To think that posters who do this are creepy?

[malificent7]

Those who research your previous threads on mumsnet so that they can have ammunition to slag you off? Weird and stalkerish.

I think I'd go ew if I ASed myself, HoneyDragon.

People often claim to remember that a poster talked about their green shoes or middle DS 2 years ago in an attempt to hide their ASing.

I do AS unusual posters, gfers, people who get their teeth into me and sometimes oldies to look at MN threads from when it was all fields.

In most cases definitely over invested. I change details if a 'personal' post so it doesn't always add up. I started to NC often since someone AS'd me and brought up discrepancies as if they'd discovered a major conspiracy. Tedious behaviour.

You'll need a catchier slogan than AFBOMASF, @thecatfromjapan.

paxillin, if you do the search and find proof of my menopausal old bag-ness could you point me towards it please? I think Lineys trying to take my crown...

Way harsh, @paxillin

But possibly fair.

I quite liked it. There was a song that John Peel used to play a lot in my youth called "Let's Evolve", which included instructions for a putative dance move called "Doing the Amoeba". When ds was young, we used to "Do the Amoeba". It was surprisingly fun.

I can see it might be a little niche.

I guess this is why I've never been headhunted for advertising.

YANBU

Definitely weird and creepy.

I also agree they have lost the argument when they do this.

Personally I wouldn’t be creeped out, however I’d be very offended if someone advanced searched me to see if I’m a cunt though.

I like to think I make it fucking obvious I am at all times.

For some posters it is justified. Years ago there was a prolific poster who was always skint, had always run out of nappies, fun out of electric, couldn’t pay the gas bill or buy food. She got a lot of handouts until people started mentioning the post from the previous week/month where she had been given help.
I know it’s up to everyone to decide if they want to give but a lot of people on here are bloody gullible & it’s crap to watch people you know don’t have much give away their last fiver to someone that’s using the site to beg

The OP probably won’t be back to this thread but she is a classic example of posters just remembering your username and therefore your past threads. I never need to look up maleficent7’s threads as I remember them so clearly (the random nits one was funny but the ones about blaming everyone and everything for her financial situations does become rather tiresome).

I name change constantly to avoid this

Julie 8008, after that comment, it's not the OP who is embarrassing....

I don't see a problem with it.

I'll usually do it to check if the OP has a posting history before I bother reading and replying to a thread that may be a troll and could end up being deleted.

Also handy on the relationships board to understand context & background of previous posts about their relationship.

I once saw a poster who was aggressively and at length opining how she was a far superior parent to other posters, and repeatedly made her point that she respected her DC far to much to do whatever parenting crime was under discussion. She had posted on another thread that she was having an affair (didn't need to AS though - her posting style was not easily forgotten). I sat on my hands for that one.

I would only report a thread if it were disablist, racist etc.
If I thought a person was 'making it up / exaggerating' I would not feel 'angry I had wasted my time' I would hope I had helped and move on.

I think it can be very relevant when a poster lies! If you are caught out it is your own fault.

Some posters are so nuts memorable that they can namechange constantly and yet never change either their core gripes/trolling tropes or their writing style, so you can spot 'em almost immediately. The social worker who just can't pass her driving test from this morning may, or may not, be one such.

I suspect in some cases that's exactly the effect they're going for, though.

AS is a vair vair useful tool.

It depends. Sometimes it's useful like in real life if a friend told you abc on Monday but by Friday it's xyz.

It's also useful when someone starts a thrrad almost identical to one you've recently read and it turns out it's a new poster (but then just report & let MNHQ do their thing).

Others it's just bizarre. I disagreed with someone on thread A and then they kept following me around threads being a dick. When I called them out, they then accused ME of gaslighting. I do wonder if they name change a lot because every now and then i do a perfectly reasonable reply in line with other posters and then the similar tone posts essentially being all 'errmagod Maisy why do you post?' .
It's hilarious but also a little sad and creepy that some people do things like that.

Also had a thread where someone claimed I'm probably not a teacher and had advanced searched to 'prove this'. I mean, I actually am a teacher but if they want to find a conspiracy thrn they were welcome to it.

There's nothing that makes you want to AS more than a poster who is bothered by it

Well I've just had someone go back over an entire post and pick out every comment I made and put it in bold - at least a half hour's work I reckon. I do think that's a bit weird.

MaisyPops

Well, I'm not a teacher. Obviously. I've been lying this entire time. The question is, what do I actually do for a living?

It might not be "etiquette" but it's a surefire way of spotting a namechanging troll or someone rewriting history, or someone with a one trick pony thread topic thing as walnut says.

People really are very unaware how unique their writing styles are, and are immediately easy to spot.

I only AS people I think are dodgy.

If someone ASed me they'd find all kinds of rubbish. I don't know what I witter on about from one day to the next - quite likely I have totally different opinions on a topic depending on time of day, state of my mental health or whether I'm feeling argumentative or not. I ASed myself once - no recollection of half the stuff I'd posted - my memory is a pile of shit

Anyway - not that bothered about people wasting my time by posting bollocks - I waste my own time by posting on the internet anyway - the 'do something constructive instead' option is open to everyone.

Haha I nearly posted on your other thread earlier and was going to reference another of your recent threads, but I couldn't be bothered. But I hadn't ASed you, just remember your username very clearly as you have an 'interesting' posting history.

I've only been in MN two days. Too early for me to say, in any case I'm just here to chat and have no intention to get involved in anything remotely like that.If a thread got horrible I would move on to a friendlier one. I would hate it 😯 x

I am always amazed by posters who seem to believe there's anything "real" about posters and this forum. It's entertainment, it's bullshit, one-sided at the very best, it's not real.
No more than the DM articles are "factual". There's some truth somewhere, but the whole website is purely for fun. Even advice on here, sometimes very good, researched and helpful, must be double-checked