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wewillmeetagain · 2021-02-13T11:17:47+00:00

Why do they do this? Ive seen two in the last 24 hours! Nothing remotely insulting, libellous or argumentative on them! It's like the only discussion with which they agree is allowed to take place! I personally think it spoils MN, they will probably remove this discussion pretty sharpish anyway!

breadwidow · 13/02/2021 13:21

@littlepattilou I know what you mean and I think when people emigrate that far, and stay, things are driving them out of the UK as much as stuff pulling them to Australia/NZ. Eg my husbands uncle had a very bad relationship with his mother and I think when the family left England he wanted to put continents between them. The fact my family are all here meant our stint in Australia was always gonna be temporary

Sparklingbrook · 13/02/2021 13:25

Usually at this point a poster comes along to cite the one time MNHQ might have got it wrong. Something about One Born Every Minute many years ago.
There may be many troll threads that weren’t deleted because nobody reported them,

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 13/02/2021 13:27

Some threads are just mean spirited eg who’s a nasty celebrity,
The Laura Kuenssberg thread was just salacious gossip
Two such threads really are inviting mn to be sued and as such can’t remain

stampsurprise · 13/02/2021 13:36

People who need support getting a thread pulled could be harmful but they’re not famous and have no grounds to sue

Thedramasummer · 13/02/2021 13:39

@Biscoffaddict

Why was the Australia thread deleted? I didn’t see anything offensive on it? A lot of discussion about the pros and cons of living there, but nothing else.

There was a few measured responses that I seen on the thread, but we all know how those threads turn out. A lot of people using it as an opportunity to have a dig.

If I was to start a thread with how racist and bigoted England was and how outside the cities it’s a backwater with tiny house and everyone is unfriendly and sexist I would rightful be shot down, but say that about America or Australia or New Zealand, a lot of the Uk posters can’t agree quick enough.

That’s why goady threads should just be deleted

icegarden · 13/02/2021 13:46

I've had a genuine thread deleted before I even got to read the replies, as I was busy. I know lots had. I can only assume the replies got abusive. No explanation. Never found out why.

icanboogieboogiewoogie · 13/02/2021 13:47

@Lolly34h

The one about partners friend Tom has also disappeared

I nearly reported that one. It was obviously bullshit.

Nouveau2021 · 13/02/2021 13:48

The Tom thread started out alright, a tad unbelievable but strange things do happen. I could see on Tues/Wed where it was headed, was just waiting for it to be deleted.

But by god, these trolls seem to have so much time on their hands. I still can’t wrap my mind round what they actually get out of it? Is it hoodwinking nice but naive people on the internet? Seeing how far they can take their outlandish tale before someone cottons on? Are their lives just so empty and pathetic that this is all they have? I JUST DON’T GET IT 🙈

We’ve seen many times before how hard it is to leave your partner, even more so if you’ve got a child and yet this “woman” managed to realise her partner (of over 10 years) was abusive/in a pseudo-relationship with his creepy pervert friend/make the (apparently easy) decision to leave then pack up her whole life, child and pets and find a brand new job with accommodation in the space of a day? Fantastical stuff 😂

Nomorepies · 13/02/2021 13:49

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This has been withdrawn by MNHQ on the poster's request

Sparklingbrook · 13/02/2021 13:51

I didn't even see the 'Tom' thread. Tom who? Sounds riveting.

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 13/02/2021 13:52

People who need support getting a thread pulled could be harmful
There are multiple online reputable sources of info & support available
I don’t think mn is the sole source of support and a pulled thread equates to harmful

Some mn threads give absolutely shocking advice, all feisty but factually incorrect
Change the locks if he’s the home owner you cannot deny access to his property
common law wife has absolutely no legal status not the same as being married

AllTheWorldIsGreen · 13/02/2021 13:53

@DevonorLondon

I think I'd better post on this thread so that there's some evidence that I exist. I've never created a thread, but would hate to be thought a troll for never having posted before. I've been lurking for YEARS. For me to post, it would need to be something extraordinary, so it might therefore look a bit troll-like.

I love your style, playing the long game, setting us up for a MASSIVE troll thread!

