to ask why on earth my thread was deleted?

[singlemumperceptions]

I asked a few questions about perceptions of single parents for my sociology assignment, whicanyh is to do with comparing the perception of single parents with the reality.

A very few people seemed to think I was being provocative. Most people were supportive and there were lots of interesting comments.

I now find that it's been deleted!?! What on earth? Compared to most of the stuff I read on AIBU it was completely tame and non-offensive stuff. Is it against the MN law to discuss single parents?

I am not a journalist, MNHQ can I'm sure see that I have been a regular mumsnetter for years. I was just trying to have a discussion about perceptions of single parent families. I am a single parent myself, I am a long term member of MN. I don't get it :(

Anyway, thank you to all those rational people who replied, luckily I had collected everyone's answers and will be able to use them in my assignment so your kind efforts weren't wasted

Yes, MNHQ were very good about that, and have given very recent re-assurances.

Hurrah! that's Christmas presents 2012 sorted.

Spero, about this Christmas ...

So you want off the list eh LineRunner?

singlemumperceptions: Did you not get our mail? We did mail you a while ago.

singlemumperceptions I've posted surveys to mumsnet a few times, as I'm a uni student.

I've always found mumsnetters to be supportive and never had a problem, until the last time when a load of people jumped on me from a great height and my thread was deleted but not the two identical ones in other areas which they seemed not to notice.

I've been a mumsnetter for about 4 years now, and I never knew that was frowned on until people got upset - the £30 section is for media and non-member requests after all, neither of which I am!

I'm thinking of the environment, Spero.

Maryz, yes it prob was a bit cheeky to post it on AIBU, but I have seen it done many times before and so didn't realise it was so terrible. Anyway I thought it had turned into a quite interesting post about single parenthood and some of the difficulties around discussing it and the perceptions of it. And because of some of the responses it really did become an AIBU in relation to was it reasonable of me to ask questions about how people view SPF, or was merely asking the question an incitement to 'bashing'.

Anyway, it's been an interesting experience and has given me lots to think about in terms of the 'methodology' section of my assignment and how problematic questionnaires can be!

I have not received your email Helen. Not to worry, I've had plenty of suggestions here as to why it was deleted. I will not make the same mistake again :)

Night all, and thanks again to all those who contributed to the debate

LineRunner, I will ensure it is printed on extremely absorbable material

well said threeleftfeet, I am a member and I don't work for the Daily Mail. Oh and good work on you know what

"AFAIAW, The Law has now sorted itself out wrt social media:- copyright is shared with the creator. Mumsnet didn't request or commission my posts, did it? ( at the thought) And I doubt whether Mumsnet would take all the blame if I posted something massively illegal."

Where did you read that the law has now sorted itself out wrt this?

Certain corpoprations with a lot of money and power, in Europe and the US, are very keen on making sure websites can be held responsible for content on them.

This is a battle which will play out over the next few years and is massively important as it effects our freedom of speech and ability to share ideas online, but which isn't generally picked up by the mainstream press.

Take the recent SOPA bill for example. Most of the media reported that as being about piracy, when actually it could have affected all of us.

See this thread AIBU to think that SOPA will be the death of mumsnet and any site which ordinary people can post on? for more info if you're interested.

@singlemumperceptions

Maryz, yes it prob was a bit cheeky to post it on AIBU, but I have seen it done many times before and so didn't realise it was so terrible. Anyway I thought it had turned into a quite interesting post about single parenthood and some of the difficulties around discussing it and the perceptions of it. And because of some of the responses it really did become an AIBU in relation to was it reasonable of me to ask questions about how people view SPF, or was merely asking the question an incitement to 'bashing'.

Anyway, it's been an interesting experience and has given me lots to think about in terms of the 'methodology' section of my assignment and how problematic questionnaires can be!

I have not received your email Helen. Not to worry, I've had plenty of suggestions here as to why it was deleted. I will not make the same mistake again :)

Night all, and thanks again to all those who contributed to the debate

That's a shame, singlemumperceptions, because you may have got the wrong end of the stick. Is your registered email address up to date? If not, we could PM you.

Thanks

Helen, my email address on the 'registration details' page is the same as my real life one? Do I need to log out and in again after a name change to allow the PM system to 'catch up' with the name change?

threeleftfeet - yes, and I think the greedy controlling baddies will win in the end. I intend to migrate everything to Iceland at some point, and get up to speed on the darkweb just in case. 'Twon't be the same glorious sharing of minds, though :( :( :(

Meanwhile, in the UK, courts are adjudicating with common sense except where superinjunctions and politicians are concerned for the most part.

smp check your junk mail for email from mn

Not implying Helen sends junk only sometimes