DrRadfem aka Venice Allan has been blocked from Twitter

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Some are suggesting it may be permanently. The silencing of women continues.

Nosetothesun

in the spirit of fair play... this is parallel discussion online currently going on. Its a little different and some posters here may find themselves misrepresented....

Every time mumsnet gets highlighted on Twitter, more women come and see what the fuss is about.

It happens time, after time.

Twelve million women, all talking, without censorship.

It's brilliant PR.

Isn’t it great, Datun. Just imagine how many women see those posts on Twitter, but know if they ask a question they will be hounded, so they follow the highlight to Mumsnet. Thank you for mentioning us again. 🍖 🥦🥕

Eh welcome to the lioness's den, I suppose @RealCursedE

Thanks! Look forward to seeing you around.

Donkey skin is correct and RealcursedE is a provocative troll on twitter who loves to gaslight women. Better not to engage with him.

Can you block people on Mumsnet?

Can you block people on Mumsnet?

No - but you can name change.

*Thanks! Look forward to seeing you around.
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Not likely, it appears MN has banned this person. They just Tweeted about it.

Just when you think you couldn't love MNHQ more...

Good call MNHQ.

Has anyone linked to the petition that asks for women to be consulted on self I’d proposals recently?

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/214118

Fancy signing itCursedE?

This is getting bloody ridiculous. I'm quite new to twitter but following many gender critical people, who are having lots of debates about gender critical feminism and trans ideology. We also have a lot of friends on there, but we need to be more proactive in fighting this.

CursedE is a PBP

Been looking at their twitter feed, seriously delusional!

Its a subject best dropped. Its about getting a rise. Don't.

DrRadFem you're very welcome here, you'll find much more support. Very sad they are silencing female voice on Twitter.

I suspected as much from the few posts he wrote.

Cursed is TRA poison 101. Well done @MNHQ for banning him

He'll be back shortly under another guise to troll, no doubt. These fuckers always are

Ah a PBP. That explains the ban.

Personally I don't mind transactivists coming on here. They're a bit of a gift in terms of lurkers and fence sitters.

Whereas Twitter is an echo chamber, Mumsnet isn't.

So am I. Do we follow each other or what?

I think Venice might just be as bad as I am in knowing how to navigate mumsnet :)

Hi, I was told about Mumsnet at a Womens Place meeting and how I should get myself on here, it's a bit bewildering if I'm honest. If it hadn't been for a link on twitter I would never have got this far..

/me waves @drradfem

Lovely to see you here. Maria is around as well I've seen and a few other people we know ;)

@Sophia2222

Ok a crash course in MN

They "mainstay" of MN are threads rather than individuals.

Threads are grouped by topics.

You can interact with a thread by starting one, posting on it or alternatively "watching" it (think of that like bookmarking). You can also hide a thread if you wish (a bit like blocking - but on a thread rather than individual basis).

You can also save your favourite topics ie areas where threads you are likely to be interested can been seen.

On any topic the threads are "ranked" by the most recent contribution, not by the volume of posts.

You can also look at active threads to see which threads are garnering the most attention at any point in time.

You can't "follow" individuals but you can PM them (personal message - like a DM on twitter).

If you object to a post on a thread because it breeches talk guidelines you can report it to MNHQ.

You can argue the pros and cons of the threads vs follow(ers) principle but imho it makes MN more democratic.

You connect to a thread that's of interest and you get to hear everyone's view - not just those you agree with.

You'll see quite a few acronyms and there's a section on the website that explains those most frequently used. You'll also find new sweary terms you've never heard of before (cockwomble being a favourite of mine )

Hope that helps and welcome 🙏

Oh and once you've posted you can't edit or delete a post.

You have to report it yourself to MNHQ to explain why you want it removed (usually for reasons of privacy if you've accidentally outed yourself).

What else?

Ok if you want something in bold put an asterisk either side of the text (no spaces).

You can refer to another user by typing in @ and then you'll get a list of users on the same thread.

Not everyone likes this though as it sends an email notification that you've been mentioned in a post (though you can turn this off in your account preferences).

Typically if you want to refer to another user you just head your post with their name (or part of their name that makes it obvious who you are talking to eg Darth) in bold.