What would you bar on MN

[Happyeachday]

Lighthearted obviously .

So if you could bar anything emojis a topic etc on mumsnet what would it be.

I would bar all grammar checkers you know the ones that quote you and tell you to go back to school instant bar.

The constant treads about child maintenance.

And the double standards that women are always right on here.

What would you bar on mumsnet.

Gosh, no, did I? 😂😂

I don’t think I’ve ever quoted the OP, I just don’t get why an extra second scrolling past is such a problem. The people who are constantly posting only to tell others not to quote the OP also cause more scrolling. 🤣 So ban the fuckers 😂😂😂

‘What did they say when you …’?
No ? At the end of a sentence.

I would ban posters who:

1. deliberately put the boot in when a mother is being abused and desperate for support; comments like “why on earth did you have a baby with him” and “if you don’t leave RIGHT NOW you are as bad as he is”. It’s so cruel, unhelpful and stupid.

2. troll-hunt on threads where the OP is clearly upset and vulnerable, bringing up previous threads and picking apart every piece of “evidence” like a pound shop Poirot. If you think it’s a troll, report it to MNHQ. If you’re wrong, you’re just hurting someone for the sake of it.

3. decide that they alone have the solution to someone’s problem, then if that advice isn’t immediately and uncritically accepted, turn on the OP and savage them for refusing to help themselves, basically telling them it serves them right that they are suffering. I saw multiple instances of this on a thread yesterday and it was revolting.

I’d also ban people that are irresponsible with animals. It annoys me when someone, for example, knows that that their existing cat doesn’t like other cats, but they want another, so put their wants first and get one anyway. When the inevitable happens and there are problems, they then rehome the cat and expect sympathy. Nope, fuck right off.

Posters who only ever post on one type of thread. I don't know why it annoys me so much, but it does.

How would you know this? Even if you are searching people's usernames, they could change them.

I have to confess, I have come dangerously close to resurrecting a zombie thread or two. I search for information about something because I don’t want to get annihilated for starting ‘another’ thread on the subject. After scrolling for a while, I completely forget that it isn’t a current thread and go to comment, only to have a ‘doh’ moment. So … I would ban people who get all arsey and say ‘not another thread about this’ etc.

I would also ban people who tell the OP to ‘Google it’ when they ask for information - on a fucking chat forum🙄

Restricting it to lighthearted ones...

Quoting the OP

People who don't understand words like "most" or "rarely," e.g. quoting someone who said "most people don't X" and saying "well I do X so you're wrong"

The nauseating D acronyms (initialisms)

"Could they have autism/ADHD?" Instant lifetime ban

Anyone who says "we need a diagram" on a parking thread

The Royal Family topic

"Line eyes"

"Nub theory"

Honestly I don't know why I'm here, it's fucking irritating in general.

Maybe people name change but I know what the pp means.

Some users post hundreds of posts a week on the Meghan and Harry threads. I think mumsnet would be helping these posters if they put their account on some sort of ‘pause and cool down’. 🤣

It depends what people class a transphobic. It should not be seen as transphobia for saying transwomen are men as that is just factually correct. It should not be seen as transphobic as saying that tranwomen have no place in women’s safe spaces. I’ve seen posters being called transphobic for those things but those posts should never be banned.

I would want to ban:

” use your words” - it just seems so belittling and nasty.

The C- word. I don’t think I’ll ever get to a point of not hating this word, even though I know it has been ‘reclaimed’ in some ways.

Benefits bashing. Transphobia.

I really struggle with these codes

Wow that is shocking, some women (and men) are absolutely vile on here

People who use the phrase “throwing around the racism card”

People who mistake protecting the rights of women and girls for transphobia

And "the mental health card"

Every poster who helpfully PA as fuck pops on to point out a spelling or grammatical error would be on a lifetime ban if I ran the world.

OPs who put 'discuss' at the end of their posts can get to fuck too.

People who quote any massive long posts.

Any faux naive "but why?" posts.

Ditto the high handed teacher ones "I'm sure you think you were being clever posting that but nobody is impressed and you've just made yourself look very unkind".

And the people who feel the need to pop on threads mainly involving telly or famous people and tell everyone they've never heard of said person or seen whichever program but they know it's crap anyway.

So basically half of MN 😆.

‘Think’ annoys me.

I work in transportation - think buses and trains.

My friend has an unusual hobby - think skydiving.

Yep.

I don't search usernames, but I do see the same names popping up again and again on certain types of threads.

Pervy men and obvious trolls

I know that theoretically they are already banned, but in practice...

Moaning about dogs existing in the same space as humans

Posters with no idea about SEND children commenting on SEND. The constant everyone can’t have autism, why are people suggesting autism? When a parent has posted that their child only eats beige food and has struggles with eye contact.