To be distinctly peeved that my thread was treated as spam.

[MaggieJoyBlunt]

It was a link to a really important National Autistic Society survey.

I posted it in AIBU for traffic. Lots of people signed.

But then it was banished to some godforsaken corner of MN. Because someone reported it as spam

Some facts and figures about Autism awareness;

www.autism.org.uk/news-and-events/news-from-the-nas/autism-awareness-survey.aspx

It really is a key issue in the lives of many parents.

I hope that illustrates a little bit why I think a parent linking to a survey in support of a public awareness campaign is not really spamming.

Your posts are uniformly unpleasant Tiggy. I am quite disgusted by them.

So then Winter I think your answer would be YANBU. Say it and move on. Honestly I've read so many fucking pointless AIBUs, either not an AIBU at all, or with absurdly click-bait or misleading titles, that if this thread raises awareness of autism, so bloody what. I also think that it was fair enough to move the thread (though I am a bit at ToothlessOldHag for reporting it, frankly), but Maggie is well within the rules to post this thread, and if you don't like it, hide it!

Hello OP

We're sorry that you're peeved in any way, let alone distinctly peeved about our deletion.

It's tricky because the word spam does imply junk mail style nonsense.
It's clear that this is NOT that and we do absolutely concur that this is an important issue.

But we do have to draw a line somewhere -in terms of posting to a godforsaken corner -there's nothing to say you can't bump threads in other topics like the surveys section regularly to keep them in active conversations - as it happens, while AIBU's often busy, there are a fair few folk who hide it so active's where it's at for them.

By rights, we ought to delete this thread as it's a TAAT but it being a discussion of our policy, we'll leave it for the time being.

Thanks
MNHQ

How odd.

It says at the top that MNHQ have commented, but I can't see their post despite refreshing several times.

People post in AIBU for traffic all the time and never get flamed. However given that AIBU generally attracts muppets with nothing better to than get uppity about something so silly as a post being in the "wrong" section.

Maybe if MN stopped creating endless topics that get very little traffic or rarely make the active convo's list good people won't be forced to enter the twat fest that is AIBU

Ooh I hadn't thought about it being a TAAT.

I don't particularly care, Crabby. I didn't see the original thread, wouldn't have reported if I did, and think that aibu is chock full of bullshit and poor excuses for aibu's anyway.
But I did happen to see this one and consider the OP to be over-reacting.

Ah there you are

It's tricky because the word spam does imply junk mail style nonsense.
It's clear that this is NOT that and we do absolutely concur that this is an important issue.

Thank you.

there's nothing to say you can't bump threads in other topics like the surveys section regularly to keep them in active conversations

I might actually experiment to see how much bumping that would take.

By rights, we ought to delete this thread as it's a TAAT but it being a discussion of our policy, we'll leave it for the time being.

Thank you again

It's a TAAT but I like your balls Maggie ;)

For goodness' sake, it's AIBU, not Magna Carta or sacred scrolls. When you look at some of the utter guff (not to mention the Cheshire Wankery) that gets posted in AIBU, to pick holes with the OP seems very mean-spirited and therefore very AIBU. And yes, I get that the OP's previous thread was technically against the rules, but really, so fucking what?

Some people could do with taking a long, cool look at themselves.

It's behiiiiiiiind you Maggie. One post above.

Is there a working link to the survey please? I clicked in the other one and it didn't open.

Also, please can you tell me what TAAT is?

Thread About A Thread

Cross-posted!

Well said Goring the po-faced and rigid enforcement of The Rules displayed by some on this thread is really rather laughable.

Horrid disablist decision mnhq.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/surveys_students_non_profits_and_start_ups/2410572-to-ask-you-to-complete-this-NAS-survey-to-help-improve-public-understanding-of-Autism?

The second and fourth posts on that^ thread have working links travelling (the one in the OP over there is a dud -sorry).

How is it disabilist? Same rules apply to everyone, thats not disabilist

YANBU. I saw the thread in time and filled in the survey.

Why is it disablist? It's same rules for everyone

I do sometimes wonder exactly how many families touched by ASCs there are on MN. I don't suppose anyone knows.

Horrid disablist decision mnhq

Disablist?! How does that work then? Just because the topic related to autism doesn't make mnhq's decision disablist.