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To wonder what website you'd go to if Mumsnet fails to exist?

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DoWePay · 08/04/2020 21:20

Just that really.

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Luc1nda · 09/04/2020 05:06

The thing with reddit that I don’t understand is if comments can be up- or down- voted, doesn’t the conversation get muddled? Like jigsaw pieces?

MyOtherProfile · 09/04/2020 05:42

If times are hard for MN (£2m profit last year though?) I wouldn't mind paying but a fiver a month is really steep when so many sites do similar for free.

I think they may have shot themselves in the foot by overreaching there. Is anyone planning to pay it?

HennyPenny4 · 09/04/2020 06:12

Reading the list of options I think I will pay it - I can see that they can't wait until the money has run out and the staff been paid off to ask for it - better to ask now.

Sostenueto · 09/04/2020 06:16

I survived quite happily before websites like MN and I will survive after their demise. Fortunately social media doesn't rule my life nor is it on my important to me list in no shape or form.

Hollyhead · 09/04/2020 06:21

Reddit
Tattle - becuase you can actually scrutinise influencers there.
Money Saving Expert - a brilliant forum.

Hollyhead · 09/04/2020 06:22

@Luc1nda you can reorder, but also it means that absolute dross gets pushed down - so you know when a thread has moved on and then someone who's not read the OP properly makes an inane and not factual point - no one needs that shit in a discussion!

NewHorizons2020 · 09/04/2020 06:28

Tattle Life or Reddit.

NewHorizons2020 · 09/04/2020 06:29

@MyOtherProfile - completely agree !

BrightonBB · 09/04/2020 06:33

Comes across as greedy - I’d leave Mumsnet and get more of my life back.

Oblomov20 · 09/04/2020 06:44

Interesting. I've never been on Reddit or tattle life (which sounds supportive) or any other.

I just assumed that none of them were close enough/as good as/comparable to MN.

Inappropriatefemale · 09/04/2020 07:39

I am relatively new to MN and I must admit I prefer this to anything else, not many websites make me nearly pee myself with laughter!Grin

londonrach · 09/04/2020 07:41

Ive found a group on facebook..mums advice. People are nicer on it as linked to your facebook. Tbh im less active at moment due to how mn is now and cv

onlinelinda · 09/04/2020 08:42

@lynda07 😂

Al1Langdownthecleghole · 09/04/2020 08:45

Reddit
Spinster
Twitter
Pinterest

GreytExpectations · 09/04/2020 15:26

Lol at the posters saying nothing will be as good as Mumsnet... Seriously, mumsnet is a toxic and awful place. Please enlighten yourselves with the world wide Web outside of this little bubble

Peppafrig · 09/04/2020 15:27

Tattle life

QuaffthisKindNepenthe · 09/04/2020 15:31

Tattle Life is a cesspit, honestly.

BurneyFanny · 09/04/2020 15:58

There's nowhere quite as acid tongued as here

Try justthetalk.com for intelligent lefty debate and swearing

FleurDuMal · 09/04/2020 16:04

I’d second JustTheTalk! Don’t mention the Thor.

RaininSummer · 09/04/2020 16:07

Back to MSE and TES

Chiyo666 · 09/04/2020 16:11

Reddit is awesome. The subs I frequent have much more intelligent, nicer and interesting people than mumsnet does. Even the arguments that happen on there are brief and direct and get to the point.

Askeurope is a really great subreddit for interesting topics. That’s probably the sub a go to the most.

GreytExpectations · 09/04/2020 20:26

Reddit is awesome. The subs I frequent have much more intelligent, nicer and interesting people than mumsnet does. Even the arguments that happen on there are brief and direct and get to the point.

This^ on Reddit you can actually hold a reasonable and mature discussion with other people. If there is a disagreement of opinions then you can have an intellectual debate like real adults unlike on Mumsnet where if you dare disagree you get piled on. Whenever I've mentioned reddit I've been shouted at as apparently the "behind the times" mumsnetters seem to think Reddit is full of horrible men 🙄

Bootikin · 09/04/2020 21:09

Piston heads

Oblomov20 · 09/04/2020 21:11

Never had to think about it before.
Very odd concept.

MrsCastiel · 10/04/2020 01:38

Reddit is great.

I don't really do the MNTrolls page, look on there occasionally if I have suspicions about a thread here (they've usually picked up on it as well!)

Currently I am on "pretty" subreddits.

My interests in life are dogs, cats, Guinea pigs, gardening, orchids, wine, comedy, funny parrots, British TV.

There are numerous subreddits for all of the above interests. I subscribe to each and my front page (MN equivalent "active") has content from only those subs.

Each sub has its own moderator/s and own rules. Some allow political conversation, some don't,for example. If they don't and you post something political, your post gets deleted. End of.

You upvote threads and comments that you particularly like or dislike. You are only supposed to downvote something that is irrelevant to the topic (basically the voting system isn't supposed to be a popularity contest).

You can then chose how you view the comments. By New, Controversial, Question and Answers or Got. The voting tally assigns each comment to one of those categories.

It is a bit crazy at first and I really don't like the desktop version, I use the app.

It is US Centric, there are many good subs but there are also a LOT of awful subs. You'd have to go looking for them though.

There's a much younger age group in there and I once got into a debate with a poster and then realised they must have been mid teens. I ended up blocking and moving on (the ability to block usernames is great!)