Newbie what "Mumsnet rules" do I need to know?.

[kerrymucklowe2020]

Hi
Just joined. Are there any "rules" I need to be aware of?

no Huns
no x
no hubby
always read the fucking thread before commenting. or at least read the OP updates.(if you go to setting you can set it so op posts are highlighted)

don't post in AIBU until you have read some posts there, and really understood what an absolute bear pit it can be.

Theres lots boards with nearly any topic you can think of. So have a look around and enjoy.

But remember there are lots of people on here and not everyone will have the same views as you, and some can be quite blunt. The majority are lovely posters though.

AIBU - do not post in there unless you are prepared to be ripped to shreds......

Spend some time reading posts and understanding all the abbreviations.

Don't admit to owning a toilet brush.

Never admit to leaving your washing out overnight (it'll get darked on and spiders will rub their wilies on it apparently)

Any parking threads must be accompanied by a diagram. Also, all parking problems can be solved by penguin bollards.

I'm mostly joking

Here's a list of acronyms used on here.

www.mumsnet.com/info/acronyms

one other unspoken rule is.

Don't start a thread then fuck off.Its.Rude.

Check the dates, don’t reply resurface old zombie threads.
There are certain nasty trolls; baby name sapphire, teens having to do PE in undies, poo trolls, don’t fall for them.
Don’t believe all you read.
Never send money.

Definitely never send money, as PP says.

Work on your trolldar.

Don’t make yourself identifiable. (Name changing regularly is a good idea but not everyone agrees.) There are other groups on the internet dedicated to reading MN and pulling threads/MNErs to pieces and the tabloids regularly lift stories from here to pad out their online content. So be careful.

Don’t take anything too seriously.

Always say sex not gender.

Have a scroll through the 'Classics' treads.

Watch out for

Yoni massage / Brian from Hull
Elderly Korean lady
Penis Beaker
And T-Rex

Before you become a regular you will be quizzed on these and other threads.

Here's a starter, complete the following;

" ................ in the Sistine Chapel "
"Cancel the ..."
"Log it with ..."

Also newbie. Did have an account years ago when my dc was small but haven’t posted for years.

At this moment in time, never reveal what you bought at the supermarket. You'll be ripped to shreds for whatever it is.

Always read the whole thread as PP said, if not at least read the OP's updates as situations move on.

Bear in mind that your experience is not everybody else’s. Walk a mile in someone’s shoes before being too critical or opinionated about their situation.

Don’t start a thread to try and plug your business/blog/online competition vote, or shoehorn it onto someone else’s thread. MN are ruthless about deleting and users are very good at spotting cunningly disguised spam.
Petitions live in the Petitions section and will normally be moved there.

And yeah, read at least the OP’s updates before commenting on a long thread about their life. Don’t be the people who were still posting diet and exercise tips on a thread long after the OP’s excess belly weight had been diagnosed as due to advanced ovarian cancer.

(If the thread is “What’s your favourite lyric from an Eighties pop song” then it’s fine to post your own A-Ha classic at the bottom before you’ve read everyone else’s).

That reminds me, MN is relatively intolerant of slurs relating to learning disability, including ones which many people throw around routinely. The term cornhole used is always deleted, (not just because they’re an obvious troll), but other terms will not make you any friends.

Do not assume everyone here is a mother (or even female). Do not assume that

MN poster

and (for example)

Epidemiologist

Barrister

Engineer

MP

Professor

HGV driver

are mutually exclusive.

There are many, many SAHMs of small children here, some of whom may never have worked outside the home. There are also many, many child free adults. Never assume. Be open minded. Don't believe anything everything you read.

There have been a few This Country threads but it is generally acknowledged that the loveliest thread is this one:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/3867560--Archers-thread-117-Welcome-to-the-only-C19-free-area-in-the-world-Discuss-The-Archers-here

Oh!

Importantly: never, ever start a thread asking

"Am I too old to wear ... jeans / trainers / a coat / whatever?"

You are not, and it is a ridiculous, ageist, misogynistic attack on women's freedom to dress as they please.

Bear in mind that your experience is not everybody else’s. Walk a mile in someone’s shoes before being too critical or opinionated about their situation.

Are you sure? I rather thought the rule was you should do the exact opposite of this.

When you set your reading experience to highlight the OP's posts, also set threads to be all one page. The multi page thing was only useful back in the days of slow mobile coverage, and now just disguises that the thread has moved on from the simple query on the best way to marinate lamb to the best way to fertilise roses with the decaying corpse of the neighbour's dog.

Also, look at the date on the opening post for similar reasons.

It is annoying if a poster starts a thread and:

Never returns,

or

Punctiliously responds to every single individual poster by name

or

In a thread where 98 posters disagree with them, only responds to the two people who back her up in her misguided wrongness.

Children should walk to school. No exceptions. Except secondary aged children, who should get the bus, even when there is no bus.

You must never give a flying fuck about your children from their 18th birthday onwards or have any opinion about anything they do. They are adults and must make their own decisions.

The answer to all employment and financial problems is to start your own business. Having no money, no internet and 5 children in a tiny flat are not valid reasons not to.