to ask what's soooo wrong with netmums?

[sassy34264]

noticed a lot of derogatory remarks about them.
what have they done?

[Pascha]

You have to leave a space between the , Maryz

[beatofthedrum]

You can spot netmums in RL oh so easily - they are easily identifiable at every toddler group with their 'mum knows best' helpful advice (most annoying and unhelpful parenting phrase I have ever heard) and endless pet names for...everything.

[ScrambledSmegs]

Nothing's wrong with it per se*. It's a very different place to MN and some people like that, some (me included) don't.

I did join ages ago, but have never posted. For one thing I get migraines and found that all the moving smilies and flashing tickers were a bit of a problem for me!

[ScrambledSmegs]

Ah, didn't realise, thanks Maryz. I don't think I'd get much out of Netmums now though, after being on MN for a while.

I likes the swearing here. Some very creative people have really broadened my vocabulary

[MamaMaiasaura]

beatofdrum you've just described several mins at Pre-school.... I avoid them

[paradisechick]

I'm on both. The tickers aren't so bad and not mandatory. I don't have one but they can be handy in some ways.

[usualsuspect]

I quite like the NM smilies TBH.

[Pascha]

Dunno. You can't actually do anything useful with it.

Netmums are better for local listings and the for sale boards.
Mumsnet is better for intelligent debate
Netmums is prettier (if you like that sort of thing)
Mumsnet is much easier on the eyes (if you like that sort of thing)
Netmums doesn't crash every 5 minutes (big one, that)
Mumsnet... well, we have much better usernames don't we?

[GnocchiNineDoors]

You use your name
The site is hard to navigate
Theres too much text speak
Theres too much colour

[Pandemoniaa]

NM gives me a migraine. And I don't actually get migraines.

But if NM didn't exist then where would the proud parents of Jayden, Princess Lala, n ickle Bexhill go to hang wiv da mumzies? Best that they have a Pink n Glittery home of their own or they'd all be over here telling us we were sweary bitches. Which never ends fucking well, does it?

[usualsuspect]

I think you might some parents of Jaydens on MN. we don't all have Cuthburts and Ethels.

[Northernexile]

Just had a look at NetMums 'Hot Topics' section and read a few posts, purely for research purposes you understand. I couldn't ever face going back again because the spelling and grammar burnt my retinas. I'm a right snob, me.

[sassy34264]

i would miss the best advice given on mumsnet-if you couldnt swear- ' tell them to fuck the fuck off, and when they get there, tell them to fuck off some more'

lots of little gems like that on here!

[flatpackhamster]

Netmums is more Daily Mail. Mumsnet is very very definitely Guardian, which as we all know, is the Daily Mail for people who think they're too good to read the Daily Mail.

[OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere]

Wtaf with the fucking Jayden bashing again?
Change the record why don't you?

Netmums is bad because it is very heavily moderated but overtly racist, homophobic, sexist and disabilist posts are allowed to stand
Passive agressive bullying is endemic and the level of debate is restricted to say the least.

It has it's place and for some women it is a much safer place than Mzn.
Put personally I think it is a place of vileness.
Although I have met some lovely women on there.

I found it bad for my state of mind tbh.
It's like walking into the comments section of the daily mail and being beaten around the head with a copy of take a break.

They will be started a thread as we speak and posters will be 'actually crying as I write this' and posting the smilies to prove it.

[Pandemoniaa]

I must have been distracted by the need to take a call from Cuthbert. I meant J-Den, of course.

[OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere]

I love tickers btw.
They help me remember how old the kids are

[RustyBear]

'For those who like that sort of thing,' said Miss Brodie, 'that is the sort of thing they like'

Always comes to mind when I see a thread like this....

[Cheriefroufrou]

"It's like walking into the comments section of the daily mail and being beaten around the head with a copy of take a break."

yeah that!

[modifiedmum]

I don't really like the forums on netmums. I've used some of the site tho, finding a childminder bit on there is quite handy as are the local meet a mum things but cannot stand the forums on there personally.