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What happened to get the Lily Allen thread deleted?

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Mintyy · 09/05/2014 10:25

Can anyone briefly summarise or pm me?

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RowanMumsnet · 09/05/2014 12:26

Hello

We had a bit of a confab about it late last night and decided that it just wasn't in the spirit of the site - lots of it was just a bit nasty. We're not too keen on full-on sleb-bashing bitchfests (and going forwards will probably be more willing to think about deleting them entirely, although you're right that this isn't always what we've done so far).

We think it's fair enough to discuss something news-worthy that's been said or done, but pure character assassination just doesn't seem very edifying tbh.

These things are always a bit suck-it-and-see, shades of grey though; if something seems to be genuinely good-humoured we might decide it's OK. So as with most things it's all down to the individual thread.

Joylin we've deleted your post for repeating some of the nasty stuff from the other thread, but FWIW Lily Allen hasn't been in touch with us at all about this - it was reported (quite a few times) by other MNers.

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JustineMumsnet · 10/05/2014 09:42

Hi all,
Yes we'll be inconsistent not least because not all threads are reported but this one was and, as it was almost entirely a stream of personal attacks plus some potentially libellous comments, we zapped it. If we'd gone through and just deleted the posts it would have had about 2 posts left. We agree with those who reported it, that it's not in the spirit of the site.

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JustineMumsnet · 12/05/2014 10:10

@SinisterBuggyMonth

Interesting the various Katie Hopkins threads go crazed and MNHQ have only made cursory comments.

I can't stand KH but, definitely a case of one rule for some... Confused

IMHO Katie Hopkins is completely different case because she's actually is looking for the controversy and type of outraged thread you mention. She's effectively a troll. And we do tend to have different rules for trolls.

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