MNHQ - do you regret calling it "mumsnet"?

[RaiseYourBerets]

if you coudl change the name now or have renamed it, woudl you ahve done?

must admit, I don't like the name

find it a bit cringey & wouldn't mention it to rl people

What came first? Netmums or Mumsnet?
I was talking to someone the other day and she couldnt remember which site it was she posts on

Interesting - think it's only cringey if your view of "mums" is that collectively they're cringey/dull/stoopid - which is a rather widely-held prejudice we're finding but hopefully MN goes some way to dispel that.

I think it's quite a good name tbh - clear, broad and to the point. EssenceofJack yes we came first by a couple of years I believe.
10 today!

Happy Birthday!

If it wasn't called Mumsnet we wouldn't get the entertaining emails from people who want to have a discussion about it

yes happy birthday

You should put up the FIRST EVER thread today.

yes why no birthday stuff up?

Smileys with little party hats on at least I think it's a great name. Snappy and to the point and seemingly obvious and yet so many layers...

Yes, put up the first ever thread! What was it on?

essenceofjack.....how on EARTH did your friend not notice a difference between mumsnet and netmums?

Did you ask her if she noticed any flashing animated smilies or sparkly tickertape?

Happy Birthday MN.

Yep, where can we see a fascimile of the original first PAGE!!!!!!!?????????

well, I don't personally think mums are collectively dull/stupid/whatever (obviously I am one), but the name Mumsnet seems a bit fluffy and nice

which is so far removed from what MN actually is

mumonthenet, I know

I worry about her, I really do.

I love the name Mumsnet, it sums up the net of wisdom we can all call on.

But really after all this time you don't 'hear' the seperate words do you? It's Mumsnet, like Hoover or Sainsbury or BBC! The whole thing has taken on its own identity.