Is it true we are thought of as nutters by the owner of this site?

[Justanotherdramalama]

It's come to my attention tonight that the owner of this site has called users of this site nutters. Is this true?

Particularly in relation to the royal family board.

It's really bad form to invite opinions and build a business then rip the people for it to say the least

But people will read posts & form judgements

And also if you go on many Royal threads & express an opinion that H & M are not the worst people in the world you tend to get accused of being a derailer, Sussex squad, etc because so many posters just want to vent about them. It is weird! 😆

Who cares what she thinks. Is she having a Ratner moment?

I've not heard her calling users nutters, but there was some angry rant that she made earlier this year and she called everybody who didn't sign up for Mumsnet premium "freeloaders". IIRC it was the same week that a load of horrific explicit images of CSA were posted all over the site, and users were up in arms about the fact that overnight (UK time), there's no MN staff available, and they outsource the moderation of the forums to unpaid volunteers.

It was a bit uncomfortable and I know a lot of users left for a while.

Perhaps she's trying to get rid of us bit by bit? I wonder who will be next. It's a bit like watching Trump dismantle the US.

(I post this as a "freeloader", by the way - although the amount of money they're making off all the bloody adverts plastered all over my screen I suspect far outweighs anything they'd make from me if I signed up to MN Premium, whatever that actually is)

Have you seen some of the posts here lol I love the site but let’s be honest… there are some nutters 😂😁

if interested;

our users are deranged jan 23

trans boycott April 25

eta;
How Mumsnet transformed Britain Mar 25

Thanks for the links @beetr00

I remember that grim time @WhoaaaBodyform from another "Freeloader"

It's all a bit Rattners 🤣

🤣

I think 🦇 💩 would’ve been a better description.

I've been posting here for twenty years and agree that most of us are nutters and potentially unhinged. It all adds to the SPICE.

I've been here since 2010 and there are some posters and some boards that have more nutters than others. But overall, I think the proportion of nutters to normal people is actually far better on MN than other parts of the internet. There are certain subjects that people here get deranged about in particular compared to elsewhere, but every board or site has its hobbyhorses (see RoF on BigLaw, Pistonheads on exhaust fakery, etc)

It’s great to have a place for nutters go to

whats wrong with her accepting that there are some posters who are a hinge or two short of a functional door?

I think she was being kind. Nutters is a mild term for the Harry and Meghan haters on those threads.

Oh that is a fantastic expression 😁 😁

"deranged over H&M" could be either side but I've only seen the pro H&M side assuming that she only meant the other side.

It was a bit uncomfortable and I know a lot of users left for a while.

the operative words being "for a while"

OP use of this site is a choice, nobody is holding a gun to your head.

there have been numerous controversies over MN over the years, not least of all Freeloader-Gate and now this. Do you always take what someone says in a general sense as an affront to you personally?

Well she's not wrong about some of the posters on threads that mention H&M, that's for sure. Utterly batshit, they are.