Sparklingbrook · 13/02/2021 13:54

Having MN as your only source of support is a bit risky. When MN got hacked it went offline for days.

stampsurprise · 13/02/2021 13:54

@HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee

People who need support getting a thread pulled could be harmful There are multiple online reputable sources of info & support available I don’t think mn is the sole source of support and a pulled thread equates to harmful

Some mn threads give absolutely shocking advice, all feisty but factually incorrect
Change the locks if he’s the home owner you cannot deny access to his property
common law wife has absolutely no legal status not the same as being married

Yes that can be the case sadly. It’s true what you say.

icanboogieboogiewoogie · 13/02/2021 13:57

@Luckingfovely

I was so invested in the Tom thread. Horrible to think it was a troll.

It was insane. This guy was supposedly part of the family for years, no issues, good friends with OP, then on a night out (first one ever, after 9 years?) he shags one of OPs friends in the loos, threatens another and makes her cry then goes home with third. Then it turns out that he's walked in on OP when she was in the shower, made really offensive personal comments and asked the DH if he can have their child if OP dies. Then it turns out his house is on the market and DH needs the OPs earning potential to buy a fixer upper for himself and Tom. Even though he has loads of money which is CLEARLY why he has not married her. So she packs the kitchen Aid and organises a click and collect and she's off. With half of Mumsnet advising her to call women's aid, despite the fact that there's no evidence of abuse. But then Tom turns up, on the doorstep! Having presumably sold his own house in the three days since the thread began. It's the worst self-published novel ever.

snowblower · 13/02/2021 13:58

@BrumBoo

Why do you want to read with made-up or goady shit? If that's what you enjoy, stick to soap operas or Love Island

I enjoy mumsnet but I work on the assumption 90% of it is made up /goady shit

Sparklingbrook · 13/02/2021 14:00

OMG @icanboogieboogiewoogie that has 'troll klaxon' all over it!

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 13/02/2021 14:02

Mn is fantastic for its candidness & range of replies but folk need a healthy degree of cynicism
Get a mn steer by all means and then go check out in real life

Over reliance on any site is not good, and it’s too limited a perspective

Mn can be a bit of an echo chamber which isn’t always helpful

I have read advice threads and AMA a purportedly written by professionals and often it’s a random lot of gibberish, and some people really seem to have a mawkish overinflated sense of their own importance

Incidentally, most professional bodies advise don’t post in a professional capacity or identify yourself as trained X,Y,Z

Thedramasummer · 13/02/2021 14:05

I hadn’t even clocked that I had read the start of the Tom thread. Only read the first few updates then decided it wasn’t worth it. Seems I missed a lot of crazy( and made up ) updates!

Sparklingbrook · 13/02/2021 14:05

Mn is fantastic for its candidness & range of replies but folk need a healthy degree of cynicism
Get a mn steer by all means and then go check out in real life

Over reliance on any site is not good, and it’s too limited a perspective

All of this!

Retrogal · 13/02/2021 14:06

On the Tom thread, it was odd that she called her friends A, B and C - like she was developing the characters for them for a novel. Then when she said she'd found a job that gave her accommodation that would also take in her baby, 2 dogs and some cats, I just couldn't get my head round what type of job that is. It sucked me right in though initially...

knittingaddict · 13/02/2021 14:07

@DobbyTheHouseElk

Is the one where the missing DH is a “spook” still up?

If it is then it disproves the theory that MN will delete a thread if it's reported because I'm sure that one got multiple reports. Even the op herself wanted it deleted apparently. It's still there. Sometimes I don't understand MN at all.

Tequilasun · 13/02/2021 14:08

Following

knittingaddict · 13/02/2021 14:11

@HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee

People who need support getting a thread pulled could be harmful There are multiple online reputable sources of info & support available I don’t think mn is the sole source of support and a pulled thread equates to harmful

Some mn threads give absolutely shocking advice, all feisty but factually incorrect
Change the locks if he’s the home owner you cannot deny access to his property
common law wife has absolutely no legal status not the same as being married

Agree with this.

I can only fantasise about MN employing a panel of experts who go around merrily deleting factually incorrect advice. I would love that.

Thehouseofmarvels · 13/02/2021 14:18

I once posted a thread which everyone thought was fiction and for a piece of creative writing. I actually love creative writing and have had a story published. The thread gave me an idea for a short story and I told the posters that. But everything I described was completely true, it just sounded unbelievable. For example my future (and estranged) mother in law stealing a valuable portrait of a Victorian ancestor from her cousin sounded like fiction. It wasn't. Sometimes things aren't black and white.