Is it worth having a sort of 'Clique Corner' or even a Quiche Corner?

[Bumperlicious]

Just to start with saying I have no problem with cliques! Ok, I don't mean cliques as such but the 'regular' threads that appear on MN, Elevenses, Shiney, Twilight etc. When I first started I was in a regular antenatal/postnatal group, and lord knows people griped enough about those!

But there are lots of regular threads that I am too scared to join don't wish to be a part of that keep appearing in my active convos. I can hide them, but have to do so individually, then a new one pops up. I was wondering, if it becomes apparent that you have a 'regular thread' (and I know they aren't usually premeditated, they often come about organically) could it be moved into a topic that can be hidden, or at least new threads started in such a topic?

Is that a really bad idea? Don't want to offend anyone, but would like to make my MNetting as efficient as possible

No, the Shiney ladies (and gents) were never part of the lighter lot.

All of the lighter ladies used to be posters on the Shiney thread but were asked to leave as it was felt by some of the shineys that the thread was getting to big.

And the shineys actually do occasionally talk about healthy eating where as the lighter lot chat more bollocks, less cock.

NO to clique topic

Nobody puts Shiney in a corner (cept me )

hahahahahaha so there has been a shiney schism? shouldn't they call themselves sholdies?

I see.

Ooooooh ... so then does the Shiney lot fall into the second category (clique - if your name's not on the list etc. etc.) for catinthehat2's topics?

So, to summarise (from what the reps are saying):
Quiches
Twisluts

Cliques
Shiney
In labour

bien sur, mon capitaine...

oh god the twisluts make me cringe. thanks for the explanation evilgiraffe and i'm sure it's a lot of fun on there but really, in this day and age for a bunch of grown-up women to be calling themselves sluts... yerk.

No, No fight. There are still posters who post in both threads. And we would have kicked their asses if there had been a fight.

Bitter!!!!!

When comest thou over for coffee????????

i was, and as you will see further down i was advocating their being sent to a clique topic as well. not against cliques, they're not really my style, personally, but i'm not against them. i do think they could be tidier.

Soon MaMoTTaT.

haha SAF - I was thinking the same thing

ehhh ?? BBC types - what did I miss???????

Think the quiche quarter idea would probably dissuade people from joining threads rather than joining in - so work against MN rather than for it. FWIW I'm part of 2 quiches - Nothing Tastes (which I joined half way and which most of the original posters appears to have desserted and with declining membership has dwindled into more of a tart of late) and a postnatal group, both of which welcome new members with open arms. Quiches evolve over time - and so what if there are a few posters on there who have "known" (in so far as any one can really know someone via the occasional words on a screen) other posters longer than others - doesnt make it an unfriendly place.

Though agree that idea of being able to put a poster filter on your computer would be good...

Eh? So the shiney thread is no more then, in its original guise?

if there was a hide poster button my would have stream coming off it