To think that MN is incredibly cliquey and only oldies/popular posters get responses to their threads

[whifflegarden]

Unless a post is outrageous, if you're not known = no responses
See here

So, you happy now whiffle!!!! tsk

Lulu, yes I knooow it's shit stirring. I was just booorrred. And having mental maths tests from DD for past couple of hours so feeling like I'm losing my mind.

It's so not cliquey [waves at Rockbird]

Don't be so sensitive. When I got here everything was fields and yet, I hardly get any replies. Perhaps I have far too much of a normal life...

WhoIsAsking. HARSSHH
But your response is better than no response

I am in such a bitchy mood today.

Shall we have a fight?

AClosedMouthGathersNoFoot I love your name!

I hear you whiffle!! bored too. raining and miserable.
I'll make a point of looking for your threads and replying.

thought has crossed my mind though.

am getting slightly paranoid that once i do reply the thread stops, if this is the case i apologise.

only trying to be chatty and give support/advice if can

Rockbird - Puzzlerocks got told off politely asked to desist by MNHQ for the thread-bumping. But lots of people look regularly in unanswered threads to see if we can give them a push. It just depends though - so often there's nothing I can anser in there!

If you are hilarious and stylish you can form your own clique

can i just say coco's response made me laugh!!

Thanks wucker! I didn't make it up but I did get it as a name first

fight fight fight fight...

Really? Aw that's a shame, she did such a good service. Am going to check the unanswereds every day now and see if I can help.

Don't be daft. I have been on MN for 4 years (virtually all the time with a variation of the same name, so recognizable) and sometimes don't get responses to my threads. It is nothing to do with how well known you are / being in a quiche, just to do with luck, timing and the nature of your post (sometimes)

Keep at it - don't take it personally

whiffegarden - arf at 'feeling better already'

I only got about 3 replies to my post earlier, and it was hilarious and about farting. MAKE OF THAT WHAT YOU WILL.

You started a thread being mean to get attention? What are you, 4?

Please can someone explain what bumping is (and how to do it) - just in case I ever get the urge. Also, what does pfb stand for? Ta

The thing was, she wasn't really answering the threads, just bumping them, which meant if they didn't get a "proper" reply quite quickly they'd vanish down the lists and since they weren't in Unanswered any more they would be pretty much invisible. At least in Unanswered they have some chance of being noticed by someone who can move the conversation on a bit.

Bumping mean when one posts on a thread, it bumps it to the top of the list of...oh someone else take over, I'm making a right pigs ear out of this.

PFB - Precious First Born

I agree you need to post something interesting.

Well I just had a little look over on unanswered posts and I'm not surprised they're unanswered.

basically, if you want a thread answered, you need to make sure it has one of these [or more] in it.

-gender stereotyping
-mother and toddler parking spaces
-disabled parking spaces
-judging another mothers parenting technique
-outrageous generalising statement in the title
-a topic that half of mumsnet jumps on and flames the OP for not 'generalising' when anyone with half a brain realises the OP wasnt.
[see the thread a while ago where the OP complained about people who are not really ill complaining of ailments all the time, and people came along like-OH, SHOULD I HAVE SHUT UP ABOUT MY [insert serious problem here] YOU EVIL PERSON YOU DROWN PUPPIES ETC ETC.
-teenage pregnancy
-macdonalds!
-not getting an invite to another childs birthday party
-dogs and kids
[because all dogs are evil, and if they growl at your child -once, under duress- they are clearly VICIOUS and must be destroyed at all costs]
-a thread about a thread
-husband not sharing childcare/cooking/cleaning
-sexualising children at a young age
-exposing kids to innapropriate language nudity
-closely followed by a thread about how being naked is perfectly natural and we should teach children to not be ashamed
-then follow it up with a thread saying we should encourage more women to be sexually free
-ooh, and THEN follow it up by some random over the top 'feminist' comment like 'blowjobs are demeaning to all women' or 'missionary is demeaning to all women'
-maternity leave
-teachers not liking your kids
-actually punishing a child. as in calling them horrible and sending them to the naughty step.
instant outrage on that one.
-baby names, where you say a names awful, then someone comes along and says its their DD's names [okay, that ones not controversial, but those threads are always awkwardly hilarious]
-not inviting children to weddings
-weddings overseas
-MOTHER IN LAWS
-Stepchild
-being on benefits

have i missed any out?