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To take it with Mumsnet about bullying on here?

199 replies

Monty27 · 21/01/2016 02:10

Well I've just done it anyway. And this will probably be deleted. I have just found a really old thread of mine from Christmas 2014 that one of HQ people deleted it on the grounds of that Monty is probably rocking around the Christmas tree. I was really distressed at the time and didn't come back to the thread because my laptop crashed. I now have a new one. (a year later) I have posted sporadically between then and now. Fuming.

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MuttonDressedAsMutton · 21/01/2016 11:24

On what planet has 'rocking around the Christmas tree' ever been used to indicate mental health problems? Confused

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 21/01/2016 11:31

Cleensheets - to me, rocking around the Christmas tree clearly says partying, having fun - but rocking under the Christmas tree would be a variant of 'rocking in the corner' and would indicate mental health problems ot me.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 21/01/2016 11:31

...to me, not ot me/ Blush

ghostyslovesheep · 21/01/2016 11:34

i said threads I have started up there are you people blind Grin

Darvany · 21/01/2016 11:38

Sorry ghosty, insufficient coffee, clearly.

A grudge thread sounds like a great idea.

BeccaMumsnet · 21/01/2016 11:48

Hi Monty27 - we're just going to respond to your report now. We hope we can get this cleared up asap.

SouthWesterlyWinds · 21/01/2016 11:59

Please don't take this the wrong way but why have you only picked up on this a year later?

DixieNormas · 21/01/2016 12:09

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didyouwritethe · 21/01/2016 14:12

I'm with BalloonSlayer on the question of forgiveness. Wink I think we need Buddhism.

Hihohoho1 · 21/01/2016 14:22

No idea what you mean re bullying. I have been in mumsnet aibu for years and never seen bullying but robust debate, sarcasm, humour and lots of help and support if needed.

If you post daft things you get flamed not bullied. Mumsnet don't allow bullying.

I imagine as you didn't go back to the post mumsnet decided you were more pissed than goady so deleted you but didn't sanction you.

Sounds sensible to me.

Can't you mumsnet via your phone? Surely if you start a thread and are distressed you restart your laptop or at least log on as soon as it's sorted to see replies.

Has it crashed for a year? Wink

ShesGotLionsInHerHeart · 21/01/2016 14:28

Some of the bullying on here is fucking shameful - like the thread where the Gran posted about her grandson cutting his mouth on a yoghurt pot, which hundreds of people should be embarrassed about.

I genuinely don't think this is one of those times though OP - sounds like MN just posted a lighthearted closing message to a thread with no more serious intent than that.

Lweji · 21/01/2016 14:29

I hope it's cleared with MNHQ.

It is quite possible that the thread descended into mayhem, and thus deleted.

Did you get an email at the time explaining why it was deleted?

peachybex · 21/01/2016 14:48

Wow - that you have enough time and willingness to care so much about something so seemingly trivial. A deleted thread?, a flippant comment = bullying? - a year ago?!.

Lordy.

Glad most are not so sensitive or kid gloves would be required for typing.

Lweji · 21/01/2016 14:57

Worst: tracking a poster's previous nasty comments to over a year ago.

WMittens · 21/01/2016 15:29

I have just found a really old thread of mine from Christmas 2014 that one of HQ people deleted

If the thread was deleted, how did you find it? If you could find it then it obviously wasn't deleted.

Am I missing something here?

cleaty · 21/01/2016 15:33

I have seen bullying where posters are followed round thread to thread by someone. And where some posters have been pretty nasty to OPs who are obviously vulnerable.

Monty27 · 21/01/2016 21:54

I haven't read mumsnet response yet. But to clear things up for some posters, rocking around the Christmas tree is exactly what I wasn't doing as suggested above. And as stated above also, I hadn't even managed to have a christmas tree at that stage of ill health.

I saw the historical post by looking back when I posted last night and got a nasty response. I saw it briefly from 2014 and then it went poof.

Any more questions?

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Monty27 · 21/01/2016 21:57

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ilovesooty · 21/01/2016 22:05

I doubt if the poster in question even remembers responding to you in 2014.

didyouwritethe · 21/01/2016 22:05

Sorry to hear that, Monty. Sad Bullying is clearly not acceptable, and most MNers hate to see it happening.

ExasperatedAlmostAlways · 21/01/2016 22:11

Op, I'm sorry you are feeling a bit got at. I just looked and I think I see the comment you are talking about. I'm absolutely convinced the poster was just joking not actually bullying or making a nasty comment just a bit of banter.

usual · 21/01/2016 22:13

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ilovesooty · 21/01/2016 22:14

I agree Exasperated

And Monty you might not have actually named the poster you have an issue with but you made it absolutely easy for anyone to find out.

ExasperatedAlmostAlways · 21/01/2016 22:15

Also just to add. Rocking round around the Christmas tree. Absolutely refers to having fun, dancing etc. Never have I heard anyone ever mean it in a derogatory was to mental health.

ExasperatedAlmostAlways · 21/01/2016 22:15

*way