to think that people who are thinking of joining a long-established internet forum (say 10 years +) would be well advised to get a feel for the place

[bibbitybobbityhat]

before jumping in and criticising the conventions of the forum hither and thither and then threatening to flounce in a massive hissy fit?

oh gosh.are your pants on fire

Don't suppose you would ever consider coming to a London meet-up?

i dont much care when oldies announce they are offsky farewell nasty changed mn. the its all gorn to the dogs speech

i prefer to have an notion of y'all being hairy inadequates rather than meet in rl

And blimey I hope when the twins are born I have as much time to post as some of you do - or are you managing simultaneous typing/feeding? Yes - not now as my youngest is five, but I always did.

Didn't you know that you can tell if someone is a Mumsnetter by the size of their left boob? A (right handed) Mumsnetter always lets their baby feed more from the left side as it is easier to type with the right hand

This is a local town for locals only. Newbies - how dare you think you can join in just because you're a mum. Don't you know there are rules here, rules I say?!!

It's a forum FGS, get real.

Are you one of those playground mums who shuns the "outsiders" too?

I've been around on mumsnet for more years than I care to imagine but only just discovered this board. Sorry but I simply haven't time to sit quietly in the wings and watch just because one or two oldies think it's their forum. I haven't questioned posting styles on here (pretty much used to it from the other sections) but I do find it sad that newcomers are "welcomed" with a snarl and a warning.

at HoneyMomster. Love the bad date analogy.

(sorry, I am being presumptious that as a relative newcomer to this section I am actually allowed to reply and....God forbid....disagree.)

What do you mean YoFluffy?

My first ever post I was flamed to kingdom come. I name changed and perservered as it looked 'interesting'. If you want soft and fluffy go to Netmums or one of the others. I love MN because it is what it is. In fact I have been out for lunch with MNetters today.

well i do care quite alot that it's changed but i know that it's my problem and i need to get off to the real world (where i can now my kids are older)

still doesn't stop me feeling nostalgic for mn of old before aibu

does it

I think either you love MN in all its sweary, argumentative, articulate, hilarious, supportive glory or you don't, and you realise fairly fast which category you belong to. If it's the latter, I really don't see why you would expect much sympathy when you post saying how ghastly it all is, as clearly the people who post here do like it.

sea: no it doesn't.

"Didn't you know that you can tell if someone is a Mumsnetter by the size of their left boob? A (right handed) Mumsnetter always lets their baby feed more from the left side as it is easier to type with the right hand"

Oh, god I think I did it all wrong...several times. Left boob, left hand free...

Very true YouFluffy but if the newcomers stick around (and I hope that most of them do) they find the same ones owners of the site say the same things and it puts in perspective.

I posted my first post after I POAS and was terrified at the idea of being a Mum. Then I looked around, got scared by all you sweary bjitches and ran away.

Then I started lurking and found out you were funny naice sweary and started joining in.

If it doesn't suit you as a forum look around until you find one that does. The first date analogy is excellent. Parachuting in to a place and demanding everyone change to suit your arrival is just precious.

i dont recall this wither mn of yore
i recall it snippy and we done that already and a lot of brown nosing
actually imo i think mn has got better as its got bigger and busier.less search the archives putdowns

I lurked for about 6 months before I joined
And when I did...I felt like I already knew some posters' already.
Wild Horses jacobs creek couldn't drag me away

I assumed you meant the swearing thread

I fucking hate those cunting threads, me

there are thousands of places to go if you don't like this one. I can't understand the thinking behind going on a new one and moaning that it's shit

oi scottishmummy- do you have a Random Post Generator app?

pinkpattenone i love you :)

there used to be more interesting discussions

i guess it depends what you want from a forum but i despair at the lack of people wanting to discuss things i want to - it used to be alot more varied

of course it was still snippy but that doesn't really bother me, just the lack of interesting things we talk about (or don't)

It would actually help if people would recommend other forums. Not just Nethuns.

Southy - try starting a chatty thread and see if you get any takers.

The latest "you are all a bunch of cunts for swearing so much" op has largely passed me by, tbh. We have them on a weekly basis after all.

Am v fed up of the myriad threads detailing every single last detail of op's falling out with best friend/sil/cousin/mum in playground/random in street over funny way they looked at their baby/toddler/teenager, to tell the truth.

Have to disagree bibbitty, I love a SIL thread or a My Neighbour Expects Me to mind Her Kids For Free thread. All human life is there.