to think that Off The Beaten Track was a mistake

[rolandweary]

this isn't a thread about a thread, it's a thread about a topic, and some of the threads in it

so hopefully not bad form

I think it was amistake - it seems to be used for all the wrong reasons. For example the shiney crew feeling they ought to post on there because people were complaining about them being a clique - that seems wrong to me, MN is public and nobody should feel they have to retire to a private area. And the BoM thread which is full of personal attacks and insults - people seem to retire onto that thread to make the sort of remarks they wouldn't make on the main boards

I think it should be got rid of. What does everyone else think?

Slimbo - are you serious?

Words failed me there for a moment because you were trying to defend slagging off other mumsnetters, on Mumsnet itself, by saying that not many people knew your thread was there.

In what way could that ever be seen to be acceptable or justifiable?

Who shared PMs with the OP?

Which OP? Have only PM'd MJ and pegs today... and if they were PMs then how did you see them??

Are you saying that you went and sought out a poster to draw her attention to some posts that she may find offensive?

the thread went because apparently you asked for it gone.

No one is stopping you setting up a new one.
So long as you all grow the fuck up and either post your grievences on the thread youhave issue with or not on MN at all, no one will take any notice.

I exchanged pm's with the lone parent op who was posting on stepparents!

Right, so what is your point? I asked what i had said that was personal and abusive... what have yours and singleproudmum or whatever her name is PMs got to do with it?

Yes you were defending it, don't be daft.

you don't feel the need to defend the actions of those on a thread you used?

you think it perfectly ok to cowardly bitch behind someones back

you sound just fabulous

Have just read a thread in Lone Parenting. It does seem that there is an 'agenda' on this thread that has nothing to do with OTBT and whether it is fit for purpose.

I've lost the jist

MH stop being conspiritory and elusive and speak plainly.

Is this irony fattening?

quite possibly JoBettany.

but that doesn't negate the fact that the people on that thread behaved appallingly

Actually Junction3, seems to be hinting at something in her post, so it may have been here also! MNHQ will be able to tell who it was!

It's taken me a while to read all ten pages. Still none the wiser.
I had no idea there was a OTBT section of mumsnet. I had wondered about thread titles with Shiney, Wise or Avid in them, and assumed it was some sort of clique or specialist subject. I did used to feel a bit like the kid at school who is always out of the loop.

Slimbo, you're sounding a bit silly because the people on the thread asked for it to be deleted.

Not anyone else.

What? who the fuck is junction3

Can everybody just STOP- take a look at yourselves. Am a newbie and too scared to post my own questions for fear of attack. This is supposed to be a forum whereby you can get help, advice or just a big belly laugh. Please just try and be nice - say what you mean, mean what you say, but don't say it mean. We're all mum's!

This thread is about many threads, one that has been deleted and two that are on step parents and one on lone parents!

I didn't read it like that penelope. It just read like people giving each other support.

I thought OTBT was an appropriate place for it.

I just have the feeling that MN is being manipulated.