to ask how often you report threads?

[Honeydragon]

Do to another spurt of "ooooooooh you horrible nest of vipers, why can't you be fluffier?" threads, I have been considering how often I report and why.

I don't often, and have only really reported sneaky advertising threads or ones where personal info has been given out in error. I can only think of one occasion where I have done it because someone has been awful.

I love that Mumsnet is self moderated and think it's done well, but does any one else get that "tattletale" feeling when they do report , and what is the etiquette. I tend to just report, but I noticed others post that they are reporting and why, which is best?

Or just tell me to bugger off and do something constructive

I think if you are on here too much enough you can normally distinguish a troll from just an person who you happen to disagree with. The pattern of their responses is vert typical - they post very short replies and sit back while everyone gets steamed up.

Fabby

when people take genuine offence you do have the balls to come back and say, "look I do still think this, but I can see it read harsh, sorry for offending you"

I think that's important, you are allowed a opinion everyone is, but just as it's important not to post personal attack, it's also important not to take every opinion that isn't yours as a personal attack. That does really annoy me, when people flounce and strop because some one sticks to their guns about their belief, then someone threatens to report their own thread as it's not going the way they wanted. I find they also are the ones that cry clique and bullying too though, when people disagree with them

I don't like tail-gating, when a couple of posters do nothing but repeat shite over and over again with no fecking benefit just to cause a ruckus.

It's ruined soooooo many threads.

There will be a world shortage of mud soon with all this recent slinging. Twunts.

Only reported one - and it was my own post where I had C&P something and forgotten to xxxx someones name.

MN emailed me the original post for me to edit and re post Go MNHQ

I havnt reported any posts. . . surely it would have to something blooming awful wouldnt it?
I think Mumsnet keep a close enough eye on all posts....dont they?

I've never reported any posts. I once belonged to a forum where more time was spent dobbing people in for alleged "offences" than was spent posting anything worth reading. Since the moderators were equally irrational I didn't hang around to be burnt at their virtual stake and since then I've avoided any forum where moderation is immoderate. But as far as here is concerned, I tend to assume that Mumsnet Towers keep a sensible eye on things anyway.

i've only ever reported one thread on another parenting website that contained really nasty gossip that could have affected a local business owner. i've never been tempted to report anyone on MN yet.

BUT i have started a thread that someone else reported as loads of secret advertisers jumped on it. i looked at it today and half of it is now deleted by mumsnet am really embarrassed.