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Trans identified Mumsnet member AidaP is scraping Mumsnet

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BambooLampshade · 28/04/2026 21:34

Hi Mumsnet, though you should know that a trans identified man - who often posts on Mumsnet as @aidap - is scraping the feminimism board, in order to create some sort of grading system.

It's basically electronic stalking.

What is this?

Oh yes, I have downloaded most of mumsnet and we will be doing embeddings of the content to try to understand how does the rot and hate builds and spreads.

I never had so much hate and delusion on my hard drive before 😅

https://bsky.app/profile/aidap.bsky.social/post/3mkklbtpgbs2s

Aida (@aidap.bsky.social)

What is this? Oh yes, I have downloaded most of mumsnet and we will be doing embeddings of the content to try to understand how does the rot and hate builds and spreads. I never had so much hate and delusion on my hard drive before 😅

https://bsky.app/profile/aidap.bsky.social/post/3mkklbtpgbs2s

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BeckyAMumsnet · Yesterday 09:24

Hi all,

Thanks for raising this, we’re aware of it and understand why it’s caused concern.

Scraping the site in this way isn’t permitted under our Terms of Use, and we’ll be taking appropriate action. The user in question was banned from Mumsnet a few weeks ago for breaching our Talk guidelines.

In terms of what’s actually involved, anything that can be scraped from the boards is content that is already publicly available on the site. It doesn’t provide access to private account information, email addresses, PMs or anything else behind the scenes.

We use many tools to scan for people scraping the site and block them when we spot them - but it is impossible to stop everyone who wants to do it - scrapers are often set up to look like a user just browsing the site. However, our tech team are investigating this particular case and doing all they can to try and identify the scraper and block it.

But of course we do appreciate that the idea of posts being aggregated or analysed elsewhere can feel uncomfortable, even where the underlying content is public. If that’s a concern for you, you’re very welcome to get in touch with us directly and we can look at a retrospective username change.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please do get in touch and we’ll respond as fully as we can.

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