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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To think that unless you're extremely funny, have a speciality or you're controversial you're a nobody on MN

326 replies

thisismyxmasname · 25/11/2010 09:43

From my observations.

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marlowwills · 25/11/2010 09:44

YANBU but you shouldn't actually care.

It's a chat website not the UN!

GetOrfMoiLand · 25/11/2010 09:45

Nah, I think everyone has an equal place on here.

Don't think anyone is a 'nobody'. Some people 'know' each other, but that doesn't mean everyone else is in a lower division of mumsnetter.

OracleInaCoracle · 25/11/2010 09:46

i dont know, I think it helps to be a prolific poster, people do respond better to usernames they recognise. i namechanged a while back and other posters did react differently to me. dont think its because of any the reasons given in the OP, just that people got used to seeing the name lissielou.

ChickensHaveNoMercyForTurkeys · 25/11/2010 09:48

But is that a bad thing? I rather like being instantly forgettable. It adds to my air of mystery.

Dolittlest · 25/11/2010 09:49

Do you want to be a 'somebody'?

I just come on here for chat, debate, advice and jokes. I change my name frequently, so nobody ever really knows who I am (apart from some real oldies who occasionally spot me Grin).

Tis the internet. Get your recognition elsewhere!

2blessed2bstressed · 25/11/2010 09:51

I don't feel the need to be a somebody though. Why is this an issue?

thisismyxmasname · 25/11/2010 09:51

i often feel my contributions are worthless as im not a regular poster and i haven't got a big personality, does anyone else feel like this?

this isn't a complaint in anyway, i love all the different personalities on here, maybe i need to be more pushy Grin

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LittleMissHissyFit · 25/11/2010 09:53

I'm none of the above, but I enjoy what I can give to MN. I don't care if I ever get recognition for that.

I've met some fantastic people through MN, some in RL and some only on here. My life is richer for it. I'm happy with that.

mumblechum · 25/11/2010 09:53

I think you're waaay overthinking how important MN is.

It's just a way topass the time if things are slack at work so far as I'm concerned. A more sociable version of doing the crossword.

Hullygully · 25/11/2010 09:54

Ere we go ere we go ere we go

someone will be along in a minute to talk about mn royalty.

then all the royalty will turn up and deny it.

then moldies will be mentioned.

then people will ask who they are

and on and on and on we go

Just so we're clear, you're quite right OP, and I am the Queen.

JamieLeeCurtis · 25/11/2010 09:55

agree with lissielou. If you are a addict regular poster, people will come to recognise your name.

ChickensHaveNoMercyForTurkeys · 25/11/2010 09:55

Hully, you are not the Queen. The Queen can operate Twitter.

LittleMissHissyFit · 25/11/2010 09:55

xmasname, no contribution is worthless. every character typed makes an impression here.

Jump in and say what you think, if you don't know what to say, you can say that too!

JamieLeeCurtis · 25/11/2010 09:55

< throws quiche at hully >

GetOrfMoiLand · 25/11/2010 09:56

I agree with mumblechum.

We are pissarsing about on the internet. We are not that important really. We could all be fat fishermen called Nigel at the end of the day.

Hullygully · 25/11/2010 09:56

One can operate Twitter, one just chooses not to

Hullygully · 25/11/2010 09:57

Feck orf, get orf

mumblechum · 25/11/2010 09:57
mumblechum · 25/11/2010 09:58

Come along ladies, make a will with me, my shoe fund is running low!

Hullygully · 25/11/2010 09:58

When I'm not being Queen, I like to be a thin fisheman called Cedric Horatio. I have thigh length waders and a sou'wester.

GetOrfMoiLand · 25/11/2010 09:59

lolol 'fuck orf, get orf'

Hully, you are a twat.

GetOrfMoiLand · 25/11/2010 09:59
Hullygully · 25/11/2010 10:00

You are jealous of my waders because I am a fishing style icon.

GetOrfMoiLand · 25/11/2010 10:01

OP probably thinks we are all inbreds having an injoke, thereby rather proving her point Grin

needtogetalife · 25/11/2010 10:02

Thisis, I actually understand where you are coming from. Sometimes I do wonder if my posts are invisable. But as said the people on here are irrelevant to our RL so it really doesn't matter. I also sometimes feel a bit lonely on here but for some reason (think its because I am so nosey) I do keep coming back.

Just wanted you to know you are not the only one who feels this way x