To wonder what constitutes an 'Mumsnet storm'? (Royal related)

[Arsenic]

Apparently.

I've just started reading Catherine Mayer's new book about Prince Charles. There is a passage in the prologue about criticism of the the Cambridges' March 2014 trip to the Maldives (leaving baby George at home) which the author calls 'a manufactured tempest in a child's teacup'.

Discussion of Netmums, Mumsnet, Twitter.

Then the following;

"Had there been outrage on Mumsnet? Not according to Katie O'Donovan, Mumsnet's head of communications, who emails that there were 'just over 300 responses, which isn't really a "storm" by Mumsnet's standards. Not at all unanimous criticism of the couple.....'."

So how many comments makes a storm? I'm curious now.

And does frothiness matter?

PAC parking

It's not a storm unless the thread gets pulled, there's more than one Thread about a thread, a few people get banned, someone flounces.

We've had several (full) threads over any given controversy on here. New threads being opened as the old ones fill up fast.

So I am going with 4000ish posts minimum, a piece in the guardian about the hoohar that LEGITIMATLY references MN and preferably the banning of at least one protagonist before the storm label can be applied.

That's what I thought Del- froth - not post count

The other interesting nugget is;

*"Netmums posted an item inviting comment on the royal jolly only at the request of the Daily Mail."

The great big tabloid handmaidens. That's deliberate froth solicitation

Redcrayons wins -

Red and Mutters have very high thresholds

Yep, what red said. Extra points if it gets a mention in the DM.

Start that thread Derek

We need a practical demo.

If its just a general storm what about this one here?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/child_internet_safety/2307274-I-am-everything-you-hate-about-people-on-the-internet-I-am-here-to-help?msgid=52584776

Aibu to pierce my bubbaz earz ? She is 1 and luvs mine so I no she wud like em dun. I have seen a lovely pair of earrings that wud go wit Her headband.
I will take her to Macky Dz after innit.

I think they mean this one kim;

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/a2018064-WillKats-second-honeymoon

....but I remember it being discussed across threads and I think I remember you getting grief for it. Or was that some other royal matter ?

She is 5 weeks btw

I have seen storms on here on threads that started out perfectly innocently and on some totally innocuous topic. It is amazing they way some threads evolve.

That one went viral Small

I reckon Kate IS MN royalty by now.

SUV threads can turn quite scary sometimes.

And I agree, threads about Mumsnet Royalty beat the Windsors anyday.

I love the Macdonalds threads, even better are the Easter egg massacres. The vipers love nothing more than the threat of a baby eating chocolate.