrities on the socials? That didn't exist?

That's the one - the Sleb Squad - a crack team of computer experts (trained in advanced martial arts as well, probably). Once glance at you unkind post and they could pinpoint your home in seconds - not that they needed to, because the grifter herself had triangulation skills that could track you to the very chair you were lounging on in your living room. WARNED!!!

Yes - he worked pro bono IIRC, and was Jewish as well, so she could contact him on Sundays and he was straight on the job.

He was aided by a crack team of paralegals. Nothing - but NOTHING - got past them!

The point is that it wasn't, though. Caroline Flack was clearly deeply disturbed and unwell. Blaming social media for her death is not understanding very much about social media.

This isn't true nor accurate. There's at least one individual who posts on there who quite clearly does so to get his kicks. I know exactly what you're talking about and I'm surprised to see that page of all things being defended. I've left the page for that very reason.

I find Tattle a generally friendly place with posters of varying experiences and backgrounds which makes it very interesting. Their work on Jack Monroe (I knew she'd pop up in this thread!) and Simon Harris to name but two is painstaking, and they're also very funny. There's some nasty people on there but I wouldn't say they are the norm.

I'm rather saddened to see "influencer" being touted as a job a young person should aim for. There's more to life than money.

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Not normal enough for Tattle - is that the same tattle where threads on Megan and Harry are full of grown adults obsessing over their hatred of a woman they have never met, calling her a slut and a ho, referring to her children as flat packs, spouting surrogacy conspiracy nonsense and claiming to have insider knowledge on her faking mental illness and coercively controlling Harry whilst desperately toeing the line on how racist they can be without being banned?

If so, I’ll gladly admit to not being normal. The posters on those threads are certifiable.

Who owns Tattle? Is it an American company like that defunct one that was run by was it a lawyer Crazy Days?

I've just read some of that thread. If that's what being normal enough for Tattle means then I'll gladly stay not normal enough for Tattle.

Just had a look at the Tattle thread about MN. They are taking the piss out of someone on here who has made a 2 stone lasagne and the comments are funny.

I didn’t know about the MN tattle thread but some of the comments on there are absolutely hilarious. It’s given me a right laugh and I shall definitely be lurking from now on.