Do we need a fight board?

[Arlanymor]

So often people derail posts where people ask a genuine question and others decide to take chunks out of one another. More often than not it causes the OP to shut down and choose to leave, negating the value of people’s advice or kindness. And sometimes the OP is genuinely distressed and people don’t seem to be able to stop themselves getting their rage cape on.

I was guilty of this once myself when I joined early on and it was a post where someone refused to recognise time blindness and tried to take a bite out of me (I don’t have time blindness - but know two people who do that we accommodate as much as we can) and I snapped back for about four posts through frustration.

But can’t we just have a fight board to divert their beef to - and maybe an ‘Eye of the Tiger’ emoji to signal when it’s time for them to move across to said board?

Obviously this is all tongue-in-cheek…

…sorta!

I thought AIBU was the fight board.

😆😂😆😂 You might well be right! 🥊

First rule of Fight Board…we don’t talk about Fight Board.

is this a five minute argument fight, or the full half hour?

I was looking at a couple of the mounjaro boards earlier…….🤯🤯🤯.

Not speaking specifically about those threads, but there is a lot of anger around, and the more you engage with it, the more you feel caught up in that same vibe. I got myself a new username some weeks ago, I think I need to take my own advice again 🤣.

The ‘full half hour’? Try the ones that follow each other to the next thread, eg part 1 of something to part 2!

Mumsnet is a bit brutal half the time, I'm not sure it'd be possible to keep the bickering and point scoring to one specific area 🤣

Good question - when do we sound the bell? 🔔

😂🤣

Hey you, who do you think you are laughing at me? Using that laughing face, and that other laughing face? I bet you’re horrible in real life 😤.

(Is that the correct response? 😂)

I saw someone use this the other day…🤬🤬👊👊

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Waaaaahhhhhhhhhh!

Too funny!

But yes, I am horrible in real life, no one loves me, not my family and I have no friends. I message from the bottom of a well and all of my advice comes from a BAD place! Even when it is rationale, understanding and helpful.

You should report me! But not until we’ve had several pages of back and forth utter rage! 😡 😤

I look at Ship of Fools sometimes, I like their boards "Purgatory" "Hell" etc. and "Dead Horses" which we really do need on MN.
The poster-to-poster derailing and sniping on MN gets on my nerves. It used to be MN was a nicer place than other forums but not any more.

You…you…you putting your comment on a pink background, you utter weirdo 😡.

I bet you’re horrible and did that deliberately to wind me up didn’t you?

You’re probably the kind of person who will try to tell me I can change it in my settings 🤬😤🤬😤🤬.

Is it very wrong to be kind of enjoying this?