Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Caught out on MN?

132 replies

C1N1C · 10/04/2023 14:30

Pure curiosity here. Since MN is quite popular, there's BOUND to be some issues spoken about with the person involved also being on MN. I think no matter how much we try to disguise it, coincidence and timing will help those involved identify us...

Has anyone been caught out? What happened?... or if those from the Mirror etc published the story, has it actually caused serious issues?

OP posts:
MauveCow · 10/04/2023 21:52

GirloutofAfrica · 10/04/2023 21:08

Yoh, you are wasted on MN you need to join the M15

Show quote history

That's what she wants you to think.

LastWill · 10/04/2023 21:55

Iam4eels · 10/04/2023 20:59

There's a thread on AIBU right now where the OP has had a name change fail, its the "people don't realise" thread.

Show quote history

I’ve just seen that. It’s the first time I have seen it happen, it must be a blip. I’ve just replied on another post that I’m on in a different name and it’s automatically switched between the names I have. I will now have to go back to checking each time I post, I don’t want colleagues recognising me when I post about work roles!

Riverlee · 10/04/2023 21:59

I got in contact with an old school friend via mn. I referred to our junior school by a certain name and she recognised it. One of us private messaged the other (can’t remember who contacted who now) and we’ve been in touch ever since.

IamAlso4eels · 10/04/2023 22:01

You can name change mid-thread...

Iam4eels · 10/04/2023 22:01

See?

MauveCow · 10/04/2023 22:22

That's funny, I thought you couldn't do that any more.

MaroonCow · 10/04/2023 22:23

Or can you?

carriebradshawwithlessshoes · 10/04/2023 22:24

Funny story here. There was a very ‘famous’ and respected poster on here, she still is quoted lots tho is now off threads mostly. I PMd her (similar issues), we briefly chatted on PM and she eventually said (kindly) look, do you want a quick chat?? Gave me her number, as the phone was ringing out I just had a really weird feeling, inexplicably. Not who she was, just an odd feeling. She answered and I recognised her voice, instantly. An old friend. When I knew her back then the issues she talked about on MN hadn’t happened. I hadn’t heard from her for years or knew anyone we both knew so had no idea. One of those freaky things!!!!

DojaPhat · 10/04/2023 22:50

Recently the thread where a nurse was outed for perving over a colleague by a senior nurse Grin

I'd have to burn down the entire internet!

Rogue1001MNer · 10/04/2023 22:53

I read a post once that sounded v much like a friend's situation. I'm pretty sure it was her.

And I'm 99.9% sure a work client posted about their situation. They weren't entirely truthful, and I was very pleased that the majority of posters were quite harsh on them.
I felt v proud of mn for seeing through them

WomanStanleyWoman2 · 10/04/2023 22:55

TheGingerTucci · 10/04/2023 16:23

Well, posters cannot sock puppet any more. If you go on a thread and change your username, then go back on the thread, your username will revert to the username you last used on the thread.

Really good from MN 👏👏

Show quote history

And you don’t think people can have more than one account? All it takes is a second email address.

Rogue1001MNer · 10/04/2023 22:57

Westfacing · 10/04/2023 17:08

Some people are naive. A while ag on GN a thread about a family drama appeared on the GN Facebook page and someone recognised themselves and it caused family problems. GN has a relatively small readership compared to MN and many posters seem to think it's like a private club, never imagining it could end up on Facebook,

Show quote history

Whats GN?

redbigbananafeet · 10/04/2023 22:57

Thebirdsareback · 10/04/2023 15:24

There is a cf thread on now where the SIL obviously just replied..

Has it been deleted? That sounds interesting!

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 10/04/2023 22:58

What's GN?

I think it means Gransnet.

Rogue1001MNer · 10/04/2023 23:00

Moser85 · 10/04/2023 18:13

There was a recent thread on here where a poster had read about a forum where men who use prostitutes post, some of the men keep their eyes on mumsnet.

