and why do so many threads get deleted these days

Sorry that you're feeling miffed, GC, by the disappearance of recent threads. I don't think we've got trigger happy with our deleting fingers... and no, the OP does not have an automatic right to have her or his thread deleted. However, we are here to make people's lives easier, so when we get a request to remove a posting that might otherwise cause problems for the author we tend to do so. Recently, we have had quite a few posts of this nature and, as they were the original posts, it made more sense to delete the entire thread rather than leave a load of replies to a question that no longer existed. We've also had a few, how shall we say, heated threads that weren't representative of the Mumsnet we all know and love and, frankly, it served no real purpose for them to remain.

That said, we really don't like deleting threads without good reason because it seems somewhat dismissive of those members who have bothered to take the time to reply - so we'd ask everyone to bear that in mind before requesting deletions.

(PS: This thread will self-destruct in fifteen seconds. Can't have anyone criticising our decisions now, can we?)

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and why do so many threads get deleted these days