MNHQ I have a question about posters' history

[W0rmy]

I have had a search of this but couldn't find anything so sorry if it's been discussed before and I've missed it.

What is your stance on a poster searching someone's posting history and bringing it up on another thread in an accusatory way or to attack that poster?

completely random and probably feeble e.g "Ah I see you say you bought a budgie and now you've gone and got a cat, that poor budgie I think that's disgusting and cruel"

Is it merely frowned upon, or if one finds it offensive what should one do?

TIA

I fully agree with you on the mental health issue, though, Valar.

TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS IN THE WORLD, THAT'S TOO MANY DREAMS HAVE BEEN BROKEN IN TWO.

I think the dragging up of other threads usually gets squashed quite quickly by other posters, ime.

Yeh, people might change their minds about something, or not always be completely consistent. Perhaps they might like playing at being a bit different on different threads without necessarily feeling the need for a name-change.

On my assertiveness course they told us one of our assertive rights was the right to change our minds .... I think I'm going to enjoy becoming increasingly inconsistent in my old age, as well as wearing more purple !

Sue Yeahhhhhhh!

I once commented that a poster had had previous similar problems and was accused of obsessive stalking, I was trying to help and the only reason i remembered her was because she had gone bat shit cer-razy on her previous thread which was only about three weeks previous.

One was not amused.

Sue you fucker you've just ear wormed me

Actually, I have been a little bit at posters who plead poverty in a very noticeable way and then post about a new car/puppy/platinum bouncy castle the week after. I don't say anything, but I do think it sometimes.
You can remember without searching, of course. Or Stalking.

ESPECIALLY FOR YOU.

I think we should get rid of advanced search. It's only used in a creepy way.

I have a good memory too but don't comment on the thread as Olivia says 'its not cricket'.

But I do an internal

I do that a lot on here though.

Mind you as I tend to mostly stick to S&B - the isn't that serious I guess

I use advanced search A LOT. 99% of that usage is for advice. 0.5% looking for lost threads. 0.5% checking out if a poster's usually a twonk or just having a bad day.

Advice?

I have an excellent memory and know who MrsCB used to be for example.

I think dragging Jason Donovan lyrics onto the thread from 1991 is just not cricket.

To be fair I post the same old stuff about white jeans and leopard print so am not a terribly good name-changer

Oh and I use advanced search for advice about holidays/school stuff/health stuff and its very useful

MrsCB

Sorry should have said I mentioned it to be helpful .... trying to establish what she had tried since the previous op and to check it was the same op I was thinking off, and she got really cross at me for remembering. I wasn't mentioning it to be a cow.

Especially for you!

I recognise the names of people who used to post on FHG on ebay 5 years ago and ask how they are when I see them on here
does that make me a stalker or just polite?

I have no idea how to do a search

@StealthPolarBear

Olivia are you drunk? That made no sense!

Sadly not
I do have whole nut
It did make sense I think

I'm only allowed on S&B once per annum or MN crashes.

Extremely consternated as to how you go about doing an "internal" search MrsCB ??