Why are some people so adverse to the new am a thread?

[bluetrampolines]

It seems to really annoy some people. How come? I think it is very interesting.

It's averse not adverse in the context that you used it.

Some of them are interesting but anything that displaces the huge number of anti trans threads is a bonus to me

It's attention seeking nonsense. Anybody could say they are anything they like and give out all sorts of untrue facts.

A few of the ones like the crematorium have been interesting but if you look down some of them it's hard to see why anyone would want to AMA.

Plus a lot of them you probably know one in RL and can ask them anything any time you like.

I should know this but how do I hide a topic please? I’ve been looking for a button but can only find one for hide a thread not for topic.

The lack of proof annoys me. I could post I’m a xxx AMA but unless there’s a checking procedure it’s got the potential to be dangerous.

Most were v interesting.

The piss taking ones will die down.

'Marmelised depends what your browsing on.

I'm on Android Chrome and had to switch to desktop mode. Then use the little arrow in the circle next too 'Talk' at the top and then its in customise.

I dislike them partly because they're, in the main, quite boring but mostly because I feel uncomfortable seeing how ready some adults are to believe someone on the internet is who they say they are. It makes me wonder what kids are learning.

Also there's certain ones where some posters have become almost sycophantic to the (frankly not very believable) OP - as I say, uncomfortable viewing.

if you're on a lap top, look at the top of the thread, underneath the blue bar there's "Talk" with an arrow beside it. Click on the arrow and select customise.

They make a refreshing change to all the trans threads that are always all over AC

The health worker ones could be potentially dangerous I suppose, they could give a reply that makes the person asking a question even more anxious.

I’ve started a thread in site stuff surfer, asking if MN can put a warning on threads.

I think it’s a really bad idea to do these without some sort of checks and how can you check via the Internet.

It's a bit of a trolls paradise isn't it? There are enough of them on here as it is. Ama has to be their perfect topic, they can be whoever they want and people are mostly lapping it up unquestionably.

Lots of the are bull shit.

I read one last night (won't name it) and it was obvious the OP was changing their situation so they didn't have to answer very valid questions that were difficult to answer.

Ah- thank you. I’m on an iPad and that’s why I can’t see the arrow. Will log on via pc and sort it out.
Many thanks

I think the counselling one is unethical and that probably applies to some of the others.

I completely agree duckfuckduck - I’m not suggesting for one moment that the current gynaecologist & midwives AMA’s aren’t genuine - but as time goes on these threads will attract fantasists, & that could be very damaging.

The only one I read that was obviously bullshit was the weedsmoking medical student.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/a3305052-The-AMA-topic-Sorry?msgid=79386552#79386552 This is my thread

I just think ones like I’m an alcoholic, I spent Monday morning at a BDSM dungeon, I’m a Botox nurse, I had a breakdown, our son was stillborn ..l and those are only from the first half page, have potential to cause so much damage (emotionally or physically either to original poster or someone posting )

Crikey! I guess I live in a naive little bubble world! It wouldn't occur to me to lie and generally believe what people are saying! I think I need to wake up and become a little more sensible!

I've hidden the AMA topic now, and good riddance.

They are annoying because the people who start them are setting themselves up as the perfect representative of the "thing" they are but there's no guarantee that their experiences or opinions are universal.

Also the 'AMA' is meaningless because they don't actually answer every question they pick and choose the ones which allow them to broadcast their message to the world.

And they are way less interesting than their OPs think they are.

My 'active threads' page us much improved.

Unfortunately over the years MN has attracted some highly manipulative posters who have trolled about bereavement and deaths of children and partners, about affairs, about domestic violence, about terminal illnesses, and financial hardship.

It's a big website and MNHQ can't vouch for everyone. Maybe a reminder of that at the top of AMA would be a good idea.

Anyone can claim to be anything, google a few answers, draw people in, and then give them shockingly bad or upsetting advice.

Thing is - bullshitting and trolling exists everywhere on the internet and in real life. By all means call it out when you see it if you really think it’s necessary, but the onus isn’t on a poster or indeed mumsnet (within the realms of the law) to police people.

I don’t like the thought of anyone being upset or taken for a ride but ultimately that’s where personal responsibility comes in.

Ama isn’t something that interests me on MN at all although I’ve been a fan of the Reddit board for many years. It feels very faddy over here and doesn’t work very well due to the culture on this site of automatically assuming the worst in everyone. It’s become very hard to post normally on here without getting sucked into the mindset of presuming everyone is a troll or pervert. Sure they exist but the sheer volume of posters ready to label even innocuous posts as bullshit openly and aggressively ruins the discussion element of the site.

That’s not even getting into the argument that trolls are generally hunting a reaction which they get here in spades.

It's just so boring.

Can you not hide whole topics using your phone or iPad?