How do I I hide/delete a thread

[newmum2018385]

I started a thread and really wish I hadn't. It was just getting people's opinions on something I wasn't over concerned about think I just wanted a chat/discussion and felt abit lonely. It's resulted it a lot more talk than I expected and abit of abuse. I just hid it at first but now want to delete it. I don't know how to unhide it and/or delete it. Can anyone help? Thanks

You'll need to report it

This one? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3177240-to-be-called-lucky-an-insult

I don’t see what’s so bad about the thread and you can try but I can’t see it getting deleted but you never know.

May I suggest if you’re going to post threads then be ready they may get a bit robust. You’re going to need a thicker skin and let some posts wash over you. Concentrate on the ones that aren’t bitchy and ignore the rest.

Hi OP,
We have got your report and will be replying to it soon. Once we have looked through the thread.

If it is the lucky thread, it’s not abusive!

Good luck with that, OP! I started a thread about work last week and even though a friend messaged me in real life and said I’d been outed and it could’ve negatively affected my work situation, MNHQ refused to delete it for me. My thread was getting a lot of hits at the time (which stressed me out even more!). and I know that’s why they wouldn’t. Unfortunately MNHQ are only in it for themselves. (Oh and even though they said they would delete it once the thread had “quietened down” , as I type this it’s still there)

So my advice to anyone posting on here is, be very careful about what you write here because MNHQ won’t delete it unless you’re a troll or PBP.

In fairness, strawberry, I’ve has my run ins with HQ before but A) nobody would ever be able to prove it was you posting, B) we always risk being recognized when we post stuff on the internet and C) they always say they don’t delete posts on poster’s say so.

In fact, it became a bit of a joke that they were deleting posts due to privacy concerns () every time a poster got in a snit!

@strawberrytheguineapig

Good luck with that, OP! I started a thread about work last week and even though a friend messaged me in real life and said I’d been outed and it could’ve negatively affected my work situation, MNHQ refused to delete it for me. My thread was getting a lot of hits at the time (which stressed me out even more!). and I know that’s why they wouldn’t. Unfortunately MNHQ are only in it for themselves. (Oh and even though they said they would delete it once the thread had “quietened down” , as I type this it’s still there)

So my advice to anyone posting on here is, be very careful about what you write here because MNHQ won’t delete it unless you’re a troll or PBP.

Hi strawberry,

We're really sorry that you feel this way. To be fair, we did reply to your reports (several times!) offering other solutions - as we always try to do when we're asked to delete a thread - but it seems our mails ended up in your junk folder. We did also delete your thread in the end, but we're sorry that it took longer than you'd hoped.

We do our best to strike the right balance. We're aware how frustrating it is when we zap a thread when a lot of Mumsnetters have taken the time to give advice and support, so we do try to keep deletions to an absolute minimum. But if a thread is causing the OP huge concerns in real life, then we'll take it down. Again, we're very sorry that things took a while to resolve on this occasion.

Please do mail us at [email protected] if you have any further concerns.

I'm having the same problem now - I want a thread i started yesterday removed due to defamatory marks and massive misrepresentation of what i said twisting who i am and what i think - by so called professionals too! Mumsnet have emailed me to say they can't delete the thread which is weird given how ridiculous it is! I'm waiting to hear back as really the thread was going nowhere productive and some who had gone on to the thread to be provocative were starting to get nasty and were only going to get nastier. 'who would want to be friends with you........' and others. Whilst i know these people are just a waste of space it renders any conversation of any depth impossible. Majority of users just want to punch out (which is in itself interesting) but in my view needs (ethically) to be curtailed once its obvious that that's the dominant theme. Another recent thread I read was the same the way it deteriorates into base level responses from I'm guessing people who are either thick, bored or getting kicks the only way they know how in their empty lives. Mumsnet's responsibility first and foremost should be with peoples' mental health. If people are starting to feel distressed by responses to their post they should be protected as soon as they raise the flag - OR Mumsnet should put out the rules very clearly at the outset. 'once you start a thread you cannot delete it' - just tell us that first and we won't post - ahhhh there lies mums net 's problem. its all about them and sod peoples' mental health. typical of the bullshit world we currently live in. I'm taking my thread to a good renowned shrink to analyse my thread and develop this further. If mums net want their threads to be productive then they need to maybe even get involved in the threads when people start spouting toxins and ask them where they got their ideas from. This could make the whole thing so much more interesting. The fact that a so called bestselling writer piped up on the thread and accused me of downgrading SAHM's was kind of the moment I thought 'oh dear'. This followed by someone claiming to be a marketing director who thought plugging her job description (which had nothing to do with the OP) was relevant. Well done mums net! You've certainly given me plenty to think about re:SM site threads. I could help you make these threads much more fun for everyone!