to wonder why another MNer would randomly send me a CAT message asking me to indulge in slagging off other threads?

[TheRealMrsJohnSimm]

Never heard of this MNer before (but then I have only been around here for a year and regularly posting for about 6 months). Claims to be posting under a new name but was previously someone else on here - whose name I have seen on threads - and asks me to indulge in some slagging off of threads. Ignored message and then find myself being referred to as "poncetastic" on a thread I posted. Can accept the accusation....probably am a bit poncetastic at times....but all seems very strange "coincidence".

AIBU to wonder question posted in title of thread?

AIBU to think this is pathetic behaviour?

AIBU to think that this kind of trolling etc happens all too often on MN?

(am trying to steer clear of starting a thread about a thread issues here ).

oh no sorry, I agree it's not on in the slightest
but I don't want to get involved in the great unmasking either

No, not wounding at all, just found it odd in the middle of a thread, didn't know what the heck she was on about.

I have only been here a year and don't know the history but even I can make a good guess who it is.

MN is getting very strange at the moment, i'm struggling to catch up, to find the interesting intelligent threads and i'm losing interest tbh.

The Mouldies are back and it seems, stirring shit up.

There was also a thread last night setting some kind of challenge to change names and start threads and find each other. It reminded me of the Cod challenge of a few years ago that went wrong - the one where we were suppose to be pretending to be someone else - does anyone remember that?

It's so bloody childish and yes, it is reminiscent of a six form girls school. The decent threads are getting lost.

Talk about pop will eat itself.

I think it's unfair to the poster who sent the CAT for the OP to describe the CAT in pejorative tersm rather than telling us what the CAT said. Of copurse everyone is going to sayy "Oooh, that's naughty" given the way the thing has been decsribed

I would agree that some posts have been dubious, to say the least, in the last few days - and I'm in no way defending those - but there is still a reason for the name changes that is a more sinister one. And yes, it's always fairly obvious to us on here who she is, but regular name changes means that it's much harder for an outsider to tracker her down here.

You are a bunch of housewives on an internet board for fuck's sake....it ain't MI5

Really? Are we? God I thought i had a job and everything. Must be mad.

oh fgs just because there is a random poster being unconventional doesn't mean there is a great movement by Mouldies to overrun MN with nastiness

You are paranoid and a bit unhinged if you think that

Maybe not, Nancy, but this particular person has had to involve the police, as I understand it, so it is actually quite a serious matter.

Nancy66 Sometimes it seems that we all need to be brought back down to earth.

nancy can we have your post as a constant ticker tape banner at the top of every page on MN?

Nancy you're a joker

and the moral of the story is: DONT MAKE FRIENDS ON THE INTERNET

Don't go - pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

hear hear Nancy

I am v grumpy about the whole thing BIWI, should stay away from this kind of shoite really

I think it's rather mean if someone sends you a frivolous message to attack them in public like this. Why not just reply. Is poncetastic so awful? I rather like it!

Nancy is right. We're all just posting anonymously. Why do people get all het up about things? It is odd to send such a message to someone, but this seems to have started a witch hunt.

'witch hunt' might be slightly OTT

maybe, but you know what I mean.

BALD! You are NOT ALLOWED to leave....

But today's shoite is tomorrow's fertiliser, BALD! (or some such philosophical claptrap)

Yes, it's just the internet. But we are real people here. For some of us it matters more than others. I think, personally, that's what makes MN so great. And so infuriating. At the same time!

BALD, please don't leave.

You would be missed.