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Location information for posters?

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lljkk · 07/12/2025 10:56

I feel it's a good move on X.com, that there is some location resolution on where people are posting from and/or where the originally registered. I believe that most IP addresses are still geographically linked, so not that technologically difficult; and MNHQ tracks that info alreadyl

I am thinking in UK the resolution could be by region (eg., all of West Midlands etc) and in USA the resolution could be by state. Not very specific.
Yeah I know people can use VPNs and so on... but if someone claims to live in Uk and actually posts from Russia... or if the fact they turned off their location-info is clearly published, I wonder if this would help people decide how much to agree with someone's claims.

HebeMumsnet · 08/12/2025 10:49

Morning @lljkk. We're always willing to give new ideas some thought but we have to say we would have some privacy concerns about this one, as other posters have mentioned. One of the useful things about Mumsnet is that it offers total anonymity and we wouldn't want to do anything that might compromise that, particularly for users posting about difficult or sensitive situations.

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