is there a moldies part three?

[Tortington]

just wondering, as i can't find it.

Points? ROTFL. Oh God. Time to get a full time job when you start awarding points to strangers on an internet forum! (Oor actually do some work if you already have a job).

poor Geraldine is MN Towers cinderella - they went to the ball without her!

Oh, I can vouch for Gerry being a woman though (at least I think it is Gerry I am picturing...)

The mind boggles! Starting to feel positively transgendered. [obviously not going to engage with cast of MNHQ panto aspersions ]

No, Batters, it was only me, and it wasn't to feel morally superior, it was because I was being unnaturally bugged by the word 'derisive' being quoted again and again, and decided to find out the truth.

Coming across the second post I C&P'd was pure coincidence and seemed highly ironic so I decided to share. It didn't make me feel superior. It made me feel sad and also curious as to why she had changed her outlook.

I don't feel that's something I need be sorry about or I would apologise. I just found it interesting. I'd love her to answer but doubt she will.

gerry - was it you that was having problems flogging cards at xmas do?

Flight, one answer might be that she's just human and changes her mind sometimes and makes mistakes?

I'm sure we all have a litany of contradictory statements in our past, no?

Yes probably Wilf. I know I do.

Having met Gerry at the Xmas meetup I can confirm she is female.

At least she seemed to be.... I fear the gin goggles were on by the time I met her (and it was Justine who flogged me a shedload of Christmas cards I'll still be using by 2010 at this rate...)

Someone fill me in on the Moldy story?
A group of dissident MN members set up alone? And blackballed others? Is that how it worked?

here nkf

and here

You can see there have been thousands and thousands of posts. Best now to read, not ask, methinks

I can see it's been a long running saga.

At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, please can I repeat what Carrie said earlier on this thread: "We're not in the business of censorship, but neither do we want to see any posters, old or new, dissed, hurt or upset."

It's not what Mumsnet's about. [And that was Carrie flogging the Xmas cards ]

That Carrie. She got me with the cards too. And then I didn't want to send them to anyone as I want MN to be my secret!

Hope my posts weren't construed as dissing.

I've scanned this thread, read some others and now know whta a moldie. Still don't much else, for example:

1. Who were they?
2. What caused the schism?
3. Do they access their group via mumsnet?
4. Is it invite only?
5. Why did they let anyone know?

1. They were/are MN posters. Some are happy to be known as such (eg Aitch, hunkermunker) but most remain anonymous.
2. I don't know if there was one 'cause'. Many Moldies have pointed to a wish to return to the 'old' days of MN when the community was much smaller, or a wish to post personal information without fear of aggressive responses or RL stalking.
3. Their site is entirely separate from MN.
4. Yes it is invite-only.
5. It is known about because Justine Mumsnet let it slip on a thread. Previously there had been a couple of threads on here alluding to it, but most MNers hadn't picked up on them.

puffling, this is only my take on the situation but...

1. Who were they? Several "old" posters, many not entirely happy with mumsnet (newbies, topics, being an open forum etc)

1. What caused the schism? The site was originally set up with the whole Gina Ford saga should mumsnet shut down, and supposedly died a death until Cod was hounded off. So then the site was used more regulalry then.

1. Do they access their group via mumsnet? No, my understanding is that it is not in relation to mumsnet, and not in relation to the site

1. Is it invite only? Yes, members were suggested and people could say yes / no about them, if they were agreed, then an invite would have been sent ask ask people to check out a new site.

1. Why did they let anyone know? I understand that it happened when there was a MNHQ blog which mentioned how some old posters had left and new posters had joined, which resulted in a thread from a Moldie to express their annoyance about the comment. There was a reply from Justine who in passing mentioned something about Moldies, which the Moldie went mental at and it all kicked off from there.

Thanks for your replies. I get it now.

Hmm... I saw carrie doing well with cards (and hassled her for a while). Who am I thinking of then who had cards but less luck??

TBH and without caring much either way I think it is common practice to find examples where a poster has contradicted him or herslf in previous posts and flag it up - nothing necessarily twisted about it - I've seen it loads of times and no-one has protested before.

Froginmythroat....I think there is one of such posts....and the person who posted it has already explained why....