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)

I’m not really called Sabrina Thwaite.

Guess you had to be there

Long standing silent character on The Archers.

You lot are philistines.

Or maybe we don’t live in the UK

You’ve missed out.

It’s the world’s longest running drama.

Started as a farming education series didn’t it, wrapped up as drama?

@Another2Cats

You really must learn to accept that not everybody has the same opinions that you consider to be the "right" or "correct" opinions. And that they are not wrong for holding those opinions.

On the other hand, you clearly believe the view you've expressed above is right, and those who disagree are wrong. Indeed, there's little point defending your views against those who oppose them, unless you believe you're right and they're wrong.

And not everything is "relative": many views are objectively right, and many objectively wrong. The Earth really is round, not flat. The idea that men literally are women if they "identify" as such, is objectively wrong.

And the ethical implications of people's opinions are seldom "neutral". It's unreasonable to expect people of differing views to get along amicably when some people's views are disrespectful of basic human rights, for example.

Lost the education remit in 1972.

Some people do seem to get easily confused between the two judging by the amount of next installment please "any update yet OP?" posts when someone is potentially going through one of the worst times of their life.

I'll be honest, I haven't listened to the Archers since we got a television in 1978.

But at least I now know where your username comes from.

True some are too innocent and fail to see let’s face it half the posts are likely bored troll/rage bait/traffic building.

People get far too emotionally invested.

Some posts will be true yet moving madly
fast and others are just to drum up clicks likes and the daily mail posting to get more people clicking over.

So what happened at 7pm on the radio? Did anybody listen?

This place is going to end up as Twitter isn't it Just dead because everyone has flown.

Well, that's the thing.

People have different opinions.

But what we don't want is to have some random private equity firm providing identifying information and opinions to whoever pays them the most.

Engagement is dropping by the month

Fuck it, dox me if you want. I am long past caring!

The constant intrusive moving ads has made the site very hard to use.

The “small” changes.

The colour, the paid for section, the extra adds, then the huge we see you have an add blocker.

Which btw Apple will also block.

Just getting ready to show how valuable it is to sell it off. Give us back the old colours if you pay, laugh emoji if you pay and so on.

Duck Duck Go resolves that problem

It does indeed.

Occasionally I’ll look at MN on my laptop (not on DuckDuckGo), which still has the fecking enormous ads. I just drape socks over the relevant areas.

Is there a P. Nisbeaker? 🙂

I expect new owners will move to a subscription only model, £4.99 per month or something. The SaaS model is such an easy and simple revenue stream for PE investors, if you can get it right.

P.S. I am no longer Seeking Stars.

Will be de registering before the sale.

PS I am not one of the three wise men!

And btw, I can't blame Justine for wanting to cash up, she has been involved for a long time.

But perhaps there is a pension fund that does private investments or similar ie someone with a longer-term outlook than your bog standard PE fund?

God forbid it is Macquarie or similar... #vampirekangaroo

They better not remove the old colours again. I love my green/purple posts and those pastels gave me a headache.