to suggest that Mumsnet is quite sexist against men?

[Eckhart]

I don't know if it's just the threads I've been on. I don't know how many men use Mumsnet.

Sexism either way makes me equally uncomfortable. How do other Mumsnet users feel about this?

Yes it feels quite aggressive. I avoid twitter so assumed it was a convention from there. It's very new here though, last few months I would say.

Sagradafamiliar

Do you enjoy belittling people? The only person that you're showing up is yourself.

Sagradafamiliar

I clearly said "highlight" not just "type out" ie I didn't know how to make the name appear in bold type as happens automatically when you @ a posters name.

I'm not responding to you any further.

You can still highlight a poster's name between * * and avoid the whole twitter-jabbing thing

That's what I didn't know when I first came on here. I didn't realise you could bold text until they explained it to me.

Its really bizarre to generalize about a whole website based on a few comments on one thread on one board.

Thats like saying Reddit is full of people who like to watch people die, isnt it awful? I went on Reddit Watch People die once and you'll never believe how bad it was. Still, that's Reddit for you!

Sorry, I know I shouldn't laugh but that genuinely tickled me! I mean, this is what I've been up against this whole time.

You can still highlight a poster's name between and avoid the whole twitter-jabbing thing

Absolutely

It says it right under this box

And obviously it’s exactly the same method of highlighting a quote

Though ive made so many bolding mistakes myself

Oooh including the post above my last

Doh!

Even if not using bold, there's always just typing the name you're referring to. I know it's a radical concept for some, eh Hearhooves?

RufusthebewiIderedreindeer

But when you are new to the site you don't necessarily know what the tools are or where to find them.

I.didnt know that there was a bold function or how to find it, so I didn't know how to.bold names, or quotes.

I used the @ function to bold a posters name and I'm assuming nthats what most other posters do too. Certainly on most other threads the vast majority of posters @ everyone.

Rufus

When I was new it too me a wee whike to get used to things, Hear, and that was using a PC. Had to learn it all again for phone / app.

There's a guide somewhere ...

You're clearly quite shit at generalising MN, Hear, because it's the total opposite. @ ing people is mostly seen as passive aggressive at best and goady when repeatedly doing so after being told to stop. Most threads/vast majority, no. Not at all lol.

Bloody hell. The only part of reddit I have looked at is the trolls one, apparently there's a whole world I am unaware of.

AutumnCrow

I've only ever used it on my phone. It's not very self explanatory is it? I often see people asking how to pm, post links, strike through etc. Once you know how to do.it it's easy but it's finding where the functions are.

Never hurts to ask, Hear, I'll help if I can. There should be buttons to explore beneath your text box meanwhile.

Thanks autumn I know how to do it now. Once someone told me you could do.it and where to find the buttons it was fine.

@busybarbara

What World do you live in? Your own one?

hear

Oh i know...took me ages to work out italics...and they are fucking easy

I think the site is different on Mobile and desktop as well, which doesn't help

Sexism either way makes me equally uncomfortable - OP

Nope, sexism is expressed toward women, and is used as a tool oppression. Making discriminatory statements about individual men or as a group isn't even in the same league, due to power imbalance in society. It carries much, much less of a threat.
MN can be a bit discriminatory at times but AFAIK it has no impact on the wider world.

FWIW long-standing male poster here.

And I also live in busybarbara's world.

Me too!