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LadyBeagleEyes · 26/03/2012 19:09

Is it now MN policy to put the slightly 'dodgy' or doubtful threads onto OTBT?
I've seen a couple now that have been transferred there, do other posters request this because they are worried about the OP, or is it automatic when people report now?
And funnily enough the OP's tend to disappear as soon as it's moved.
I thought Of the Beaten Track was for people who where looking for a private place to chat, not for suspected trolls.
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SandyMumsnet · 27/03/2012 13:45

Hello,

Occasionally folk need a gentle nudge in the right direction, and that's more about helping them find a quiet place more than anything else. Plus they may ask.

We're all about support, so we try to focus on that - for everyone.

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HelenMumsnet · 28/03/2012 10:40

@DeepThought

IIRC if the thread was started outside of OTBT and then transferred in it is still googleable (sp) so still not terribly ''safe'' (not that OTBT is ''safe'' IYSWIM)

This is correct, DeepThought. Threads that are created in OTBT aren't indexed by Google but threads that are transferred over there from somewhere else are.

We do always pre-warn OPs of threads we are moving about this. And suggest they might prefer to start a new thread instead.

Sometimes, that's what they opt to do; sometimes, they're just grateful to find a place where their thread won't keep popping up in Active Convos when they'd rather it didn't.

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