To think Tattle Life gossiping is necessary?

[bottomsup12]

Immediately thoughts are that it's not nice to gossip and everyone should "be kind". However, in this day and age of social media influencers etc, everyone acknowledges that people show the best bits of their life, all the ups and rarely the downsides.

We are also told to stop comparing to others on this basis as we never know what's going on behind someone's glamorous life.

Therefore, I put it to you MNers, that the b*tchiness that occurs on Tattle Life (and is IS very much so) is a necessary antidote to the fake lives we can't help comparing ourselves to.

Instead of sitting here wondering how everyone else manages to have such a great time while you're broke hardly able to pay your bills, it's reassuring to see other people cutting through the crap and pointing out the other parts of their life.

I'd argue it's a necessary by product of social media antics and the naturally occurring ying to the social media glamorous yang!

What are your thoughts?

Try Reddit.

No, they really don’t. One thing about tattle is that they are always well in front of any other forums.
I’ve been amazed at some of the detective work on there.
I like mumsnet. I like tattle.
But I gotta say, tattle is miles ahead in the actual reality of what is the truth.
Mumsnet, while I love reading it, exists in some kind of alternative reality that a tattler
can easily rip the piss out of with just an eye roll and a tut.
No words needed.
By the way, you all have at least one actual fantasist in your midst.
Hi Noddy 👋. You couldn’t fool tattle but you have this forum lapping you up.

You think we didn't know Noddy was trolling both MN and Tattle? It was funny watching her troll the MN tattle thread while they were all up her arse. She's not the only troll on there either.

Exactly my point. The poster was found out on Tattle but is still being feted on here.
I don’t care either way because I find the poster hilarious and I enjoy the reactions.

Oh come on. One of your oh so clever troll spotters gave her a code. Not quite so in front of other forums there were they?

Yeah I agree, One did.

Her big mistake was trolling MN then going back over there to get likes and back pats and she did by the shed load.

It’s utterly toxic

adult women ridiculing and shaming others ina bitchy playground bullying kind of way

name calling, nastiness is not ok

One thing about tattle is that they are always well in front of any other forums.
I’ve been amazed at some of the detective work on there

They really aren’t - they get their info from X, reddit and other forums and spin it as new info they have just uncovered.

But I gotta say, tattle is miles ahead in the actual reality of what is the truth.

Nope. There’s a high profile poster on there who claims to have insider sources on particular celebs who is just rehashing other non-active posters experiences as their own. I know this as a lot of what they post as their direct experience, is actually mine.
They embellish each time they repeat it too. They aren’t the only one doing this.

Mumsnet, while I love reading it, exists in some kind of alternative reality that a tattler can easily rip the piss out of with just an eye roll and a tut.

🥴

As for fantasists - Tattle like every other space on the internet is full of people who chat shit for validation. Some are more convincing than others.

Is anyone able to share a joining code for Tattle please?

Keeping it on topic I've never read any influencer threads there, because I have no clue who they are.

I think any forum has the potential for deep toxicity. My dislike for influencers is reserved for the family types that drag their unable to consent children into it and turn them into mini brands.

I agree. The over exposure of children especially is a major issue.

I think it's a lot more bitchy that Tattle Life actually.

Tattle is honest about what it is. None of the 'Well you sound nice!' sneering or posters ruining a thread sniping at each other that you find here. I'm not a huge fan of Tattle. I don't have an account and I rarely seek it out. But when I do, it's not the cesspit some here would have you believe.

I think passive aggressive put downs and hounding of vulnerable posters is common on MN.

I’ve not seen it on Tattle at all - posters are great to each other on the threads I’ve read. But I don’t go in the influencer section which seems to be what Mumsnet is criticising.
The rest is good, for sure the off topic session has some really interesting threads.

Tattle is unpleasant, and generally the posters think they are cleverer than they are. I also think a lot of people on Tattle live very sad lives. But I think people are always going to think shit about inlfuencers/celebrities and I think it's okay to have a space to do that.

MN is extremely bitchy sometimes and some posters definitely have a mindset of try and put down others in anyway they can, but I would say Tattle is more toxic positivity where they
congratulate each other and build each other up even when talking absolute shit.

Yes, I've not seen many of the influencer threads, which is what Tattle is best known for.

I do lurk on some of the celebrity threads and for the most part they are funny and informative, insofar as you think celebrity gossip is a worthy subject for discussion. There's little of the 'Have a word with yourself' superiority that you get here.

@FiveTreeHill in what way do Tattlers 'generally think they are cleverer than they are?' (Cleverer isn't a word btw, it would be more clever rather than cleverer)

Cleverer is a word

I used to enjoy reading the Tattlers that hound the life out of certain Tik Tokers. But I realise now that no one knows what struggles people are going through. And the bitchiness is uncalled for and can harm a person's mental health

Tattle is great but the troll pages on facebook are even better. Influencers are all fair game.

The people I'm talking about aren't influencers. They're just members

I did not think there's any need for bitchiness and people are stupid if they think influencers have perfect lives.
If you're interested in and desire the life of of influencers then use it to inspire you.
I don't follow any influencers but I might watch content that will inspire me. Like cleaning and decorating my house and day trips and travelling.

For example correcting the word cleverer?

That’s not strictly true, I’ve defended influencers over there because I couldn’t believe what people were writing about them, & was instantly torn down & accused of either being the influencer himself or linked to him in some way (I’m not).