To think that Mumsnet is being targeted by bad faith posters?

[CircleofWillis]

I am naturally a suspicious person so generally try to keep my paranoia under control. Recently, however I am feeling that there has been a rash of first time posters who start a thread which is quite emotive, post just enough to get people invested and then disappear with no resolution. I know no-one owes anyone an update but it is beginning to feel a little... strange... anyone else been feeling the same prickle or AIBU?

There are trolls.

There are also posters who have an issue, get advice and go off on their merry way. They don't fe they owe the posters the update posters feel they are owed.

Which of course - they don't!

There is a reason why mags like take a break etc and the daily mail side bar of shame exist, the problem isn't that its easy to concern troll, its the audience that laps it up, this "investing" narrative is shifting the blame

Spot on. There’s posters who don’t care a jot if it’s real or not. Some of the threads are blatantly bollocks with posters pointing it out and yet you’ll get the dim wits with their hands in the air shouting how dare you. Then the thread gets deleted as it’s a PBP or a troll. 🤷‍♀️

That particular type of poster doesn’t care though, they’re just on the look out for the next load of tripe to get their teeth stuck in to that makes then feel wanted. They’re as bad as the bloody trolls because without them there would be no troll thread.