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?

Hels1908 i have twins and manage to tandem feed and mn, im a fucking genius!

I don't recall mm any more funny/searing in so called olden times.do think there has become a shared collective twas beter Back in the day

It could be a new game to find the best other site to send newbies to. Prizes for the best matchmaker.

Maybe if you have been here for ages ,you just get jaded with it all

I cba with all the NMs V MN threads

Surprising, though, when there are so many topics.

And so many interesting new people to talk to.

I'm with scottishmummy. Early on I got a "yawn, search the archives" response to what I thought was a reasonable question, and it still pisses me off. I still harbour a bit of a grudge against the poster who said it. It's that "we're the Big Girls in the Playground" mentality - not what a parenting forum should be about. And yes, as hells1908 said, new mothers are created all the time - of course the conventions will be challenged along the way. That's a good thing.

Agree re the not moaning about the swearing thing, though.

It's interesting when newbies join and give their opinion on what they find. Better than becoming too insular and set in our ways!

SM is right about there being a lot less brown nosing now, too.

I saw a thread the other day where some posters said 'don't worry the big giirls are here now'

Says it all really

I take no notice of who is whom,big girl or not
Is funny though sounds bit hard nut and in it.da big germs.oooohhh now I'm scared

doesntfitin
perhaps that was a joke?

Big girls means MNHQ have posted on the thread.

Really?

It's the oldies who moan the most from what I see - honestly you'd think some of them had actually given birth to mumsnet they're so protective of it - makes me laugh.

I'm with SM.

Ive seen it about 3 times in last fortnight and every time it was referring to Olivia, Rowan, Rebecca or Helen Mumsnet posting on a thread.

But I don't do the cliquey threads so maybe it means something different on those

Most vociferous grumblers are not like ole days crew

It wasn't MNHQ

It may have been a joke ,but it made me a bit

I think it's rude to put comments on people's threads commenting that there's been a similar thread recently so etc. Of course the same questions or problems recur over and over, because there are new posters all the time. I don't really get why people don't just read the threads they're interested in and leave the rest.

when we were new we got the shit kicked out of us, so why not the newbies

aye the yawn post someone did that to me in a you said that already way. yes...and of course i repeat a consistently held belief.consistently

i never got the shit kicked out of me when i was new it was later