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Thanks alot whoever reported my thread

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Inappropriatelyemployed · 15/04/2013 12:44

As a regular poster, for many years, I was letting people who might be interested know that I was working on a research proposal which might be of interest to them.

I made it clear we didn't have funding, I wasn't asking for recruits, I was simply flagging this up and testing the water.

Thanks alot.

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HelenMumsnet · 15/04/2013 14:25

Hello. And many apols about this.

Looks like inappropriatelyemployed's first thread was deleted in error.

It did contain the phrase, "Would some people here be willing to get involved to answer questionnaires", which was taken out of context and seen as a direct recruitment drive for volunteers - which should, rightly, sit in our Non-member/media requests section.

We can now see that this was not inappropriatelyemployed's intention.

We'll, of course, leave her other thread up.

But please don't blame those who reported her thread. We do ask folks to report anything they think might be spam/cheeky market-research - even if they're not sure if it really is.

We don't delete just because someone reports but look instead at what's been reported and take a view. We took the wrong view here, clearly, and the fault was completely ours at HQ.

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HelenMumsnet · 15/04/2013 14:29

@UnChartered

x-post with Helen there

of course we have to blame those who reported it Confused

it didn't delete itself did it Hmm

No, we deleted it - wrongly.

And it's up to us to decide what's spam and what's not.

We're grateful to everyone who reports - even if they've reported in error - because reports help us keep the site running smoothly.

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HelenMumsnet · 15/04/2013 14:37

@UnChartered

ok, i'll go with that for now

but it still means 'several' people got it wrong

i'll hide this thread now, am in a fighty mood so it's prob best i shut up Wink

Grin at fighty mood.

Tbh, I think 'several' people got it wrong because they misread, "Would some people here be willing to get involved to answer questionnaires when I have funding" as active recruitment of volunteers.

Easily done. But we should have known better at HQ.

MNHQ

HelenMumsnet · 15/04/2013 15:11

@Inappropriatelyemployed

Let's move on but it is disappointing if other 'posters' did really report this and MNHQ suggested there were more than one. Unless MNHQ pick these things up themselves as they are really desperate for £30? Hmm

Ha! Handy as £30 would come in, inappropriatelyemployed, we don't have time - and it's not our policy - to actively moderate the boards.

We respond to reports instead.

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