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Deleted Threads AGAIN - spurious excuses

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spongedog · 03/06/2020 20:34

Posted helpfully on a thread the other day. There might have been 10-12 posts in total. I was tagged, so logged on to find this deletion message

"Thread deleted

Message from MNHQ: Thanks to all who have posted with help and advice so far. The OP has had second thoughts about this thread - it's a little sensitive and contains a fair amount of identifying info. We've agreed to take it down now."

Mumsnet - I am done. I thoughtfully took time to support one of your users for free, my time, no cost to you. This excuse about "identifying" is just rubbish. Poster was a little bit hysterical, over the top, but with only 10-12 posts - there is no way that thread was ever going to be identifying. I can no longer spend my time, emotional energy and effort supporting users on a site, where, on a whim, that thread will be pulled.

I dont even get to keep my comments - they were thoughtful, hopefully helpful. You know that many of us believe our comments should stand so they are useful to future users. Surely that is the whole point of nicknames - users remain anonymous.

I get deletions for PBP, trolls etc. Thank you for those deletions. But not this.

JoMumsnet · 04/06/2020 09:40

Hi @spongedog,

Thanks for raising this.

We completely understand how frustrating it can be when a thread is pulled, especially when you've taken the time and energy to support the OP.

Please know that we never do this lightly, and we always try to find other options first if someone asks us to remove a thread - we'll offer a retrospective name change, or editing out any identifying details, or moving the thread to our 30 days only topic, for example.

However, we're here to make parents' lives easier - so if an OP gets in touch because they hugely regret posting a thread, or is anxious that the specific details they've posted could make them recognisable, or if the thread is causing them problems in real life, we'll always do what we can to help them out. And sometimes that will mean deleting their thread.

Obviously it's unfortunate that helpful responses to a thread will also then disappear, but in most cases the OP will have taken these responses on board (and is very grateful for them).

We hope that explains our position, but we'll happily answer any other concerns you have. And if you'd like us to send you a copy of your post on the thread in question, please drop us a line at [email protected]. Flowers

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