Banned for calling out dogwhistling posts

[DebbieHurry]

Yesterday, there was yet another dogwhistlng, vague post on the lines of " Should I send my kids back to school in September? Social media warns of a terrorist attack". This is about the 5th such post in the last 10 days. All by posters spreading panic and fear. I have reported in the past and MN has ignored it. Posts continue to mushroom.

Yesterday, I posted telling people not to get news from Tiktok and pointed out that there have been a spate of such posts.
My posts were deleted, and then my account was banned. My previous username was @KateMiskin.

Could @MN please explain why they allow blatant scaremongering and dogwhistling on a parenting site when the police commissioner has urged people not to spread rumours? And why my account was deleted? I said nothing offensive or that broke the rules. I have been a member for over 20 years.

The third option is to call people on it - and I make absolutely no apology for doing so.

Derailing and diversions. Don't indulge it, you'll have a better night's sleep.

Nor should you.

Providing your expectations are managed as to the outcome.

Oh why are you posting confidently about things when you don’t actually know what is going on?

When mumsnet say they have more information than we are privy to when deciding to take a thread down I assume they mean that they can see if a poster is a long time poster with a genuine posting history. I would imagine a reported post/thread by someone who has just set up the account and has no posting history would be taken down more readily than a post by someone who has been on mumsnrt for a number of years with the usual posting history.

I have to own, I don't understand that reasoning in the slightest. Longevity doesn't necessily make for a 'genuine' poster - there are plenty of old hats here who delight in making incendiary comments with the intent of riling others, or who target people with specific vulnerabilities because it gives them some kind of kick. I've been 'trailed' around this site by these types before, for daring to speak openly about female-specific trauma in an effort to help others. I'm still here - that particular poster was banned by MN in the end. I will not be silenced by these people.

This site doesn't appear to define 'trolling' by my understanding of the term. It's a lot more insidious and a whole lot more destructive than simply making up silly, untrue stories as a wind-up. It's serious. People have killed themselves in the past because of trolling. I've been around long enough to remember the old school chat rooms and they more than anywhere showed the kind of weirdos who populate the www. I saw some alarming shit. Nowadays the crap leaching onto MN is a case of same shit, different day: given it's driven by almost exactly the same kind of politics.

Insidious and destructive is what I'd call the constant targeting of victims of sexual abuse, VAWG, and people who are not of a white demographic. That includes the disinformation, which takes on a fairly unvarying format. MN has become noticeably worse since Covid, as has the world beyond it. Identity politics have a lot to answer for.

Absolutely - which again lends itself to trusting MNHQ.

Does length of service on MN make one somehow immune to disinformation? Interesting. I'll add it to my LinkedIn .

Just looked at Active Convos and saw yet another thread about flags. As flags, asylum seekers and school attacks are now generating so many threads, I'm surprised MN haven't made them have their own sections. It happened for Covid and each referendum and general election. There are hundreds of subsections so I'm not sure why these don't have their own.

If MN don't want to delete 'alarmist scaremongering rumours without sources', (I no longer have school age kids so don't click on anything school related now) posters could, at least, request it's moved to the appropriate section.

And, yes, longevity does not equal sanity > C...g.

i've been here 19 years.. i must be disinformation immune at this point in that case...

Why, are you job hunting?

That’s what LinkedIn is really for.

How about applying to be a Mod at MN?

I could put 'immunity to disinformation as a longstanding member of MN' as one of my Skills.

because then every poster before they post anything will need news sources to backup their points which personally would make better threads

linkedin is simlar to facebook in sharing different articles and infomation etc, your post could be considered spreading misinformation about linkedin because its expaned on what people can do

You are entitled to escalate.

I stand ready to engage with MNHQ if you do.

Ps. Not entirely sure what ‘expaned’ means.

expanded in its functions

it was just a general comment because people have been saying about misinformation etc on the site and when you said for certain about what you thought LinkedIn was about i just pointed out that was misinformation because LinkedIn has evolved and is not just primarily for job hunting

I disagree, and have emailed MNHQ.

The largest share of its revenue originates from selling Talent Solutions to businesses and recruiters.

you put "Why, are you job hunting?
That’s what LinkedIn is really for."

but when one researchs it is not is sole purpose so based on the precise words you used then it could be considered misinformation

Goodness, come back from a quiz to find that my little comment appears to have caused quite a tizz.

Is this an AI responder on here? It certainly lacks content and nuance. Does constant repetition add a little more knowledge with each response? Is that how it works? I've been avoiding finding out anything about AI, this, so forgive my ignorance if that's not right.

"Does constant repetition add a little more knowledge with each response?"

I don't know how AI works either, but I do know a little bit about how the human brain responds to constant repetition. If something is repeated often enough, your brain starts to think it is the truth. The more someone sees or hears 'X', the more likely it is for them to start to believe it. That is how propaganda works. Confirmation bias plays a part too.

Erm, not really…

Erm, do you think all the posts/deletions are written in invisible ink - they are there for anyone/everyone to see