To think that the bullying culture on MN can be a bit much....

[tjah04]

Having been a member of MN since 2003 I have seen and read some disgusting comments from other members particuarly on this board.

I am starting to think that some of these people must be very sad and insecure.

Some of the names that are called are disgusting and I am sure that these people would never go up to someone in RL and call them that.

And do not get me started on the "I am better than you because I can spell" attitude which seems to be the final insult if all else fails.

Other comments include

"troll" "Oh not another thread" etc.

It is cyber bullying at the end of the day and as mothers shouldn't we all just grow up a bit? The MN team do a great job of deleting such posts but often the OP has seen it and the damage is already done.

My name is deffo apropos to some of the comments on this thread. Ho hum.

I am an idiot.

Nola fluffing :(

Thanks fenton

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Yes, LaQueen, I can have numerous conversations on here at the same time, and still talk to my kids occasionally

I agree with mt learned friend BOf.

To pick such an outrageous example and then refuse to take any simple steps to bak it up is nonsense.

I can making someone who used the phrase 'dyslexic cunt' ending up feeling bullied. I have a fair imagination but cannot get my head around the idea that someone would spit that out and get smiley faces and agreement.

In fact the times I do see waves of posters arguing with one poster is when they display the kind of attitudes that would allow them to think posting dyslexic cunt as an insult was funny.
Which teeters on the edge of being ironic.

At the moment it's very sunny, then at lunchtime the suns goes round the back. It's quite a small room (14x12 ish). Quite junky, old battered sofa and chair, exposed brick chimney, scaffold shelving in alcove ... in short, it looks like a junk shop.

Tufty, don't go to grey-grey. Have a bit of warmth in your grey if you lose the sun in the afternoon. What colour is the brick.

Sorry about your cold LeQueen. Have DH make you some onion soup. You will stink of garlic but feel right as rain. Honest.

Sorry to have missed so much. I've skimmed some of the latest but I justwant to say two things.

Biwi - no, that's not the thing I'm on about. And I totally get that people get ignored by mistake - I've been here almost 6 years, to the shame of my housekeeping, and got past that a while ago now

It's when it is done deliberately. That's all.

Second thing is to Hully, I'm really sorry about your friend.

Mary the brick is brick colour? 200 years old and crumbly. Pinky/orange/White patches and black where the fires licks out.

So can I get charstelon? Please? What finish? The finishes confuse me. I have smallish children.

But Ed, I don't think it's done deliberately. Honestly. I think it just reflects the fact that the site is so fast-moving.

I remember when I first joined MN, also 6 years ago. I was relatively new to the world of the forum, especially one as fast-moving as MN. It did feel like being the new girl at school, in the first form, listening to the sixth form girls. But eventually, after posting, I got a little more confident, and people started to recognise me a bit more, and then I felt like I 'belonged'.

What was unpleasant, that doesn't happen any more (I don't think - I haven't seen it for a while) was the constant call to a poster 'Oy, MSN', and you knew that those who were friends were taking the conversation off board, whilst also making it very clear that other posters were no longer 'wanted'.

But back to the OP. Why was the whole thread deleted? MNHQ very rarely delete whole threads. They usually just delete the post where there has been a PA. So there must have been a lot more going on than just one poster calling you a 'dyslexic cunt'

I think you should have a pale yellow tifty. A very pale primrose or Lemon Chiffon. A great colour.

I think grey is best in large rooms

I don't like grey. It depresses me, and makes it look as though someone hasn't cleaned the walls properly.

but then I use Dulux so what do I know