To really love mumsnet

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Just that really.

I think it's so lovely that you can offer your opinion to someone who is struggling and without knowing it you could have helped that person turn their life around.

It seems like such a nice place to offload and get another person's opinion.

It can be funny, sad, uplifting, inspirational etc.

I have been reading some threads and it warmed me to see how people pull together to help others without even knowing them.

I feel silly writing all of this but just wanted to say I think it's a lovely place and you all seem so kind to offer your experiences to help others.

I know. It's getting a bit of a denser soup iykwim.

Like primordial slime?

I think it's quite striking that on a forum with millions of members where parking threads can quickly get to hundreds of posts; that there's only a handful of people saying how much they love it here.

Isn't it just?

To be fair, you lot have turned what could have been a positive thread into a negative one. But this is AIBU ...

I've been here 13 years, I miss many posters but was glad to see the back of others. I take from MN what I need but am not as invested as those on the Reddit group. I've looked at it and it's pathetic.

OP you’ll get used to the whiney whingers who have a huge beef with how MN is ran and what they think isn’t fair and what should be done about it.

Baffling why they stick around causing trouble.

Yes MN isn’t perfect, yes there are trolls and fantasists, but nobody is forced to be here. If people don’t like how it’s ran they can leave, but many don’t, they are obsessed with the place and its posters. Sad aren’t they?

But on the whole it’s a good place OP, make your own mind up

Yes I've been on here ten years and I'm staying.

Listen to the warnings about trolls and over sharing OP. MN isn't just the fluffy marshmallow place it can seem.

Anything you post might be picked up as a feature by the Daily Mail, The Sun or a dozen other news sites.

Equally, it could be screen shot and picked over in one of the many secret Facebook qroups that exist to gossip about MN.

You also MNers to realise that now MN is so big and successful it attracts a lot of trolls (and also unpleasant posters) so don't drop your guard when being supportive to others.

It's a bit like those warnings not to relax too much on holiday; bad things can still happen.

People aren't giving you this advice because they're downers, but to warn you not to be naive or overly trusting.

People aren’t being altruistic, Battleax in their advice - far from it.

They’re obsessed and bitter. Totally transparent in their behaviour and what they’re doing.

Totally unfair to come onto a thread to piss on the OP’s chips because of their own agenda.

there's only a handful of people saying how much they love it here.

I think posters would just rather do other things than post on threads about loving or hating MN.

I think they're ignored for the most part.

People aren’t being altruistic, Battleax in their advice - far from it.

Huh?

What part don’t you understand?

The posters piling in to warn the OP how awful this place is aren’t doing so because they’re kind hearted and have her well being in mind.

It’s just a convenient way to express once again their disdain about the place.

How do you know what their motivations are?

You don't think caution is needed online and on MN? It's all sound advice, AFAIKS.

I have loved reading your replies. To be honest this is the sort of thing I like about mumsnet, there are so many different opinions and people aren't afraid to voice them.
Thankyou for replying

I think it's great.

Anyone who doesn't like it is free to go elsewhere. People who stay to moan about it remind me of those people who sit through a whole programme on tv, rather than switch channels, just so they can write to the BBC about how disgusting it is.

Pandoras - I didn't say I don't like it did I? I was commenting on how few people were joining in to say they love it.

But with bundles of fucking aggression like you around, you're rather proving the point why that might be. Ta ta.

Gosh, you two do sound cheerful 😂

Equally, it could be screen shot and picked over in one of the many secret Facebook qroups that exist to gossip about MN.

ewwf. tad yuk ...

Maybe the OP works for a potential massive advertiser and is scoping out the site.

I think if I were about to invest a significant amount of my advertising budget I'd want to put my toe on the water of a website with a potentially changing demographic, especially if I'm pushing a particular brand or product.

If you sell tinfoil hats, say, you'll want to be sure that your target audience is predominantly made up of fairly gullible types.

Obviously I'm just making this stuff up because I'm bored and I should be writing up some research notes.

It gets tiresome when the same fanbois turn up on any thread that praises or criticises this site. But it is for the good - we can then all see them for what they are.

Maybe the OP works for a potential massive advertiser and is scoping out the site.

Yes maybe. And maybe she’s someone who has just joined MN wanting to chat and join in?

Not everyone has ulterior motives for posting.

This is what's wrong with MN. Dim, rude, aggressive posters.

AIBU is a cesspit of the above type poster, nasty and insulting for the sake of it.

I'm very fond of MN, it got me through a bereavement and a MH crisis. Stick to the proper boards and you still see that support.

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