How will the proposed private rooms work?

[LilyBolero]

In the light of the DM stuff, I imagine MNHQ will be looking to get the private rooms sorted out quickly. So I wondered how they would run? Will it be a case of a single user opening a room and then inviting people to join them? Or will it be possible to request an invite?

How will you avoid narnia type incidents?

[LilyOfTheMountain]

OOh SM I'm going to a few nice cafe type places this week, wonder if there will be DM?



@S OK, apparenlty they only let us reconstructed types in



I HATED DH's last employed job, he hated it, it didn't work for us..... but I do still miss getting the free papers LOL. It ahd to have some bonus (by empyed I mean as opposed to self empolyed, not as the local piost office said 'Don't you feel mean taking business from real people- er no,, we're tax registered, real people and we put laods of trade through here' LOL

DM Headline shocker: woprking Brist amde to feel gulilty for not being benefits claimants

on a roll>>



Ah well, see you all in a few days when internet access recommences.

[1dilemma]

whoops thought it was code for someone!!

[OnlyQuoteMeInTheTelegraph]

OIC = "Oh I see" - fairly common internet/text shorthand

[MrsBarbaraKingstanding]

Sounds like a terrible idea to me.

certain topics would inevitably disappear off the main boards when people have a selcet group to discuss it with.

I've learnt stuff from MN from browsing threads I have no vested interets in and wouldn't 'join' but enjoy the awareness of those discussions.

(even at some points getting irrationally involved in weaning debates when not having a baby anymore)

MN would be lesser for it.(topics disappearing not my irrational inputs)

Oh, and the discussions about how everyone feels aboout being in a group or not in a group and how it should be organised, would be so tedious, mouldies would looklike a storm in a tea cup.

Don't do it.

[1dilemma]

I'm agreeing with scottishmummy
tis a yucky idea
don't personally believe the private rooms make things unfindable (less so maybe) but not unfindable so wrong to give people the opinion that you can post personal stuff there and it's OK
'tis bizarre after all the stuff at Christmas that mumsnet come up with this is it really in response to copyright issues?

(oh and who is OIC?)

[masonicpixiesreadthedailymail]

just needs some coats to throw over innit TheOnlyDailyMale..

Nah. I'm a professional geek. I've got ideas

[scottishmummy]

a MN who doesn't read DM but finds it in a cafe could link it latest tittle tattle

but to be honest,some MN threads are totally similar to DM as it is.they share genetic material

the benefit claimants/poor threads
babies abandoned in Nursery threads

[TheOnlyDailyMaleForMeisDH]

Incidentally, I'm not sure tech knows how to achieve the private rooms thing with Google. I do and I'm not telling Tis actually quite technically difficult to hide in plain site.

[TheOnlyDailyMaleForMeisDH]

At last, MNHQ does something to help the housing crisis in this country by creating rooms.

No doubt the DM would be able to tell you that this entire problem is caused by bloody immigrants, coming over here taking our private rooms.

[masonicpixiesreadthedailymail]

I always thought that the private room thing could work. Think of it as an additional service to mners. Extra functionality rather than changing how this place already works

Agree with LilyBolero

Maybe if they were just reserved for discussing the sort of stuff that begs you to give so much info that it rather blasts any sort of anonominity (the sn issues I for example am dealing with) or stuff that is so sensitive it can invite people 'outside' the issue to come crashing in and have their say. Aye I'm all up for debate an love arguing the toss at times but say for example people who've made choice to tx pg could then chat about it free from this sort of stuff.

Still have the main boards but like also have the option of taking it somewhere more private

Don't see how that has to be clichey. Farkinell, I'd be running the cliches that no fucker wants to be a part of really! Inherited genetic disorders and all the associated bollocks anyone?

Saying all this tho, I dunno how much this would be used / of use as there's already plenty of specific groups / private boards out there. Is it kind of reinventing the wheel? Maybe just make CAT free. That way it'll be easier to privately contact any mner you've connected with on sensitive issues. Then you can like take it somewhere really private, and where there aren't copyright issues and questions. Hehee. Great business model that innit ;)

[scottishmummy]

Agree!a cataclysmic imapact.fundamentally changing the open access liberal ethos. swapping the ability to quickly participate for a moribund face fit private room

[CainInThePuntIsTheDailyMail]

OMFG the daily mail has done what the Mouldies couldn't...

