to wonder what Mumsnet is actually for?

[Mintyy]

I find it impossible to use these days.

There is a fight on every thread. And I don't just mean in a yanbu/yabu sort of way. I mean that people are happy to round on others because they have different reasons for being here.

I have even seen a row between two different support threads this week.

If you want to make friends you are told off for being royalty or cliquey.

If you want to indulge in a little mild gossiping you are shouted down for being judgemental or shallow.

If you want to have a lighthearted chat you have to make that clear in the thread title nowadays.

I find the general mood of the place to be aggressive, angry, confrontational, defensive, impossible, predictable.

I keep hoping that things will improve, but how ?

Well one poster and all her sockies..

The namechanging is just confusing.

I am glad to say that I have missed the racism.

And they "know that my black friend is not offended, I asked her. And what about being racist towards "us whites" eh? It's not fair"

Lovely.

The racism has passed me by but I am really to hear about it.

See, its all that sort of shit which is so BAD for the site!

Smaller is often better, imvho.

I have namechanged back to an approximation of me usual name.

I have missed the stupid racists thank fuck.

There was a horrible thread in relationships (I a,actually going to hide the whole topic) where a woman was upset because she gave her husband a dirty look because he didn't put the bins out. He chased her, shouted at her and slammed a door in her face, the OP said he had form for it. SO many people had a go at HER for giving a dirty look. I could have cried.

Sock puppeting sounds like a lot of hassle. Wouldn't it get really confusing?

I was deleted for calling a racist a racist. [Bitter]

Has all the racism been reported?

Since eve asked was Aibu to eat his apple People have been opining mn has gorn to dogs
If it's tiresome,or irksome take a wee break.
Mn is online chat Perhaps some seek too much,it's not a therapeutic group

I have loads of topics hidden.

Fucking hell where did you spring from?

Hello by the way, you awld bawbag.

Auld bawbag!ckearly we've met.that I am

Thank God you are here SM.

Eh up, look who's back! How long was the ban then?

Yeh DISGRACE to Scotland.

I am still amused that some daft twat called you that.

A ban sounds so delicious,quite subversive
Alas I wasn't banned
But if it adds to my kudos I'll let that roll

Just read your post, GetOrf, about the dirty look. Yep, that's pretty much how I read it.

I think some posters think they are being startlingly original to stick up for the DH/MIL/dinnerlady/assorted random bit player of the piece.