To think threads are a bit different lately?!

[Treestreestrees]

No idea how to put this

Long time user. Love Mumsnet for intelligent, considered, witty discussions. Genuinely has introduced me to new concepts and made me think of things in new lights.

In the last month or so, posters seem....well.....different. Can’t think how to put it without sounding condescending or offensive.

Anyone else noticed this? Am I going mad?

Confidence is a preference for the habitual wearer of what is known as cotton underwear
(Vestlife)
And morning soup can be avoided being spilled down your shirt if you take a route straight through what is known as
(Vestlife)

I think Hyacinth Bucket’s BIL Onslow was living his vest life, wasn’t he?

I’d have to agree. Been around for a long while through name changes and lurked for yonks before that and some of the thread titles seem to show the problem now.

The main problem with the Invasion of the Huns is bringing a “sleb” culture with it. There’s a thread right now asking if you “feel” (you can’t take two seconds to make sure your thread title actually says “follow”?) some Instagram actress in which OP says they just “love her” but can’t believe her recent Instagram story. Erm, what? They don’t explain who the actress is, what happens in the story, why it’s relevant; nothing. It’s ridiculous.

And last week, trying to read an OP that kept saying, “I aren’t going to...” blank. “I aren’t” this and “I aren’t” that. I know I’m a completely pedantic arsehole about these things, but it seems like I’ve got more opportunity to be one than ever before on MN.

And last week, trying to read an OP that kept saying, “I aren’t going to...” blank. “I aren’t” this and “I aren’t” that. I know I’m a completely pedantic arsehole about these things, but it seems like I’ve got more opportunity to be one than ever before on MN.

To be fair the grammar and spelling on MN hasn’t always been stellar for some considerable time. For ages I’ve frequently seen ‘went’ substituted for ‘gone’, ie. ‘I wish I had went earlier’.

Yabu hun xxx

It's been a weird place here for thec15 years I have been on. A place to come and not feel alone, to be ripped apart, feel understood , feel like a dumb arsehole all in one place ( normally on the same thread)

I still cant get over one of my first posts about BPA in baby bottles and some indignant reply saying taking about kids was too low brow.

I resisted the urge to change tact and discuss unix and .NET and pros and cons of comparing SQL server and Oracle, but alas, I was then ripped apart for my dyslexia.

Its consitantly the same. Love and hate it here. Come for the advice, stay for the humour

Hun
Xxxxxx

Oh, and the voting system introduced by MNHQ. A substitute for reasoned arguments.

Jane’s got brewer's droop he gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons, they love a bit of his shirt
(Vestlife)
Whats that gut poking out of your top should cut down on your porklife mate, get some exercise
(Vestlife)

I'd been thinking much the same OP

not just the language of guns, lols, mummy's and hubbies but also some of the posts

Congratulating controlling men for looking out for their little women. Parroting the worst excesses of DM comments

It just feels different.

I miss CatThiefKeith

I noticed it on the Body Shop nostalgia thread, which was great until the Body Shop MLM people came to shut the conversation down by trying to “educate” otherwise critical posters about the brand...

I’ve seen a lot of alot recently. Even saw abit the other day.

Mn seems to be getting more twee. I've just been on a very 🤢 thread about how great and amazing and fantastic everyone is. It reminded me of those inspirational memes on fb that inspire me to do nothing more than scroll on down.

@BadSeedsComeAndGo so do I. She was funny and intelligent.

I also miss the beautiful IAmTheZombie because she was kind enough to welcome me when I joined this site 8 years ish ago.

And I miss @BupcakesAndCunting because she's fucking hilarious.

And @ChaosTrulyReigns natch, for her insistence on capitalising user names.

I saw that thread September. I wondered if it were a pisstake at first it was that bad.

Live Laugh Love.

I’ve seen a lot of “huns” and MLM bots lately.
Meh.
Can’t get worked up about it, plenty of no nonsense “vipers” about!

Yes. People don't read a thread properly at all, victim blame a hell of a lot, lack of critical thinking, and the op is often never to return after the abuse they often receive.

My name is NumbersStation and I am amunter amazing.

I could talk to myself in the mirror until I'm blue in the face. It won't make me special. It will just make me late for work.

I feel like it’s generally the same, although maybe the grammar and spelling are getting worse.

Most people hate men and think they’re all abusive, everyone’s child has ASD (or is diagnosed by other posters), lots of eco warriors, and everyone hates their MIL’s and is into NC with any family member who has a different view to them. Oh, and the poverty competitions, whenever anyone mentions being short of money. Standard MN stuff surely?

I definitely see a difference lately: the Feminism Chat section is full of "choicers" whenever porn or "sex work" comes up, for instance. It's like years of the board have been wiped out.

Since people aren't being rude? Dont get what you mean not offensive to state what you mean

I've only been around for ~6yrs but I've noticed that MN are biased in what they remove. They allow for hateful remarks to be made (racist, ageist, etc) and let it remain. Then when someone responds to that one remark to correct or caution, then that post or the entire thread gets removed.

And posters don't like to be corrected on their bigoted opinions. But that has always been around tbh.

There are a lot of banal threads, but they have always been around. I just don't personally find many threads mentally stimulating ('i ate my first cupcake today!') and so I do question this demographic's so called taste. Not to sound patronising, but so many people keep writing that the demographic is educated and sooooo many of the threads deny all evidence of that.

Don't think that my POV really adds much, but just saying.

I don’t mind the huns, they dilute some of the mean piling on, particularly in AIBU these days. I also like the voting when the votes are often completely different to the replies

There are a lot of “settle in, this may be a long one” threads which have the style of being written by the same person. If they aren’t they are definitely creative writing attempts. There are so many they must be supported in some way by HQ

Replies are snappier I think sometimes because of smartphones and the effort involved in typing out a long reply

There was a thread like this a couple of weeks back, and I have been on MN about 5 years and they pop up every few months.

Mn seems to be getting more twee
MN has always been twee. Once again, why judge people for using hun when every bugger here uses dear/ darling husband etc. Double standards.

There's a thread entitled 'sudden loss of arm'. 
For fucks sake she had lost the use of an arm, she probably wasn't putting a huge amount of thought into the thread title.

Is says a lot about the people moaning about how people who are lower class and less intelligent than them use a website they use (because that's what it comes down to). I think it's better with more people with different views.

Sometimes there are signs it's time to go back to work or get a hobby. This thread is one of the signs

@merryberry, nothing would induce me to read the Relationships thread, sounds as if it could simply be retitled Stepford. Meanwhile, vest lovers, if I knew how to attach a photo of Onslow, I would. Bring back the fierce women.

Bring back the fierce women.

Yes. And the really funny ones.