Thread deletions

[Yogsgirl]

AIBU to think that there are more and more thread deletions these days.

Looking down my 'threads I'm on list' there are quite a few zapped threads, some which are deleted for obvious reasons, but some seemed quite innocuous at the time, like the thread about comments from teen girls on a group chat, one about someone being unhappy with their primary school etc. What on earth can have gone so wrong on these threads they need deleting?

Also I made a post a couple of weeks ago and it disappeared and I didn't get an email or deletion notice.

I just commented on one about disliking siblings and it was deleted! There was nothing weird in the thread just asking if it’s normal to dislike your sibling

There was one yesterday or the day before on AIBU with the title AIBU? And the deletion message was 'I'm not sure this is even worth a deletion message.' And I really want to know what it was about! Anyone?

@DrSbaitso

We're not owed content though. If a poster wants to take a thread down, why should they not be able to?

The moment you post it is no longer your content. Mn can do with it what they please. They delete because it is in their interest (be it that it makes their lives easier or fear litigation, although in fairness they do also realise that some times people post in haste)

Although I do not like the new report that there aren't many posts so they will take it down. That disregards those that have taken time to post, often replies with compassion and thought

I think people panic that they will be outed.

When I joined mumsnet in 2010 far less people were on online forums. And the newspapers didn’t pick up the stories either - or if they did then I didn’t know about it! A lot of people will have accessed the site from laptops and computers. Now everyone is on their phone, they can check mumsnet quickly at any time in the day so I guess there is more likelihood that someone you know could see what you have posted.

@ItWearsTheBatteriesOut

Although I do not like the new report that there aren't many posts so they will take it down. That disregards those that have taken time to post, often replies with compassion and thought

What?? So if it's not in AIBU with 300 replies it's not worth keeping?!

ItWearsTheBatteriesOut

I don’t like the sound of that at all.

I get annoyed with the “op has real life concerns” when it’s obvious they just didn’t like the replies.

The one where the poster’s grown up children hadn’t been invited to her nephew’s wedding and they were all “distraught” was clearly this!

What I want to know is why simple threads with clear opposing sides arguing are deleted but we have a whole section dedicated to transphobes being transphobic and anti-feminist that never gets deleted. Let us argue about how often we do our washing!

Hello

We really don't like removing threads as we know how frustrating it can be especially if you've taken the time to post on there.

We do sometimes reinstate threads. If we've removed with a 'taking a look' and then we don't get back to reinstate or update the deletion message then it's more than likely things didn't check out behind the scenes or that at the very least it was all raising more questions than answers.

We try and make deletions or post on the thread to stop things descending if we can see things are getting a bit heated but when we've made so many deletions the thread's starting to look like swiss cheese then we sometimes decide it's best all round to pull it.

Where we can see a thread is causing the OP distress we will look at helping them out and this can sometimes mean removing it for them. At the end of the day we're here to make lives easier.

Hope that answers some of the questions above. And if something gets zapped and you aren't clear why then do drop us a line and we'll be happy to explain things.

@Kinneddar

The deletions that annoy me are 'The OP has privacy concerns' in other words people disagreed with them & the thread didn't go as they planned

Much like Meghan and Harry.

Sorry, could resist, the analogy fits so well.

Gf as in a girlfriend of post subject or a poster? 👀

^ @Geamhradh

Not a girlfriend honeytoast

More one who chooses a subject matter in order to whirl some posters into a posting frenzy. And sits back and relishes it. Maybe.

And if something gets zapped and you aren't clear why then do drop us a line and we'll be happy to explain things.

Why do you delete for privacy concerns, when there are no privacy concerns? Some threads are deleted for this and as others have said it's usually because people are disagreeing with the OP. Is there a limit for how many times an OP can cry to MN and get a thread deleted?

So is it just MN policy that any time an OP reports and states privacy concerns you automatically delete? Because it seems like an OP saying they have a dog, partner or children can be enough of a reason to delete threads these days.

Because it seems like an OP saying they have a dog, partner or children can be enough of a reason to delete threads these days.

Lol. It’s like the posters who won’t confirm their husband’s ‘hobby’ (which is always cycling btw) as it’s outing…

I don't mind the funny ones, quick comments etc. However there was a recent Sen/ADHD thread which the zapping of was most bloody annoying. The OP was fine, and the majority of replies were really useful, explaining Sen perspectives (ahem, I'd I'd obviously like to to be putting my replies in this category ). It was also highlighting the lack of funding in education that's affecting all pupils, Sen and not alike. There were some discriminatory comments for sure which I was surprised by.

The thread got unilaterally zapped and I thought what a waste - the opportunity to share information and learning - gone. So much poor/inaccurate information on Sen (my sister's husband says...) is shared on here so for the first time I got pretty invested and shared a tonne of info, fact based.

Some of the anti-sen comments were ill-informed but I'd rather have the debate rather than shove people's views under the carpet and nothing changes. I also thought the mods could have zapped the offending comments - that action also shows the poster that their comments are discriminatory.

I hate to say it, but the dreaded Facebook Sen groups are much better. Sen information on mumsnet threads is generally ill informed, second hand and incorrect and some attitudes are awful. However it will stay that way until Sen views are allowed to stand...

I posted in the wrong thread - sorry.

I have asked for it to be deleted. 😳
No conspiracy re the thread title 🥴

Have just spotted that the one by the dimwit who claimed to have a degree and was completing a PGCE, would only contemplate a detached house as her first home, but had no idea how much a house cost in her area, or how much it would cost to rent in the meantime... has been deleted.

Good luck if she ends up teaching your children

@ThinWomansBrain

Have just spotted that the one by the dimwit who claimed to have a degree and was completing a PGCE, would only contemplate a detached house as her first home, but had no idea how much a house cost in her area, or how much it would cost to rent in the meantime... has been deleted.

Good luck if she ends up teaching your children

Presumably it was deleted because she doesn't exist?