to be wound up by those shitty lilypie things on NM?!?!

[Wardy1993]

Ok silly thread I know but while trawling the Internet in the early hours this morning while on night feeds with ds I came across a NM thread and seeing those lilypie things they have that come up on EVERY message they post makes me cringe/angry/ask what is the bloody point ... AIBU or do you also find them ridiculous?!

Woman married to a gimpy husband and mum to a cute baby...

Yes but it's just another reason I don't go on NM (though come to think of it I'm banned anyway).

Gimpy? Are they getting kinky over there now?

I have no idea what a lilypie is.

But I wouldn't criticise another site for having different norms. People use the one they like.

I like the posters on NM.

I don't find them less informed etc as often quoted, on here.

But I can't go on NM because of all the flashy colours etc.

I came here because my dc were older and it didnt suit me but netmums is fine its an internet forum where folk chat like here really yabu to slag off a their advertising and memberS and yabu to smugly overuse smilies

Bit immature of you to run here to poke fun of another site?

YABU to moan about another site here.

YABU to moan here about it. Different forum, different forum culture. Don't like it, don't use it.

Haha no I just wrote that about my dh harsh I know.... so glad someone agrees I find it so cheesy and its like they are possibly showing off or something.

Hey sorry girls if I am BU I wasn't trying to be smug... Honest I just find those character things irritating and unecessary... It's them I think is a bit smug!!! No offence intended ladies X

but we ALWAYS moan about netmums, its an MN THING!!!

Waaaaaaa what's happened to Mumsnet??

As much as they want me to bleach out my eyes, it does mean that posters don't have to refer to the number and ages of their children all the time.

They do require far too much scrolling past though.

Those ticker things? All sparkly and cutsie? I used to use another site which had them and it is just annoying.

Sparkly ways of counting down to giving birth, getting married, birthdays....Urgh. no ta.

but we ALWAYS moan about netmums, its an MN THING!!!

Waaaaaaa what's happened to Mumsnet??

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This.

Isn't there an option to hide all the fluff stuff over there? Think you can just mute it.

I always wonder who many active members they really have, it's just so slow moving compared to here.

What's a lilypie?

It's so in your face bright on NM. That alone is what stopped me from joining. I like the recipes though, particularly the bakes. If you scroll down to the comments people give some great tips on how to fiddle with the recipes to make them in to something a bit different.

Splitters!

I can't stand nm. Each to their own though. If people want to use it, glitter and all, that's up to them.
I just got pissed off with being set on every time I had an opinion.

Reminds me of scrapbooking.

Yea they can get a bit annoying when reading through a thread

Hey sorry girls if I am BU I wasn't trying to be smug... Honest I just find those character things irritating and unecessary... It's them I think is a bit smug!!! No offence intended ladies X

Maybe NM is more your type of place

This mn/nm thing is soooo daft. It always makes me see us as the People's Front of Judea while they are the Judean People's Front

Of course its daft, that's the whole point!