to ask what's soooo wrong with netmums?

[sassy34264]

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

and nobody on netmums talks about class

Please dont hate me though I like here too

I don't hate you MrsJay

I don't hate you MrsJay

thanks hun luffy

The threads on there make me cringe.

I think the name bit here is hysterical!

Op - I like the name Susan what do you think?

2nd poster - I don't like it, how about Gertude or some other equally twee name

Why is the baby names thread on NM hilarious?

I find that all of the twinkly stuff,and pictures of poster's babies in utero a bit OTT.Especially when some poor posters are looking for help/avice following a miscarriage or stillbirth.Also there seems to be a lack of written responses compared with the amount of viewers.There's also a lot of loling and hunning which isn't very pleasant.I do browse there but come back to Mumsnet for a reality check.There are some unhappy posters over there who could do with a good dose of M'snet.

i love mn babyname threads
sure fire aggro
middle class angst clash with different name spelling

MN baby name threads are bloody awful tbh.

Netmums is fab

Smiles are just an upside down rainbow!!! LoL!!!
~~ Little man is 4 years 2 months 5 days old ~~

(imagine the ticker is animated and sparkly for full effect)

netmums doesn't seem to have as much traffic as mumsnet. I like things to move fast when I am bored!

I've just been over to the other side and am awaiting an imminent banning. I think I'd feel even more proud than getting kicked out of guide

oi, what is wrong with the name susan?

Oh dear lord, I just went to have a look. The colours, the moving pictures, the passive aggressive shit wrapped in "huns" as advice! I need more coffee.

I started out on NM's, before I ever knew MN existed

I got a warning for linking a support group, which was on Facebook I believe, in a thread asking for support

Shortly after, there was a slagging off MN thread. Came over here for a nosey and never looked back. I must admit to still using the local board on NM for selling/buying etc.

Although I mainly lurk on here, I do find it a more supportive place and people tell it like it is. Plus we are allowed to swear

My (very sorted) SIL likes netmums local, I would probably use it if I lived in the UK. I like the expat community here, do NM have anything like that?

They are probably all wankers. I means, they're alll wankers here, it's just that they are my kind of wankers, so I stuck around.

I joined NM for the local groups because MN really isn't so good at that; but never really got anywhere with NM either, although a friend of a friend made some good pals through NM (mind you, she's more sparkly-hunny-wuvbunny-babydust oriented than I am anyway - oh, and she lived nearer to central London, so that helped too).

I couldn't stay on the chat thread because they gave me a headache. Too much colour, too much movement, too few posts to a page - just ugh. I love the clean look of MN and the and smileys are my favourites of all smileys everywhere.

I also like the light-touch moderation and being allowed to swear. I don't need to but if I want to, I want to be able to.

But - horses for courses - I know my sister would be far more at home on NM than she would here, so it has its place.
Here in Australia we have our own variety of NM - it's called BubHub
Haven't found an Aussie version of MN, I doubt there is one.

Post: my lil 3week old bubba keeps waking up in the night, I'm thinking of giving him some steak and chips for supper, is it a good idea?

NM reply: u no ur Babbage best Hun. Never did me any harm.
MN reply: are you fucking joking?!

There's nothing wrong with NM per se. It's just that I would personally rather goudge my own eyes out than spend more than 3 seconds looking at the glittery tickers.

I also think the MN hands-off moderation is considerably better (not perfect but better) than the heavy NM moderation. NM simply seems to remove anything that doesn't fit in with whatever the party line seems to be on any given day and any given issue. MN is also better at self-moderating. Yes, there are arseholes on both sites, but at least on MN people tell them they are arseholes.

rarebreed nobody has supper except nigel slater

rarebreed so you saw same post I did? (well baby was 4 weeks old when started on "proper" food and none of this baby food stuff, so the woman thought because her 23 year was ok (through sheer fucking luck IMO) she was able to advocate early weaning. I dared to say it was * madness (bastards wont let me swear) and then had audacity to suggest that my post would probably ended up removed as there are huge fucking adverts for cow&gate so we know where the allegiance of the nm lies... ££££ I am awaiting an email banning me...

I just tried to look at the NM baby names section and it crashed my computer! Clearly I have some sort of anti-NM device to protect me from pink glittery stuff.