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Stop giving default user names. Make new posters think of one.

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PullTheBricksDown · 14/09/2025 12:38

It's enabling lots of bot like posting. I don't care if people can't think of anything. If they're a human being they can if they try. It looks as if you just want more and more sign ups even if that results in garbage posting like 'Women are appearance focused. Anyone else agree?'

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Shr3dding · 15/09/2025 16:06

@HebeMumsnet is this one a genuine poster?

www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5411037-whats-the-worst-ice-cream-flavour

EmpressaurusKitty · 15/09/2025 16:11

Shr3dding · 15/09/2025 16:06

I’m almost certain that’s the poster with the odd threads who @HebeMumsnet‘s talking about.

goldtrap · 15/09/2025 17:50

EmpressaurusKitty · 15/09/2025 16:11

I’m almost certain that’s the poster with the odd threads who @HebeMumsnet‘s talking about.

So I reported (under their previous names) as 'not a genuine poster' rather than a bot. Because I don't think it's very genuine to light the touch paper and then bugger off. However, I'm not really sure what the criteria for 'genuine poster' is anymore, because this one sticks.

Sure, it's probably just verging on 'annoying' in chat or aibu, but when they began asking leading and intrusive questions in Bereavement and Relationships, it took a turn. I call them the 'question plopper'. They plop a question and then bugger off. I think this is just as irritating as a bot, tbh. And more irritating that they can't even think of their own user name. It's like a two fingers up to the whole damn system!

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