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sorry if this has been mentioned but..

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WideWebWitch · 07/12/2007 19:41

Did Justine not say somewhere that 'pinned' or sticky threads would be reserved for site related stuff only? Just wondering since Expat's thread is pinned and that seems to me to be a charitable appeal rather than site stuff. And I guess I'm wondering if we're going down that road of making charitable/philanthropic thread 'sticky' (not that it's my site, mumsnet can do whatever they want, of course) then erm, who decides who is deserving of being pinned and who is not?

Sorry if this is a silly question. I've only skimmed the thread iq so I may be talkign bollocks do tell me fk off if so! But I only just came on tonight and it was at the top so I thought I'd ask

(I hope no-one incl EPIS takes offence at this, I am just interested in the answer, it's not that I'm unsympathetic, I absolutely am not)

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JustineMumsnet · 08/12/2007 21:40

hi www. Am not sure if we've pronounced on it but I think we may have something along those lines in correspondence a out stickies and about worthy causes in general so you're right in the sense that making this thread a sticky is a somewhat inconsistent. (Should have known we'd get caught.)
So here's the thing - we instinctively want to help in these situations and to some extent we also want to help our own - ie mumsnetters who've contributed a lot via their posts to the community - when and where we can. But there's no doubt if we made every worthy cause a sticky it would make active conversations a farce and would also change the character of the boards into a massive guilt trip, which we'd rather not do. So you're right there is an element of choice about what gets made a sticky and it doesn't sit entirely comfortably with the way we generally do things because as a rule we don't think its our place to make these choices and we quite understand if you'd rather we didn't. That said we don't think it appropriate to throw it open to a public vote every time the situation arises either. And I can't imagine for instance not making mile for maude a sticky. But then again where do you deW the line? So, as you can see, another triumphantly clear policy emanates from m towers! Do let us know which way you think we should go. For my own part I think www has made a valid point and perhaps we should reserve stickies for site bus except in exceptional circumstances.

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JustineMumsnet · 08/12/2007 23:17

Sorry that was so illegible by the way - posting from my phone.

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JustineMumsnet · 10/12/2007 14:27

You gotta get one WWW - it's the nicest thing I've ever had. (apart from dh natch)

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JustineMumsnet · 11/12/2007 00:18

Well it wasn't so just about a bereavement as such bossykate - though obviously we are, as everyone is, very sad about that - it was about the particular circumstances of Expat's case and the sheer injustice of having stick around on a labour ward for a procedure after suffering a bereavement. Just seemed something that was worth highlighting and bringing to folks' attention in the hope that collectively we can do something about it.

But as we've both said, making some threads a sticky and not others means making a a lot of sympathy for your position that we shouldn't make any. Of course the upshot of that, though, is that we are very passive. I spose at the end of the day there are just some instances in which we'll find that very hard.

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