Must these threads always descend into an anti trans debate and to the posters saying they have never read any transphobic messages on here that is presumably because they are themselves transphobic.
But that aside, the fact that people think they can log into any website under a username and post unfounded and often defamatory allegations about a named individual is something which does need addressing. The sooner that people realise the internet is not anonymous the better. MN have already posted in their t’s and C’s that they are able (and willing) to pass details to authorities in the event of safeguarding concerns, so anyone thinking that signing up with an assumed username and made up rl name is wrong if they believe that is untraceable. HQ also have your IP address etc, and indeed did apparently alert the authorities to someone’s posts recently, something which some disagreed with at the time (me included) but which many others applauded.
In fact this kind of case removes all liability from the website and gives it to the user instead. Anyone remember the Gina Ford case? She took legal action against MN itself due to posts about her on here,and I believe that the subject was no longer actually able to be discussed at the time or she was not allowed to be named. Similarly with the McCanns, an awful lot is posted about them and MN usually take the posts down because of the liability towards them but actually the user making the comments is the one responsible for making them, even if the site removes them from public view.
So there are many situations which could be affected by this. It’s not just about beating down the rights of women as the hysterical feminists would have us believe, it goes a lot further than that.