Who are the newbies?

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I've only been on mn for a few months - August I think it was. Who else is a newbie? It's hard to tell from posts who is new and who is 'old'! Also, do any other newbies find

1 you can kill a thread stone dead with one flash of your nickname?

2 your threads fall off the active convos at an alarming rate

3 you spend ages thinking of something incredibly witty to say and no-one notices?

only joking really, love mn, am an addict!

Yay a newbie thread! I have been here since the end of October, have to say I am mainly on the march 07 ante-natal thread though. But have had some useful advice and the like.

1 you can kill a thread stone dead with one flash of your nickname?
Yes true seems to be worse since I got a xmassy nickname!

2 your threads fall off the active convos at an alarming rate
Only had the balls to start one or two threads usually just lurk!

3 you spend ages thinking of something incredibly witty to say and no-one notices?
I'm rarely that witty but to be fair I think I did say something funny once and someone agreed with me.

I didn't know that was what the bar was for lulumama and I thought you'd been here years!! I might pop by one night!

I've been coming on here on and off for about 5 months and I've only recently got the courage up to post anything.
I've got 2 ds's aged 7 and 3 and a soon to be step daughter of 13.
My dp hates MN with a passion. he thinks its the devils work, designed to make women hate men (as if we need an excuse!)
I'll keep an eye out for everyone on here and say hi if we're on the same thread (start a little clique of our own eh
that lulumama's a newbie, I thought she was old school.
Have lurked in the bar once, but left because I couldn't think of anything to say (just like rl for me!)

Hello. I am a newbie too, Feb/March this year
[fgsmile]

See!!

I'm a newbie, since the summer some time, I've no clue if I kill threads cos I'm a hit and run type (no choice with two wee dc's around), I've never started a thread (have meant to but rarely have two hands free and couldn't be arsed to type one handed when not a matter of life and death, and yes have DP who hogs the computer in the evenings), and sadly, my razor wit and also my perceptive and wise insights are ignored by more than just mumsnetters.
Right. Have hit, will now run. Off to trawl the threads for 5 minutes over a glass of cheap not-champagne. tara.

I'm fairly new as in I only discovered that everyone hangs out on the Other Subjects forum this year. Always thought MN was a bit worthy and disjointed before that!

Hi, I'm a newbie too, for 3 months-ish. I would say YES to all 3 questions, but special needs boards a bit more supportive than general ones. Definately seems a little cliquey sometime, so I just lurke and read

This is Fab!!! there are so many of us!
Hello to all!!!!

I'm a newbie! got hooked in the summer when I became pregnant (my 4th)...felt too ill to do anything but sit at computer, wipe the odd nose, change the odd nappy. The house has gone to rack and ruin, sigh, but if I exert myself at all I get loads of braxton hicks and have to quickly sit back at the computer again and recover!

hellloooooooooo fellow newbies !!!

LOL at me being old skool!!!!!!!! the first thread i responded to was something close to my heart... VBAC...and kind of got sucked in! spend a lot of time on the birth/ pregnancy threads and that sort of gets your name known

plus on the odd time i have been 'spoken' to rudely , i have put my foot down, stood my ground, not aggressively and asked for an apology! ! don;t always get one but hey ho!!

i stick to only posting things i would not be afraid to say face to face in RL..(mostly)

and things i would not be embarrassed about .!!!

.and would not go mad on the swearing although the odd f**ng hell is sometimes appropriate !!!

I'm newish. Well I've been around for a few months. Certainly not an oldie, or part of the in crowd. I've been reading their thread about how Mumsnet's Not What It Was - not daring to post, obviously - and I just find it sort of sad. Things change, people come and go, life moves on, but these long-standing Mumsnetter's seem to have difficulty accepting that.

I should think a lot of people join, get stuck in with posting for a while, then realise how addictive it is - and then decide they really must get on and do other more useful things! Dare I say it?

As for killing threads and not being answered. Well, there's just so much on here, sometimes you're not going to be answered. And threads end because there's nothing more to be said, really, I'm amazed people take it personally.

Most of the really long threads seem to be the ones that disintegrate into a huge slanging match, I find.

But for now I like Mumsnet very much. I've received and given (I hope) helpful advice, but I don't really expect to make real friends here and I'm sure one day I'll get round to decluttering my house/finding a job/decorating the bathroom rather than lurking like a loon!

It's the Everybody Welcome aspect that I think is its great appeal.

Can't believe I put an apostrophe in Mumsnetters just now. I know, I know, I know ...

Hi to other newbies.

This feels a bit like Freshers Week or something. Does anyone else feel like we will bond and then spend the next few years trying to avoid each other?

I joined in Sep/Oct (can't remember) and agree with everything you have all said. Yes, yes and yes.

Nice to meet you all It is really encouraging - with all the talk of MN not being as good as it used to be - that new people are still enjoying it, and I guess if everyone old disappears then it will be left to us to keep the torch alight. After all, we didn't really know it when it was so much better, so we don't know what we are missing.

See now I JUST HAVE to see this "thing ain't what they used to be.." thread - what is it called..(I'm Sooooooo nosey )

Its called something like THIS IS A CLIQUEY THREAD SO ONLY CLICK IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE TO TRAWL AROUND THESE DAYS TO FIND THE OLD MUMSNET. Or some such. In the active conversations now.

Only found this site a couple of weeks ago and have become totally addicted. Have found it really helpful and informative but also had a good laugh too. Have also managed to kill threads stone dead. So here goes...

RIP Newbie Thread

i will post so it isn't killed by you !

bad luck ashoesandbagbird i've had some really good advice and support from mners but i do get v frustrated when i see threads like mn isn't as good as it was.... i like it

can't say i;ve had a bad experience here.....you get to know threads that will kick off and i steer clear...!! do you think a couple of years time, we'll be starting a thread like that

tis not the same, too many newbies....... and

thanks for making me feel better. I havn't been on here long enough to notice if its cliquey but i've seen it mentioned a few times.

ooh i hope so. like when oldies push past you to get on the bus

Well, I suppose the thing is that us newbies don't give a monkeys that MN has allegedly gone downhill. How would we know? Why would we care?

I joined the conception boards in March, and am totally addicted.

Made me laugh reading some of your DPs/DHs reactions to Mumsnet. Sound insecure to me! Women talking to each other and thinking? Tut, tut, tut.

My DH thinks it great I've found such a fantastic support/information-sharing network. (Pregnant with our first and trying to bone up on stuff).

Nice to meet you all! (Hi Moss and Rosy ).

Hello, i have come over from the oldie thread to post. I just wanted to say that newbies aren't what make MN go down hill as such and noone is really saying that, in fact several of us have pointed out that MN isn't the same becasue of things we all do. Also its rudeness etc that seem to be the grudgebear and again, several mners old and new alike are guilty of that.

Hi Quadrophenia .

I think this thread was started just to touch base with other new people really.

I was just responding to some of the posts further down.

I've found MN perfectly welcoming tbh - especially if you get stuck into a really good discussion thread!

that's nice quadrophenia