To call out everyone who puts kisses on their post xxxxxx?

[NoDontLookAtMeImShy]

It's really annoying. It's making Mumsnet something it isn't.

All these posts from "Mummytojakeandkayleighxx"
Ooh I love that hun xx

Makes me feel like flouncing.
But I still get loads of out of being here.

But the Troubles in Netmums have bought it all over here.

I haven't noticed any "OMG my bubs is poorly and we shud b going on our holibobs" posts but I have noticed a slightly kinder tone and a bit more diversity of opinion. Is that what you don't like? I also thought posters came on here for a chat, not to have their work marked. YABU. If you don't like the way things are going, flounce off. I wasn't aware any poster was in charge here, just that MNHQ monitored posts. Otherwise there is no IQ , income or education test, aren't all opinions valid?

It’s not about spelling, or grammar and everybody makes mistakes anyway.

And not putting an x or multiple x’ and calling people hun doesn’t mean you can’t express emphatically or help someone.

For me, signing off with an x all the time just feels lazy and fake, as does the use of asterisks in sweat words.

But I don’t do cute. Except for DPuppy.

I do think people post on here and NM the way they would a text to a loved one. With the huns babe xxx etc.

I have the opposite problem I spend too much time on here so a friend could text me saying "Oh I just found out barry is cheating on me and is taking the dog leaving me homeless" and I would reply "Oh OP karen. Leave him" which doesn't come across that kind

I wouldn't bother calling out people though, most wouldn't give a shit.

And LOL @ me being a snob. There's a massive difference between class (as you see it?) and intelligence.

Indeed there is, but neither of them is precluded by putting xxx at the end of a post. I don't use xxx or call people hun, and have also been on MN for a long time, but oddly enough that doesn't mean I see the need to try to cleanse the site of all those who don't communicate in the style I prefer.

So it's lack of intelligence/education you're objecting to, rather than lower class people? That's soooo much more acceptable is it? You do know that people of average or below average intelligence or educational level are allowed to exist and use internet forums, right?

Fully agree with you OP.

I abhor text speak, random xxx and the "could of/would of" drives me mad. Also, this bullshit of typing "fck" or "cnt"

I also tend to ignore posts with no punctuation/paragraphs. I don't do stream of consciousness since I was subjected to Ulysses in my uni days, thanks.

I'm not bothered if that makes me come across as some kind of twattish, snobby, elitist bitch though I don't believe that it does. As I mentioned, I try to avoid those NM-y posts, but they are popping up with increased frequency these days.

Pm me babes xxx

You should start an amnesty thread.
People can get all their xxx and babehun out there along with any twee bollocks and especially WOO!

It's not very classy to be rude and unwelcoming to newbies by calling them out on how they express themselves. There's room for everyone here, so how about you stop being so possessive about a bloody forum, because you don't own it and have no right to tell people what they should and should not be doing on it.

xx

This ⬆️ well said

What a ghastly sneering thread.

Doesn't anyone who starts these threads, understand that public free forums are not private members clubs ?

You can talk about the "good old days" and the "nest of vipers" all you want but it makes you look like a version of Mean Girls - cliques are those who want only their sort around them and take joy from making the distinction with the "others"

It's not very classy to be rude and unwelcoming to newbies by calling them out on how they express themselves.

It’s also not very classy, whatever that means, to go to a new place and to disregard the way things are done there.

I have noticed a difference over the last couple of months on MN, the hunning and xxxxx doesn’t bother me but I’ve seen a few replies on threads where women are blaming other women for their DH’s shitty behaviour. It seems some newbies from NM make a lot of allowances that most women on here wouldn’t. I find that sad, maybe MN will open their eyes and that can only be a good thing.

It’s also not very classy, whatever that means, to go to a new place and to disregard the way things are done there.

Hahaha!

There's no winning with people like this @Aprillygirl unfortunately they have closed minds. It's their way or the highway. Let them get on with it. They know best 🙄

PurseFirst- did you study Muphry's Law at uni?
Because he just bit you on the arse more than once

MustardScreams- is your own lack of punctuation also due to autocorrect, or is it a case of "do as I say, not as I do"

@TheCanterburyWhales, nope I am sadly unfamiliar with "Muphry's" Law. You'll have to enlighten me.

How does 'calling out' happen?

Do you have to constantly police all threads and when you see someone put an x, post to say ' that's not allowed on MN, because I say so'? or do you report the post and get MNHQ to ban the poster because x is against the coolz rulz ? - oh wait a minute it isn't is it ?

Or when you call out do you start a thread saying 'I'm calling out all people who won't do what I want' and then chunter on ineffectively for a while then move on to things that don't knot your pants so much?

I think we need a calling out symbol so people can just post it like the biscuit when they want to be a bit passive aggressive but can't be bothered with a seriously insensitive derailment, by actually whinging about xx's on a thread where someone has an actual serious problem.

I've been here donkey's years and I haven't noticed more xx's, and don't care anyway. In fact I sent someone an x yesterday - so shoot me. I'd rather be a kisser than a self appointed caller-out of invented wrong doing.

It’s also not very classy, whatever that means, to go to a new place and to disregard the way things are done there.

Is this seriously about MN or have I entered the Twilight Zone yet again?

We must abide by the rulz huns we must obey

I didn't know there was a page missing in the MN rule book that says "No hunz, xxxxs, babes, hubbys and all that other NM shit you may have weasled in with your uneducated self. We don't want it to fester like the plague but please enjoy your stay and don't forget to defer to the real mumz who've got better things to chat about."

Soz hun xx

PM me babes, need more info on the missing page xxx

You can talk about the "good old days" and the "nest of vipers" all you want but it makes you look like a version of Mean Girls - cliques are those who want only their sort around them and take joy from making the distinction with the "others"

Jeez. So people can’t even talk about the old days now?

I was never part of the clique, or mouldies or any other type of group.
I didn't spend enough time on here, it wasn't my thing but I witnessed it from the outskirts.

But during that time there was no huns and hubs, it was cunts and fucks and it's a travesty that that might change.

There's definitely been a change in the style and tone of many posts. There also seems to be less humour and more unnecessary drama.
For me, it's not as good as it once was and I don't come on as often as I used to.

YANBU. Why would someone who wouldn't recognise me if they say me in the street want to send me lots of kisses?

I'm usually pretty laissez-faire about grammar, but I increasingly find it difficulty to wade through posts that are littered with horrendous spelling and grammar, particularly "could ofs", to the extent that I frequently just abandon them half way through. Obviously no-one needs my great thoughts on their thread specifically, but it's a pity if someone who might genuinely be able to offer help and support is put off by that sort of problem.

saw me, not say me. Oh, the irony.