To be annoyed by the volume of deleted comments which are merely mildly provocative or robustly stating an opposing opinion, rather than being unacceptably rude or offensive?

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NOT a TAAT.

Does anyone else find it highly irritating when threads end up having more holes than Swiss cheese due to so many posts having been deleted?

Much of the time the person at whom the contentious comment was aimed has replied (obviously before the deletion) in a manner that suggests they weren't in the least offended or bothered by it - but now you can no longer see what they were responding to.

It sometimes feels a bit like being back at school, with everyone running to the teacher and gleefully exclaiming, "Reported!" as if they're going to earn a gold star for doing so.

It's not actually injurious to one's health to be mildly ruffled by someone having a different opinion or viewpoint on a particular topic, as happens all the time in real life.

I may be an outlier here, and am happy to accept that if it's the case, but I'm curious to know how others feel.

Sometimes all of a posters posts are deleted. I assume they are trolling or are a PBP.

Yes theres two Im reading at the moment, one was about the Human Being diet and the OP was responding to the person ok but the posts are deleted, another one Ive read today which is about whether a new build property will take a very low offer, the OP is again just responding and chit chatting with the posts that are deleted, none of it makes sense

These have to be the most innocuous threads ever.

It’s ok. I actually have a theory it’s linked to autism rather than learned behaviour, but that’s a different discussion

Yes, that's another thing - innocuous threads where you wonder how there could possibly be reportable comments posted about a really benign and uncontentious topic.

This is why MN has changed and got a lot worse recently. Dumbed down and no better than Reddit. We are losing our freedom of speech slowly but surely IMO.
I post/look on here because I believe that the discussions may not be huggy, huggy, inoffensive, 'let's be kind BS 'and actually reflect the human condition which is a bit of most things. Honest and real debate.
I'm beginning to feel suffocated actually.

We’ll get having a conversation in RL then. If MN is the only place you feel you can have a discussion you really do have problems.

Are you being deliberately offensive?

Freedom of speech has nothing to do with this. It's an expressed wish - by Justine and myriad posters on MN - for posters to post with less aggression and nastiness. There are not many here who advocate for #BeKind, as that's generally seen as a way to tell women to shut up. But there's also no need for the way some posters seem to think that it's OK to post.

Mumsnet has always been a place where you can have an 'honest and real debate'. Nothing has changed in that regard.

If you're beginning to feel suffocated, it does make me wonder exactly what it is that you're wanting to post about?

No.

With those kind of posts, the issue is probably that they've been started by a PBP (Previously Banned Poster). And it doesn't matter what they're posting - if they're a PBP then their posts will be deleted.

Then explain yourself. And your comments.

YANBU. Does my head in. Had one of my comments deleted today and I can’t even remember what I said, but I sure as hell know it wasn’t bloody offensive!

Which bits are you struggling to understand?

Oh come off it! I’m both left wing and a Labour supporter, the only posts I’ve ever reported in the 25 years I’ve been on here have been spam posts! You seem to be of the opinion only right wing people can take different opinions. Which is ridiculous!

The bits that you haven't explained. Or justified, quite frankly!

I actually have a theory it’s linked to autism rather than learned behaviour, but that’s a different discussion

I'm not 'wanting to post about anything specifically' so no need for you to assume anything about my post.

It is my general feeling that many posts have been diluted and deleted that are innocuous and shouldn't have been.

People are falling over themselves to report. I find this in many areas of life - my workplace for example, and it makes colleagues distrustful of each other and no longer a great environment to work in.

Not just right wing people, centrists and non political are all accepting of differing opinions. It’s not my opinion btw, it’s a well documented feature of left wing people. Cancel culture, no platforming and political correctness are all symptoms of the same issue.

It seems straightforward, can you just explain clearly what you want from me please?

Oh well that explains it!! Unhelpful?? Unbelievable.

Do you have a problem with that?

Yes.
To report a poster for writing an 'unhelpful' post is laughable.

I think in context it means being deliberately unhelpful, rather than inadvertently giving unhelpful advice.

So for example if a poster posts purely to pick someone up on their spelling and grammar, and offers nothing else.

At least that's the way I understand it.

Posting that you have reported a comment is another of the many forms of virtue-signalling you get on MN, one of the most abhorrent of which recently was all the posts about Ian Huntley, where people were, as you say, falling over themselves to express their glee that he had been attacked attacked as if that was going to win them brownie points.

Not at all you can be robust and respectful.