To wonder what the first ever MN thread was!?

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I'm new here, only joined last year. Just been reading through some MN classics, there are a few threads from over 10 years ago but it got me thinking - what was the first thread!?

Ooh that's an interesting question, thinking about it .
Could have been anything couldn't it :)

@MNHQ could have an answer😁
I am interested too!

Yes @MNHQ tell us!

On the website, if you go to 'other subjects' and go to the first page there are threads from March 2001, I find it quite fascinating looking back, and I have been here a while myself but not 2001.

@CabbagesRoses oooh thanks, I'll have a look

Thanks cabbages, just done that and here's a selection! Notice how few replies most have

Yes! How things have changed! I love looking back on them occasionally, they are like little time capsules!

There's a big thread on other subjects as 9/11 was happening which is like watching history unfold.

Wow! Nt sure I want to read that now but I definitely do at some point

@CabbagesRoses wow can you link?

https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/other_subjects/1142-terrorist-attack

It's very sad but a real snapshot of history

@CabbagesRoses thank you. That'll be sad to read through

A friend lost his son in 9/11 I still cry every time I read/watch anything about it.

https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/other_subjects/1319-why-is-mumsnet-talk-so-addictive

This one is quite sweet

TAAT!! 😜

I'm very sorry to hear that thehop, I remember it so clearly, still can't believe it really

The archives don’t go back to the first posts though, as the site started in 2000. I think those first posts may be lost, they certainly didn’t end up archived (and some threads start part way through as clearly only posts from a certain date onwards were kept)

@LeatherBottle aw really

Just had a nosy back in 2001. Someone was asking where to find the Fleetwood Mac song, Rhiannon. A poster helpfully suggested trying ask.co.uk. This must have been before Google was the search engine of choice. Bless!

I guess there was still threads about how mn wasn't what it used to be in the good old days :)

I know! It was about dummies I believe and involved Justine, Carrie and Rachel answering themselves with sock puppet accounts 😂

I just find it hard to get my head around the fact that 2000, when Mumsnet began is now nearly 20 years ago (!) and the world has changed so much since then, especially 'the internet of things'.

I know cabbages. And I've been here since 2006, so only a few years after it started but such a long time ago now.

I know there are some old timera on here but anyone who remembers the first few threads?