To wonder why people insist on posting about 'MN Royalty'?

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Because it's always an insult.

But no-one is ever named.

If you do it, what do you mean? Why do you do it?

Does it ever cross your mind that long-standing, non-name-changing posters might be very hurt by your accusations?

If you're going to do it, have the courage of your convictions and name names.

I like these threads. Types have the effect of flushing out lots of MN royalty nice long-standing posters.

Anybody who thinks prolific or longstanding posters have priviledges you'd like: join them! Easily done, just give a lot of measured advice, take the time to read and respond to people's problems, engage in some banter and don't change name.

I would add to this 'make sure you never have a controversial opinion or say anything that might go against the general grain of consensus.'

I would add to this 'make sure you never have a controversial opinion or say anything that might go against the general grain of consensus.

Nah, bollocks to that!

I don't get the point in not saying what you really feel. As long as you put it across without calling someone a cunt, they should be able to accept that you simply have a different opinion.

If they can't accept that, it's most definitely their problem.

Anyfucker, Egosumquisum, usual and most of the longstanding posters on this thread are not shy to voice an unpopular opinion. Neither are the highly recognisable posters found on more specialised boards like education.

No. You make your consciousness everyone else's and make the hive mind yours.

(I wasn't lying about the Hampshire sized ego folks)

The 'MN Royalty' thing gets trotted out quite often. I always think that the posters who get ruffled by others referring to is are the ones (often mistakenly) thinking that they themselves are part of this spurious 'group' of posters. It's a bit of a goady thread to start though.

I think there are posters who post their responses based on who make the preceding comment and there are sometimes a 'call to arms' for some back-up chums when a thread is sliding out of what the OP anticipated.

I totally agree that there's just no point commenting if it's not what you really think. No need to be obnoxious though and name-calling isn't ok.

I was trying not to make it goady, Lying. I posted it because of seeing 'MN Royalty' used, yet again, as a way to sneer at other posters. Which is more goady, is it not?

Tbf is there a thread on mnet anymore that isn't goady, Lying? It's the most used word ever now.

Yes, there is. There's one in the animal bit of the site that seems ok, and one in the 'I love TV' bit that's quite nice. :)

We all know there are well-known 'buzz words' that bring people running to a thread... and come running they do.

I'm posting back in my Jubilee changed name. Loads of users has royalish names that summer.

I do remember being told off by someone, for being domineering as evidenced by the username

I don't get this concept of longstanding posters/ royalty - usually when I post or read I don't even notice the name of the poster, as I am interested in what they say more than anything. There are some insanely ridiculous responses on most threads though, but we all have the power to scroll past. If ever a post bothers me I just delete the app for a few days. I think if you are bothered about being royalty or sniped at its time to move on. This is an Internet forum, and could disappear - it's really not worth investing so much in it.

The only real Royal member of MN is/was Scottishmummy. Her legacy will live on

How can one person ever be "the only" anyone? So many people contribute in different ways, we're greater than the sum of our farts parts, not some quasi-exclusive club with a ridiculous label placed on a few unsuspecting individuals. Probably just as embarrassing for them, I'd have thought.

I have never understood why SM is/was deemed to be legendary TBH.

I do notice usernames. I notice prolific ones, simply because I see them a lot. I also notice people who give good advice or who are really witty. I remember goady fuckers long after a thread. I spot people I know from education, ttc or other specialised boards on AIBU or chat.

It appears to be A Bad Thing to notice though. Many people say they don't. I do notice who I am talking to in RL, too. I know I am talking to Jimmy the devout Catholic so I take that into account before heeding his advice on contraception. It's much the same on MN for me.

Well, she did coin the phrase of those 'creepy wee brackets'...

I think that there are a lot of people now who overuse and throw around phrases like 'legendary' without understanding the meaning of them or really indicating anything of the sort. It's just overblown words... like 'amazing' to describe very ordinary things.

I think SM was unique in the sense that she conjured up an image of Rab C Nesbit for me.

I always imagined her sitting there in a string vest, sucking down Buckfast and angrily ranting at the world

Her posts were quite hard to read though, so I used to skip a lot of them, which was a shame because she could be very funny.

I know what you mean Sparkling. Maybe because she just said it like it was?

Much preferred TSC who also said it like it was but had a sense of humour thrown in.

I would add to this 'make sure you never have a controversial opinion or say anything that might go against the general grain of consensus

Realistically, I tend not to inhabit threads where I haven't a snowballs chance of even being listened to, but that's on topics where I feel i know significantly less than people who obviously know their shit and I just don't. I contribute where I feel in a position to benefit the OP with my experience (employment, relationship board) otherwise I feel better being a cowardy-custard lurker.

Feminism and threads about gender reassignment are not for the faint hearted. I have nothing to offer those threads so can't be arsed to engage.

I posted early on a thread recently and several pages and a day further in a poster asked me why I "always" posted in a certain way and told me I was goady.
She'd only been using her username for about a month.
I did feel tempted to ask her what names she'd been using when I previously offended her but I decided it wasn't worth the hassle.

Mmm. I could never work out what SM was getting at most of the time. She was one that claimed to never notice posters' names, and would just repeat the same thing over and over.

There are quite a few posters that seem to have a bit of a following that I don't 'get' so I just do the equivalent of a smile and nod and move on.

There's not much point in responding to some as there is a 'party line' and in a lemming-like fashion, most will just say 'me too'.

I like posting on MN sometimes and when I don't, I send myself off for a bit. It's not a lifeline for me, just a sometimes-pleasant distraction. We all have our little peccadillos... live and let live.

YY there's always Hide Thread as an option.

@ Maryz!