in thinking that just because you have been on mn for ever

[Samcro]

that doesn't make you a bad person.
MN for as long as I have been on here has had a oldie v newbie thing going
who really cares. some people post a lot, some don't.
but if you do post a lot (cos like me you might be stuck in a shite carer role) and you make "friends" with people on mn....you get slated.
all this royalty/oldie stuff is a yawn feast.... but in the 10 years I have been one here.....it still goes on.
isn't it time we all moved on?

Someone once suggested that there should be a special topic just for stuff like that & you could only nc on that topic. Not quite sure how that would work.

That might have been me, except I suggested a topic where name changing wasn't allowed, so you could only use it under one chosen name...a bit like Mumsnet local.

The answer from HQ was basically "No but maybe one day in the future - we'll see".

So basically 'No' then

Everyone says that Magi. Also that I am on here every waking hour which is very far from the truth.

The only way I would know if someone was a newbie is if they say so or I have done an AS because they said something that made me go

I've been here for ever and have never been bothered to name change. Someone recognised me in my local tesco after all, . It's never occurred to me to want to be royalty though, and I agree with a PP who said that MN is too big now anyway to really have popular and well known posters.

how are you?

I think that's the misconception wanna that people that keep their names want to be somehow 'known'.

I don't really notice it tbh. I do name change regularly as my SiL and several people I know are on here. I have occasionally posted about neighbours, my DD's school, my DS's school, my area. I don't necessarily want people to know that my DS is having X problems or my neighbour is doing XYZ.

Also one of my jobs is public facing and we are not permitted to express views in public - quite rightly.

It has nothing to do with opinions or slating someone and hiding
There are a few names I regocnise from way back but I forget what view they have on what so the old/new distinction makes no sense to me.

I like the clever people who know something about an area I don't and so enlighten me. Or hearing about what life is like for someone whose experience is well outside the sphere of my own. Or the people who make me laugh. So - it is still good!!

I keep my name just because its easy I had to do a variation of my name after the hacking thing

I don't think it should matter how long you've been here but I think sometimes it does. Eg. If a 'well known' poster says something on a thread it can set the tone and people may be less likely to disagree with them.

I usually post as Higgle and I've been on here 10 years +. I post quite a lot and even got a Secret Santa ( very chuffed) one year. I don't recognise myself as part of the inner clique that still exists. It annoys me when a couple of very outspoken but "Right on MN style" posters, one of whom was banned for a while, are lauded. The nasty bit of this stuff comes out on the few threads that are so cliquey you can't actually understand them as an outsider. Once I came across unpleasant remarks about me on a totally unrelated thread where a couple of the "royalty" were discussing a thread of mine between themselves. The regular expert posters on S&B are very helpful, but on Relationships there is a lot of totally incorrect legal advice ( change the locks being a favourite ) spouted time and time again by the same posters.

I name changed once. I didn't like it.

I wouldn't judge someone on being an oldie. The only thing that matters to me is whether someone is an arsehole or not.

I've been here 13 years don't post much but needed a bit of support this last week. I do read a lot though

I namechanged once. Within 5 minutes I accidentally sock puppetted on a thread and then outed myself.

Ha you are a tool

I really am, it was soo stupid. I namechanged then just carried on as normal. So someone asked me a question as Sparklingbrook and got the reply back from me under my new name.

I am not crafty or cunning enough for namechanging.

Been here years.
Nowadays I have NO clue who anyone is.
Tbh I don't post that much now.
I'm bored of it. It isn't the same.

It's gone very nethuns.

Until I had a reliable internet connection I was very much a functional user of Mnet so tended to name change. I then started using my current moniker for personal reasons on other places on the interwebz and used it here and haven't changed it. A quick AS shows me using this as far back as '09 so I guess I changed then.

I know for a fact that a certain set of posters deliberately target non name changers. Because I was roundly slagged off on here on a thread, ironically by a person who I had been helping on and off board for weeks in another name I used to use to help people on a particular board. My advice and time got that poster out a shit heap of trouble, and there she was slagging me off on another thread. My tone and the way I post didn't change in the other name, nor my opinion. I name changed to avoid be outed or a conflict of interest so I could help people. I don't do that anymore, and nor will I, because of one vile person. Who incidentally still continually pops up here in various guises to have a pop at posters.

ExConstance I've just had one of those ooooooooooh that's why I like you moments when you mentioned your previous posting name

I have name changed about 4 times in the 9 years I have been here. I loved my last incarnation but had to change because a much loved 'mn royalty' person sent me some vile messages on fb (we had become 'friends' there) and seemed to be following me on mumsnet. If someone name changes can other posters track them via profile?

I've had 2 long term name changes in over 10 years of posting. A few other name changes in between that didn't fit right.

If I see a name I recognise as usually posting sense, posting something a bit outlandish, I'm probably more likely to give them the benefit of the doubt. Because I'm judging them on many posts, rather than one. That's the only advantage I suppose.

The big faces of yesteryear are all changed now. Prolific posters will always stand out, and I often assume someone has been around forever, for no reason other than I've noticed them a few times.

So in conclusion...swings and roundabouts innit?

(I apologise for the innit)

I've been here a couple of years but didn't realise there was an oldie v newbie thing. I never even look at the names, I simply read the comments. If I like the sound of a comment then I take heed, I wouldn't like something simply because an oldie name said it, but that I'd recognise them anyway, lol

I used to be a regular poster on Babyworld, I was there for about 5 years. I do wonder if any of my old mates are over here but I haven't recognised anyone yet.

Yes, I also had a "penny drop" moment when ExConstance revealed her old name.

I've been posting fairly infrequently for almost 9 years under 3 different names. There was a real tendency for queen bees and their acolytes to dominate threads a few years back but it seems to have diminished. I find all the 'waving' etc a bit school gates-ish, tbh.