As you may be aware I'm getting a very, very hard time for a post I made on the AIBU thread. I've reported a number of people who have responded to it to MNHQ for personal attacks and this was the reply I got:
"Hi SylvieSmith,
We're sorry you've been upset by the comments other posters have made - that's not what Mumsnet is about.
Posts in the Am I Being Unreasonable Topic do tend to be more robust and combative than those elsewhere on the boards. The very nature of the heading Am I Being Unreasonable does encourage posters to take sides, after all.
We don't generally delete threads, though, unless they're libellous or racist or otherwise break the law.
For that reason, we think it's best to leave it for now and let it disappear off the list of Active Conversations into merciful oblivion.
Mumsnet can be a great source of support and advice. Have a look in some of the other Topics and we're sure you'll see what we mean.
Best wishes
Rebecca
MNHQ"
If MN knows a lot of deeply unpleasant things are going on on AIBU why does it not just shut it down?
I also don't know how it can think that only deleting threads that are libellous, racist or break the law is an acceptable moderation policy. So is it ok for us to be telling each other to f* off? Calling each other terrible names?
MN feels like such an unfriendly place to be at times, surely MN is soon going to have a bit of a PR problem if it doesn't start stepping in when people are being attacked (it does, after all, say at the top of the AIBU that it doesn't "allow personal attacks". This is blatently not true).