To think MN is a bit...weird at the minute?

[Heartbrokenmum73]

The past week or so I've noticed lots of really nasty, aggressive posts (I know I'm not the only one who's been reporting some of the PA on various OPs) and the majority seem to have come from posters I don't recognise. Taking on board that some of these could be name changes though.

I know AIBU is a tough board at the best of times (to say the very least) but Relationships has been the same the past few days. I know I'm not being oversensitive because I've been weathering this board for a few months now and thought I'd read all there was to read!

It's reached the point yesterday and today where instead of looking forward to the usual silly threads and being surprisingly educated about new things, I'm nervous about logging on then feeling deflated at what's happening.

Just me???

If I was new I'd have given up this week, the site seems to be offline more often than it's available.

I think it's been officially recognised (a mention by MNHQ) that there has been a spike in users since PenisBeakerGate brought us a lot of attention. With any luck the traffic will die down enough to get back to "normal". Real MNers just need to stick it out and help those who aren't just tourists.

I agree with howsuper & wipsglitter. i have been using this website since i was pregnant with dd 9 years ago. There are always posts saying oooh what's happening at the moment...it's not the same - in the last 9 years it has hardly changed at all! There are occasional flare ups and rows then everyone gets on then it flares up again and so on...

Some posters take the whole thing much too seriously - it is a website, one of millions - it is not real life. if people don't like it they can just turn it off, or read a different bit.

I only joined last week as I'm about to begin to try and have a baby and thought I could find some advice and people who are sharing the experience. I'm surprised by how bitchy some of the posts seem and to be honest it's pretty off putting.
Also as a new member it's impossible to know what anyone is talking about with the huge amount of abbreviations!

Camsie it's not normally bitchy

There is an Acronyms list too

Or if its not on there ask on the board or pm someone.

You can find the list at the top of here too under MUMSNET TALK

Surely people are only saying how long they have been on MN on this thread because some posters are asking if it's always been like this, and they are putting it into context...?

I am a binge user too, and it goes in peaks and troughs I find. Sometimes school holidays seem to bring some fairly odd posts, full moon and then there is the occasional breakthrough from Army websites, Childfree websites, Hairy Handed Trucking Golf association websites (ok I made the last one up!) who try and get a rise out of the posters on here.

I think the press interest did slightly change a few of the discussion topics with an influx of "atypical" posters. And by this i don't mean outsiders, and non royality or any of that bull - i mean people who wouldn't naturally be drawn to the site for parental help and info. (for example - I came here because I had questions on expressing milk).

And I can imagine a few of these people could read some sections and think there were some extreme views (relationships, step-parents, feminism, AIBU) but it's in a context isn't it? Not many people post to say - my husband is so wonderful and definitely sn't having an affair, or my stepkids just accepted me completely into their lives. People who need support usually sound a bit miffed! And some people only see what they want to see....and some just want to take the P*ss.

At this time of year I just stick to the Christmas threads - where it is all fluffy and cosy....

It's October.. its always weird in October on forums imo.