Whenever a man gets caught they were like "I hope it wasn't one of our lot" 😡

They also give each other tips for how to evade being caught, what to do with the burner phone etc.

She went onto the forum and found threads from her husband, he wrote a huge amount of detail about his personal life and it all matched!

🤢🤢🤢🤮

WomanStanleyWoman2 · 10/04/2023 23:40

LlynTegid · 10/04/2023 16:09

Never recognised anyone on an MN thread. Never had anything I have written published in The Paper that Supported the Blackshirts, perhaps because I refer to the tabloid previously edited by Paul Dacre that way.

No offence, but do you really think things like this work? I know Daily Mail journalists aren’t exactly geniuses, but surely even they can crop a screenshot.

Passthewine45 · 10/04/2023 23:58

I posted last year, didn't think anything of it until my inlaw sent me a link to the online tabloid reporting of it. I was/am mortified. It wasn't even that interesting.

Walkingtheplank · 11/04/2023 00:02

My friend died a few years ago. I knew that she was MNer and had told me she had been on a thread specific to her condition. I was pleased that she was getting support online because she could really be herself and be totally Frank without worrying about her RL friends' emotions.

I'm ashamed to say that after she died I looked for her posts. Given her condition I knew it would be easy to find. She barely spoke about herself at all - almost every post was in support of or being concerned about someone else. And then she just stopped posting, it was obviously her.
I felt really ashamed for looking. I just wanted to 'hear' her voice. I managed to not remember her username and so she can be anonymous going forward.

StormBaby · 11/04/2023 00:26

ive recognised someone’s posts on here and everything she says is complete fabrication. She doles out advice on relationships, parenting, working, fashion…in reality her life is a mess. She’s never worked, she literally lives in her dirty dressing gown, her relationship is a wreck, and her kids are neglected and all despise her. It’s made me very wary to believe anything I read online as it’s so easy to lie.

MauveCow · 11/04/2023 06:45

StormBaby · 11/04/2023 00:26

ive recognised someone’s posts on here and everything she says is complete fabrication. She doles out advice on relationships, parenting, working, fashion…in reality her life is a mess. She’s never worked, she literally lives in her dirty dressing gown, her relationship is a wreck, and her kids are neglected and all despise her. It’s made me very wary to believe anything I read online as it’s so easy to lie.

If everything she says doesn't fit, why are you so sure it's her?

TheGingerTucci · 11/04/2023 06:52

LastWill · 10/04/2023 21:55

I’ve just seen that. It’s the first time I have seen it happen, it must be a blip. I’ve just replied on another post that I’m on in a different name and it’s automatically switched between the names I have. I will now have to go back to checking each time I post, I don’t want colleagues recognising me when I post about work roles!

Show quote history

Yes. The techies at MN have made it so, that you cannot return to an old thread on a different username. It will switch you back for that thread

lightlypoached · 11/04/2023 06:55

I recognised one poster I knew and contacted her via DM as her circumstances were very difficult at the time and I wanted to offer further support. It was all good because we know and trust each other. She's lovely and knows exactly who I am too 😊

Hopefully we will meet f2f one day.

Pseudonamed · 11/04/2023 06:56

MauveCow · 11/04/2023 06:45

If everything she says doesn't fit, why are you so sure it's her?

Show quote history

How can you have recognised her then?

Gateoverriver · 11/04/2023 06:58

Over the years, I have recognised a few people. Ido t say anything though.

I name change quite a lot though. Probably every couple of months.

Pseudonamed · 11/04/2023 07:01

I posted something about my ex SIL a few years ago. Her sister recognised it was me (under a different name) and demanded I took it down because the horrible mumsnetters were agreeing with me (i was right) and poor sad (bitchy as fuck) ex sil was hurt. The post was about 15 pages long agreeing with me. I have never taken it down. Might even print it off sometime and post it to her out of badness. Evil wagon.

Swipe left for the next trending thread