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Thank you mumsnet but it's over

210 replies

ComeonSummer1 · 04/03/2016 00:14

Been a poster for the last 8 years and it's been good.

However recently things have changed.

Far too many adverts seem to pop and it's got too commercial.

Tonight there's a really nasty mil thread that consist of posters slagging off their mothers/mils for doing the ironing FFS.

Earlier posters defended a paedophile footballer.

Anyway time out and sadly end of an era for me.

I actually can't believe half the threads here as so ridiculous.

It's sad but the site isn't what it was.

OP posts:
LoveBoursin · 04/03/2016 08:02

Actually there has been a few people posting about that recently.

Every so often, an 'oldie' will say how they miss the way the site was before. How it changed after xxx (eg after it went on FB).

And it has. A. LOT.

If you were feeling good with the way the site was 8 years ago, you won't like it now. I know, I'm in the same place. The demographic of people is different and the subject of discussions ... well, let's just noticed that everyone is on AIBU having a go at different people (MIL, NDN, people in the queue at M&S...) but if you want an answer in the parenting topic, there isn't that much people anymore. Which is a bit strange for a parenting forum tbh.

Sparkling is right. The Only way to keep your sanity is to hide stuff and concentrate on the thread worth reading even though some comments and attitudes on here are Shock and it is even more shocking to see that these attitudes are pushed down as 'normal'

BadDoGooder · 04/03/2016 08:05

OP there's this really amazing invention called ad blocker, just sayin'!

That shoe thread is the funniest thing I have read for ages!

Aramynta · 04/03/2016 08:06

Ohhh a good old classic flounce

AuntieStella · 04/03/2016 08:08

"Aw, I'm all nostalgic for flouncer's corner now. Is it still there?"

Yes, and OP IBVU in not using it.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/flouncers_corner

(not often used, but not tumbleweed when it is)

BillSykesDog · 04/03/2016 08:08

Actually there has been a few people posting about that recently. Every so often, an 'oldie' will say how they miss the way the site was before.

This has happened on every forum everywhere in the entire history of the interwebs.

MorrisZapp · 04/03/2016 08:13

Could people please stick to the correct use of the word paedophile? Footballer has rightly been found guilty but he isn't a paedophile.

RancidOldHag · 04/03/2016 08:14

"He lost his liberty and livelihood because he's a fucking paedophile. Hth."

Point of detail.

Paedophilia refers to pre-pubescent children. There has been no reporting whatsoever that the 15 year old was still prepubescent.

It is unlikely therefore that this was paedophilia. It was definitely illegal sexual contact with a minor.

Sparklingbrook · 04/03/2016 08:15

I think it's different to how it was 4 years ago even. But there is always dispute about that.

I think Penisbeaker and Jeffrey changed things but many will say it's all the same as it ever was.

Sparklingbrook · 04/03/2016 08:17

If you are going to discuss that footballer on this thread I'm hiding it.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 04/03/2016 08:19

Why do people flounce? wah wah wah people are stupid and I don't like it wahwah wah...really OP?

I take time off every now and then because I get too busy, but I don't broadcast it with a sad Daily Fail face.

YABU to whinge about flouncing.
Just go.

Trills · 04/03/2016 08:19

I agree with SoupDragon.

Free websites need to be able to afford to operate somehow.

Roussette · 04/03/2016 08:21

I've been here forever and I think MN is the same but diferent Grin

Things are bound to change, the traffic on here compared to say 10 years ago will be far far more. I ignore lots of threads because I disagree with lots of opinions, or I just think FFS grow up and stop making a fuss, or they are just tediously the same as before. You take the bits of MN you want and ignore the rest and most importantly don't take it too seriously.

RonniePickering · 04/03/2016 08:25

Haven't seen the paedophile thread, but if it's about the 28 year old footballer who has lost his liberty and livelihood for putting his hand down the jeans of a 15 year old fan who met up with him in his car for a kiss and more, I think there's a mn-worthy debate in there.

Wow... You sound as though you actually feel sorry or him.

Sparklingbrook · 04/03/2016 08:29

I would imagine there are debates about that footballer all over MN.

flowery · 04/03/2016 08:36

People have been posting moaning that MN isn't as good as it used to be since I joined in 2007.

It's perfectly possible to hide threads/topics that annoy you and there's plenty of good stuff as well anyway. But if it's time to move on, I don't really understand the point of starting an AIBU thread about the fact?

ppeatfruit · 04/03/2016 08:44

The weird thing is when I first discovered MN, I think it was about 5 or 6 years ago, it was horrendously troll infested but now it's a lot better.

Just go on threads that are about what interests YOU Comeon. Or leave, it's your life Grin

Sparklingbrook · 04/03/2016 08:47

I was talking to my friend the other day and MN came up (she isn't on here) and she asked me what it was like. I really didn't know where to start.

By the time I had finished explaining I didn't feel like I had done a very good PR job at all and she looked like this Confused

If I knew anyone about to have a baby I can't hand on heart say I would be recommending MN to them, and that's a bit sad.

DownstairsMixUp · 04/03/2016 08:47

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WhoaCadburys · 04/03/2016 08:52

I'm not off, I have nowhere better to go, but I'm with you OP. I used to laugh and laugh on here. It was a nightly occurrence that I'd be speechless with laughter. Where did everyone go?

Brightnorthernlights · 04/03/2016 08:52

Sorry to derail...is adblocker an app you install?

Sparklingbrook · 04/03/2016 08:55

I am on the trusty laptop and I have AdBlock. It is currently blocking 7 ads on this page so it tells me, I can't see any.

Roussette · 04/03/2016 08:59

I am on laptop too and same as Sparkling 7 blocked. It's a very efficient add-on. Just occasionally you can't use a website because it is blocking ads, and you can disable it for that particular site. Just clicking on it, it has blocked 233,017 since I installed it!

My email is the worst, loads of ads and very refreshng not to get any.

RubyRoseViolet · 04/03/2016 08:59

Crumbs, I'd reccomend MN to loads of different people. I find it endlessly fascinating and informative. The support and advice given is amazing much of the time.

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 04/03/2016 09:01

Flouncing on aibu is a bit dramatic for one thing. If you stop using something and want to give feedback why not use site stuff/flouncers. Or email mnhq. My only issue with mn at the moment is the trolling and the lack if humour at times but that could happen on any forum.

MorrisZapp · 04/03/2016 09:02

Oh come off it sparklingbrook, if a friend was pregnant this is the absolute ideal place for them. I have all the pg topics hidden now but when they were needed they were amazing. Loads of chat and support, at a time when you so desperately want to connect with people going through what you're going through.

On what grounds would you tell them not to bother with MN?