What is a troll and why are so many posts being removed/deleted by Mumsnet

[dikkertjedap]

in one of the threads in Unreasonable?

deletions would most likely be because of 'personal' attacks made against a poster - racist etc comments are not tolerated, and bitchiness directed at anyone is invariably a 'reasonable cause'.

MNHQ rarely deletes whole threads, as their policy is to keep as much online as possible for potential benefit of someone searching for a particular topic.

Trolls are described *> here

Thanks Network Guy - admirably put!

Thanks, still not totally sure, does a troll uses somebody else's username? How is that possible as the name is clearly already taken?

No, it could be someone just posting nasty or controversial posts for their own entertainment and not anything that's helpful to anyone.

So I could go onto ChickenKeepers and start saying that foxes are the best thing ever and it;s cruel to keep chickens, or go onto religion just to say God is blah blah and Allah is blah blah....

Thanks for the clarification.