[PuppyLoves]

I don't want to stuck in a room with any Queen bees thats for sure

[scottishmummy]

as long as i don't get stuck in a room with the precious moments mamas bleating on about tyranny of nurseries etc.
or AIBU my dh is a total knob
or you will never guess what my MIL did (the cow)

obviously i want the cool room,with ambient folk,witty riposte and no fucking bats or hugs or huns.or gratuitous use of faces

[Megglevache]

EEEEk Mumsnet has disappeared up it's own bum hole!

[thedailyfemale]

cos I asked her about people being cliquey by talking in code etc

lou031205 on Sun 16-Aug-09 19:22:39

thedailyfemale on Sun 16-Aug-09 19:41:09

not that I can see how referring to past incidences is being cliquey. I've beena round for years but often seem to miss these things asw they are happening yet I dont think its cliquy when people refer to them I just assume it was something I missed

[LilyBolero]

With my cynical hat on, I rather think the private room idea isn't because MN needs it, but because MNHQ know people will go elsewhere to use such a facility (Facebook groups, MSN, email, Moldies etc), as has always been the case. And perhaps by providing such a facility here they are hoping to hold onto more posters. Rather than it being something that there is a genuine desire for.

[hunkermunker]

Will you be able to see the titles of the private rooms then?

How will you know whether you want to join if you don't know what they're called?

Perhaps MNHQ could ask for volunteers for certain posters to "own" rooms initially?

[LilyOfTheMountain]

Am not exactly convinced

As a natural left-outsider anyway I acn deffo see poeple being upset, especially vulnerable ones

Then how do you reject an invite? If i had (hypothetically) an AS room and someone asked there is no way on this planet I would ever say no to someone, would be wrong. So- what's the point?

And if soemone passes by at 3am looking for info on and its all been discussed in said lockups, they won't stop to find out heck we're rather good on stuff here, they'll pass on by.

I reckon a version of chat with a 2 day thread deletion si the best option, where people can post in times of crises but a Journo will be at least challenged on the timelines to find the info for their piece. And if it is lifted, then any sleuthing by rag-readership will get you a 'sorry this thread no longer exists' sign.

Doubt i'dpost there often, but would when it was needed; if it was SN related I could then just post a ink to it in SN. Or wherever.

[scottishmummy]

who would vett and accept members?
how would threads regulate themselves?
the potential for big heided queen bee syndrome is massive -rejecting the hoi polloi to have pallsy wallsy mates

baaaaaaarf

i like the edginess and fact someone has different pov.to sanitise that id to lose the spontaneous uniqueness of mn

[lou031205]

watsthestory Sat 15-Aug-09 23:05:15 Add a message | Report post | Contact poster
God, that is bound to cause trouble, reminds me of another situation

wannaBe Sat 15-Aug-09 23:23:37 Add a message | Report post | Contact poster
weren't the narnia threads deleted threads that people somehow found that if they'd posted on them they could continue to do so?

I vaguely remember the whole incident, but was not party to what was written on the threads.. but iirc it got very bitchy as people were quoting msn conversations about other posters and people left over it etc.

TheChilliMooseTalksNonsense Sun 16-Aug-09 14:31:06 Add a message | Report post | Contact poster
Who is BattleHips then?

TheChilliMooseTalksNonsense Sun 16-Aug-09 14:33:40 Add a message | Report post | Contact poster
OIC (I think...)

Even on this thread.

[kathyis6incheshigh]

Isn't MSN instant messaging? I don't think that's what's being proposed here.

[QuintessentialShadows]

So in essence mn is trying to develop something that already exist: msn.

??

I am wondering, will mumsnet be able to sell more targeted advertising in these private rooms? If people are "vetted" prior to joining, mumsnet might get more information about the user, beyond "parent", and sell advertising space accordingly?

Or, maybe Mumsnet already sell advertising depending on Topic posting in?

Like, I reckon the pushchair shed is getting shedloads of puschair advertisements?