Netmums VS Mumsnet

[Samwelly]

Mumsnet seems more controversial in content to me (well the AIBU section anyway). I previously enjoyed Netmums but find now that I hardly ever go on it. I prefer the "lively" sometimes abrasive discussions on Mumsnet.

MrsDeVere Stop bragging about your massive tickers

I called troll on a poster who asked for help teaching his 12 year old DD to masturbate. - I was banned immediately but the op wasnt till 2 hours later

What the hecks your ticker, the post count?

Maryz is a big fat liar, liar, pants on fire.

Each to their own, is my take on the whole NM vs MN debate.

I wonder how many MNers defected to NM? None

Noo Vulcan it's a countdown/timeline kinda thing that you have in your signature. Uses include birthdays,Christmas, weightloss, ovulation, pregnancy, saving for something and various random things you can come up with!

SaskiaRembrandtWasFramed Mon 10-Aug-15 20:39:07
Sorry kungfu, I had to laugh at you berating NM for not letting you join MN grin

I was most indignant

Oh ok, thanks triptrap, was over there for 2yrs, never used one though.

It's OK, my ban get lifted on the 14th

Gets* maybe I should just stick to NM

I looked. I want a ticker but I want a fucking ticker, is there a third way?

I think Bleakhouse might be channelling Benny Hill.

You need a sock change ticker MrsD

Yep, I remember the stuff like that,not sure what it was like after I 'left' coughs though, think that was 2009?!

What I really really want to know though, is what the check happened to bloomin Jane P from Pinner?????

I'm pretty sure Mumsnet came before Netmums. I seem to recall a couple of people being banned because they were blatantly trying to set up the new site and take people across.

This would've been about 13 or 14 years ago - so if Netmums is "older" than that, apologies for casting aspersions.

I used Babycentre.co.uk when I was pregnant (ds was born in 2000) and then came across to Mumsnet while I was breastfeeding ds, so early 2001.
I've been round a looooong time

Tickers make my eyes go all funny and it makes the gaps between the replies too large for my small brain to make sense of. And I don't like being told I can't swear. And I don't like the general bitchy undertone I felt on NMs when I had a nosy round. So mumsnet wins for me. Not that we don't have bitchy people here too, but they are openly bitchy and we can call them on it. It's a much healthier way to be.

I started out on Babyexpert (years ago!) then they changed the format and everyone left. So I moved over to NMs and found it massively irritating with all the huns and the bubz. Agree with a pp that their local boards are ok though - I've made a really good friend irl from that.
First ventured over to MN to have a look when it was being 'discussed' on NMs. Found MN a teeny bit scary to start with so flitted between the two for a while but am now MN through and through. Although some posters still scare me a little bit, wouldn't want to be on the other side in an argument with them!

LOL @ 'fucking ticker'

coffee i remeber the cravan thread.. i (think) i got banned because of that fiona!

To be honest, I've never really looked at Netmums and have, perhaps lazily, always assumed that MN was for more intelligent and better educated and more open minded women. But of course that may be complete prejudice.

I've only read one thread on netmums. I was reading glasses the thread here on allowing men to stay over in postnatal hospital wards, very interesting. So I googled to find out other stuff and a netmums thread came up. I'll say one thing for them, they sure love their lovely hubbies and have zero interest in any implications outside their wishes and their hubbies' rights (as they see it). There was no substantial attempt to discuss a wider view, a feminist view, the implications for women in abusive relationships, altering the relationship between HCP and patient, none of the aspects vigorously debated here.

I think this is part of the swearing allowed/no txtspk mentality. This site is for adults who can take a wider view and don't need to be molly coddled.

I was indeed reading glasses. What the hell did I mean by that?