Wow this thread has moved on. Just catching up after 24 hrs or so as been a little busy with poorly baby in hospital but had a bit of downtime from the worry to catch up on this thread and I have to say it's left a very sour taste in my mouth.
I posted early on in the previous thread (I think as a different name) as I thought it was an interesting discussion to have as a mother and very much an Instagram user AND mumsnetter and enjoying them both as a source of support, enjoyment and encouragement. As many people have stated already if any of these IG or their followers actually read the thread they would see that this is far from mum bashing and all about discussion about the tide turning on iG into a commercialised series of #ads and frustrating staging.
I cannot believe (well actually I can) the level of hatred and venom that has been swung the way of mumsnetters (MANY of whom use both as has been pointed out). There really has been a them and us divide and it really misses the point, and there is nothing 'sisterly' about that at all. It's really put me off IG.
A few people have pointed out 'just don't follow' but as people have said a lot of the IG we have discussed we do actually enjoy it's just we've noticed things have changed recently and are not sure we are cool about it. For example I don't follow Pukka even though I follow lots of her IG friends purely for the fact that I didn't really like the whole bright colours, pictures etc but now that I've seen how she's responded to this thread (she clearly 'gets' mumsnet) and I've seen her stories I will give her a follow as I can relate and respect her. Susie on the other hand I will unfollow as I think she has behaved awfully just completely trashing mumsnetters and discounting valid points that people have made. She's also really annoyed me with her comment in her latest picture about earning money from ads so that she doesn't need to 'ask for her boyfriends bank card to buy bread'. I don't think this is sisterly at all. For a start, I highly doubt she has to ask for his bank card, I'm sure it will just come out of their joint account. But also who cares if her partner earns the money - they are a family and she is doing a valid 'job' raising children. My husband quite literally earns the bread but I don't need to feel like I need to get money from brands to validate myself. Not every contribution to a household needs to be money, and I'm sure the ad money is more likely to be put towards luxuries than bread which is fine. Anyhoo slightly off topic it just annoyed me.
Final point from me - one of the things that I love about mumsnet is there is a real sense of freedom of speech and you can get a range of opinions and debates which can sometimes be a little cutting but also can be really fucking well thought out and true, and I've learnt a lot from mn and got a huge amount of support. I tend to ignore threads that I know won't enjoy, but that's the great thing about mumsnet there's a little bit for everyone.
The thing that doesn't come naturally to me is all this fawning and gushing which is why IG has annoyed me following this thread, just lots of followers who are gushing and trashing mn. They are literally turning some of their followers onto their other followers for simply stating an opinion. OGITH has also made her stance clear - if you can offer nothing but gushing to make her feel 'safe' and validated than stay but if you have any other opinion then fuck off. Ok, noted.
Getting back to the whole point of this thread, there is someone who I genuinely really like and follow (won't drag her name into this) who hasn't really done many ads and recently posted a lovely pic of her chilling in her gorgeous house with beautiful clothes, dog, makeup etc and I though 'oh how lovely, one day when I'm not covered in sick and sleep deprived having dirty finger prints and crayon on the wall I could have a home like that' but then I noticed the 'ad' for wine at the bottom and my heart sank a little. I know the picture was probably set up a little anyway but I quite enjoy thinking oh how lovely and appreciate the set up but once you know it's an ad you do feel a little misled. That was all my main gripe really, nothing to do with bitching or trashing mum's.
Oh and ps. Why is it ok it have a little rant about your toddler having a tantrum and needing a gin but not ok to have a rant about things that are bothering you about a social media account you use?!
Pps. Sorry for the long post, Im a little frustrated and emotional in hospital and I though I'd let it all out on mn! 