to understand why newbies feel unwelcome when there's a certain group of people on here that think mumsnet is all about them?

[truthful]

I really do understand why there is a 'flouncers corner' on this site and I understand why people feel the need to go to it!
Six months ago I joined this site and on my first ever thread there was about 10 people who all clearly knew eachother and started their own conversation and completely ignored me! I felt really unwelcome but just thought it was a one off. Ever since then I've begun to realise that its like school on here and theres the 'popular' group who seem to think that everyone should know who they are and so they just hijack everyone elses thread and talk amongst themselves ignoring other people in the process! I was even in a thread yesterday and there was a discussion and one of the popular ones said something along the lines of ' oh its jack, havent seen you for a while, hows your dad?'
To me that was rude and if you know eachother that well then shouldn't you be emailing or private messaging instead of being so rude? I can honestly say I have said something regarding to what the OP was asking and been completely ignored by what send like the usual lot talking about scones or something
Another thing which I hate is all the private jokes flying around which is between the usual lot and no one else. Fanjo??? Grow up!
The only time people seem to get noticed is when they have changed their name to something like one of the popular peoples names! Remember the whole 'whos impersonating sue's thing yesterday??? seems like thats all people cared about as yiu are sooo popular so

dont tell them old chum!

Hully, don't lynch her.

Oy, Pinot! This whole allegiance-switching thing is confusing.

Wot I don't understand is how come Pinot knows EVERYTHING the suck up arse licky creepster

Ach, I'm a slut.

OOooo I think I know who Lemarchandsbox is as well... if I'm wrong then it's that Pinot's fault, I'm sure.

I know what you mean. I felt shunned on a quichey thread once - it seemed like anything I said was overlooked and ignored, so I quietly slipped away. Don't think anyone cared noticed though.

:o @ xpost

being a slut isn't acksherly how I know stuff.

but I'm, on fb and I still don't know anything. I don't even know who the people I'm friend s with on fb are cos I 've forgotten

Come on, Box. Spill.

I've gone orf Lemarchand. Fancy only letting a couple of INSIDERS know.

Now I agree with the OP.

I dropped FB after getting loads of friend requests from ds1 friends, I found it a but creepy.

I would never have been able to work out which FB people were mn people IYSWIM.

I'm very easily confused :(

Oh, Thumby, now I feel bad! |I was just joking... I never feel shunned (apart from obv shunning on this thread). Just some days what I say doesn't "catch", iyswim. Which naturally I put down to everyone else being a bit dim that day.

Not good to ask boxes to spill, Hully. What if she turns out to be yer actual Pandora?

Oh I'm not an insider, Hully - I just know the right people who know everything and am therefore a hangeron.

Thumb if it was killers you slipped away from you did a terrible job

I rilly hope it's a Mr Bump plaster, like when I was a kid.

I have a Pinot Mumsnet FB a/c now as well as RL one. For reasons all a bit serious for this jolly old thread. But suffice to say having two a/c's is melting my brain like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

I have forgiven Lemarchand