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Mumsnet closing a thread

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stevematekatemate · 10/04/2021 17:17

I’ve been here for many years. About 14 all in and today, for the first time, I’ve seen that mumsnet HQ closed a thread because it was a few months old.

Why would this be? There must be hundreds of zombie threads running. I’ve been on many and read many but I’ve never seen any closed so why this particular thread. Confused.

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StressedTired · 10/04/2021 17:51

I noticed this recently too. There was a thread I started a while ago and I recently wanted to check back to it and it was gone

Orgasmagorical · 10/04/2021 17:58

When I first joined I think threads in Chat were only kept for 90 days but that seems to have changed now. Is that right or am I making it up?

Pinkywoo · 10/04/2021 18:50

Yes Chat doesn't disappear anymore, there are 90 day and 30 day boards that go poof though.

Orgasmagorical · 10/04/2021 19:04

Thank you, Pinkywoo.

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stevematekatemate · 10/04/2021 20:08

@StressedTired

I noticed this recently too. There was a thread I started a while ago and I recently wanted to check back to it and it was gone

The thread I saw today is still there. It’s not been deleted. MN have just shut it down.

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WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 10/04/2021 20:10

Very strange. It would be nice to be told if there's a change in the handling of threads.

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CarolineMumsnet · 10/04/2021 20:48

Hello. More often than not we're happy to either let a thread run its course or - if we do have concerns - delete it entirely. Less often, we'll close a thread: it's not a new thing but it's not something we tend to do that often.

Sometimes a zombie thread might attract an unfathomable amount of spam posts. We might close it to stop it being spammed.

Now and then, if it's a topic that polarises opinion, we might close a thread overnight and then open it again when we can better help keep it on track - now and then we find that's better than losing the thread entirely.

Another reason we might close a thread is where we can see it's descending but earlier on it contained lots of really thoughtful, helpful comments that we'd rather not have to zap. We don't do this that often but if we can save a thread this way we will consider it.

Hope that makes sense and if there any threads in particular that have you scratching your heads then drop us a line at contactus@ and we'll take a look for you.

Cismyfatarse · 16/04/2021 19:00

@CarolineMumsnet A thread I started only a day or two ago has disappeared. I don't know why and no one has told me. I thought you got told if your thread was deleted. It was in feminism.

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CarolineMumsnet · 17/04/2021 10:43

Hello cismyfatarse If you'd like to drop us a line at contactus@ with details of the thread in question then we can take a look into this for you.

FlyingBurrito · 17/04/2021 20:33

@stevematekatemate

I’ve been here for many years. About 14 all in and today, for the first time, I’ve seen that mumsnet HQ closed a thread because it was a few months old.

Why would this be? There must be hundreds of zombie threads running. I’ve been on many and read many but I’ve never seen any closed so why this particular thread. Confused.

That's the first time I've seen that too, tbh I think it should actually be used more often when zombies threads are re-started for no apparent reason and are no longer relevant.

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