Morning.
Just wanted to add a couple of thing to OliviaMN's sterling post earlier in this thread...
The beginning of the year is, in our experience, a time when Mumsnet gets lots of new members - hurrah for that!
The vast, vast majority of them are utterly nice and normal, and here to join the debate/have a good chinwag/share and support. And we'd hope folks would clasp them all warmly to the collective Mumsnet bosom.
Unfortunately, some of the newbies - and we're talking a mere handful here, not dozens and dozens - do come with less, erm, community-minded intentions. Specifically, to goad, cause trouble, spin ludicrous trolly tales or, as last night, offer to buy our used knickers
They're usually relatively easy to spot and, once we're made aware of them at MNHQ, we do despatch them to the Land of the Banned PDQ.
However, there are other apparently goady posters who aren't so easy to fathom out. They may not be new, for example, and they may have posted quite reasonably before.
In these cases, our policy is (generally) to keep an eye on their further posts - and maybe drop them a 'head tilt'-type mail from HQ. If they really are out to goad - and not just having an unfortunately feisty day - it soon become very apparent.
We appreciate that this waiting-out approach may be frustrating but we do think it's fairest, all things considered.
But where you can all really help is by reporting all goadiness or apparent goadiness to us. It's tremendously helpful, really it is. Even if we don't take action immediately (or don't appear to 
), the reports help us build up a Picture of Goadiness. And next time that same poster is reported for goading, we have "history" to work with, iyswim.
So, please please report. We do reply to every mail (although there's sometimes a delay when the gin runs out).
And please don't let the goady few spoil the general all-round fabness of Mumsnet for you - or anybody else.
Remember, nothing will spoil a goader's day more than a tumbleweed response to their attempts to make you all fight...