Mumsnet to be sold

[Mikehunt2018]

Or at least partially. There's no mention of it on Site Stuff but Sky reported it yesterday.

https://news.sky.com/story/mumsnet-founder-roberts-plots-delivery-of-new-owner-13501362

(oh and Mike isn't my name. It's a play on words)

Interesting.

Saw that yesterday too

Interesting. But live your name @Mikehunt2018 😂

What?!

I was going to thank OP for their careful and deliberate explanation of their username, as if he or she genuinely thought Mike Hunt wasn't a joke almost every single teenager knows, along with his mate Hugh Janus and all the others used on The Simpsons (and others) for decades.

It's probably the least necessary explanation I've seen on here and that's saying something as there are many very funny puns and plays on words.

There’s another poster called MikeRafone who’s been assumed to be male on some threads. Maybe the OP’s seen that.

Interesting, I wonder how that will affect user experience.

None of the words in my user name are my name either. Just in case

Justine should troll the site by announcing takeover talks with Elon Musk.

Glad we cleared up any confusion about my name there.

One of the reasons why I posted it was to wonder silently who the new owners might be.

I don't for one minute think this will be good news for MN users.

I wonder if we'll get the laugh react emoji back 😁

I miss the old emojis. The one you've used looks like someone wearing a face mask.

Don’t forget Chris Peacock!

I worry that this will mean more adverts and more censorship. What a shame.

I actually don't like the sound of this at all. What with the changes to the login last year, it makes me think our personal data would be the prize here and it would bother me for that to go international. I'd ask Mumsnet to forget me before that happened.
PS my name is not Willow

Precisely. Politically it will be a a site some will want to own and then manipulate. Not for me.

I don’t know if I like the idea of it going more international. Whilst it’s nice to talk to people from all over the globe, what I’ve enjoyed most about Mumsnet is that it’s mostly UK users, so advice given is relevant here. We don’t need another US forum, which realistically is where they’re likely to want this to go.

I can't say I blame her!

I presume op wanted us to know she’s female

It sounds like they’re courting private equity so investors that will want a very clear financial return on their investment - not sure that will be a good thing for users.

Those ones? They're still there↘️

I'm surprised it has taken this long to be honest, it's had a very good run of 25 years. I will change my feelings about it. Although according to that article I have aged out of the demographic anyway!

FYI not an egg.

This is worrying...

It’s the potential censorship that’s the main worry isn’t it? Particularly around women’s rights.