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Yvonne1958 · 10/02/2018 07:26

Hi, I was hoping someone could explain what a reverse post is to me. I was reading a thread yesterday about a man hanging around near a school.
Half way through the op said it was a reverse post and everyone went mad. Then the thread was deleted.
I was interested in this one in particular because I know the village and the man.

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HebeMumsnet · 10/02/2018 11:13

Hi there, OP. Yes, a reverse is pretty much as described above. Thanks HarveyKeitel and ThroughThickAndThin.

We often end up deleting them because, although obviously the OP has usually just been wanting to get another viewpoint on a situation, lots of Mumsnetters see it as a sort of 'light' form of trolling.

If we think it's done in order to inflame or start a bunfight we take a slightly dimmer view of it but generally we just explain to the OP why it's not really the done thing and ask them not to do it again. We do see that it's pretty annoying for other users and feels a bit like being 'tricked'.

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