to think this mumsnet thing is a bit of a private club!!!

[birdinatent]

I have been posting on here for a year or so on and off, but I have never really felt welcome.

No one ever responds to what I write, in fact I have sometimes felt actively ignored.

Now obviously that could be cos I write a load of crap that interests no one

Or it could be that very early on, before I realised how careful you had to be, I had an argument with someone who, it turned out, was a mumsnet superstar.

Am I being paranoid, or do people get unofficialy blacklisted!!

btw have changed my name for this.

threads move fast sometimes, posts get overlooked.
there is no big conspiracy.
dive in, post prolifically and demand attention, if that's what you need.

I think VVVQV was a bit OTT too, she knows I was paranoid, now I am devastated

Welcome travellingwilbury.

I have never had such a response, should have changed my name ages ago!!!

birdinatent - don't be

oh, it's been a whole five minutes since we had a thread like this and then someone chimes in with a no-punches-pulled response and we start up with the 'bullying', 'unsupportive', 'mean', 'OTT' and blah blah blah posts.

seriously, if you've been posting on here for a year or so, you know how these threads always go!

YABU I'm afraid but it's natural - I have those "why am I being ignored?" moments but it just depends on topic / time of day / phase of moon
VVVQV - that's not like you!

daftpunk what including blackballing travelling?

and above ALL TAKE NOTICE OF THIS GEM POSTED DOWN THE PAGE

so er just npost more or less but more in a confined space

(what the fuck does that mean)

QV

Bearing in mind that many of us are so addled with pregnancy/broken nights or (in my case) advancing age that we do well to remember to put clean knickers on, we really don't cherish grudges like that.

Thank you Mars you have made me feel welcome already

I think that VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVQQQQQQQQQQQQQQVV was simply doing what MNers normally do on a

"please don't ignore me/swear/hate me" type thread.

No, really, get stuck in.

Having a ruck is one way of getting yourself known, developing your own 'style' be it humour/Eccentric capitalisations/crapola typing skills is another.

The boards are v fast-moving and we all get passed over or ignored on occasion.

HTH

Marsy

Did you get my phone message when you were gallivanting on holidays.

i assumed vvv was joking

Am feeling less paranoid, now just feel a bit daft

so did i assume she was joking

cos of course she was

lol

werent you vvq

if you take everything seriously, if you take everything personally, if you hold grudges, this board is going to constantly piss you off or upset you.

ML

well so did I but I assumed she would have used a well placed ;) to make the point

and look what bloody mn superstars have posted on this thread

Oh thanks zippi, I know, I was bored and so looked at my B-list threads

You're being paranoid I think. I have been posting here since October-ish and although I am aware there are lots of friendships on here, and some threads for those friendships (What is Scuttle?) I haven't ever felt ignored. I've had disagreements with people but I put that down to my forthright opinions and my inability to not share them

There are posters here I would like to be 'friends' with and some I steer clear of but generally, compared to other places I post, I think Mumsnet is so huge that it's actually quite nice to be able to just get opinion which isn't cloouded by personal history with others.

I joined for the Conception forums, and I feel close to those other women who are going through the same.

You get back what you put in IMO