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Deleted threads

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jeffgoldblum · 28/04/2022 16:00

Hi , I've noticed a lot of deleted threads today on this board.
Glitch with my app or something more insidious?

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mudgetastic · 28/04/2022 16:02

People shit stirring

SpindleInTheWind · 28/04/2022 16:03

Yeah, there's been some shit stirring (great term!) probably for the screen grabs to 'prove' what a load of old cunts we all are.

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jeffgoldblum · 28/04/2022 16:06

Ohh I see , it was a Peter t thread and others plus lavery , still showing but deleted when clicked on.
No deletion message!

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jeffgoldblum · 28/04/2022 16:07

Oh and other pt thread was there , deleted, then there again! Confused

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NancyDrawed · 28/04/2022 16:10

And also I'd have thought because of named individuals.

I've been here long enough to remember when Gina Ford was referred to as 'she who must not be named' while a defamation case was brought against Mumsnet.

Guardian article

www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/aug/08/news.newmedia2

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jeffgoldblum · 28/04/2022 16:16

NancyDrawed · 28/04/2022 16:10

And also I'd have thought because of named individuals.

I've been here long enough to remember when Gina Ford was referred to as 'she who must not be named' while a defamation case was brought against Mumsnet.

Guardian article

www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/aug/08/news.newmedia2

Oh I didn't know it was against talk guidelines!
Hundreds of threads on Mumsnet name celebs and politicians.

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NancyDrawed · 28/04/2022 16:26

jeffgoldblum · 28/04/2022 16:16

Oh I didn't know it was against talk guidelines!
Hundreds of threads on Mumsnet name celebs and politicians.

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The GF debacle was a long time ago! Social media wasn't such a thing back in those days and looking at that Guardian article, it says MN had 250,000 users.

I think a lot depends on the theme of the thread tbh when it's people in the public eye. I have seen threads taken down if they are particularly unpleasant about a named individual and if there is a possibility to prejudice any potential legal action.

NancyDrawed · 28/04/2022 16:27

But I'm no expert! Just speculating as to why those two threads got removed

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jeffgoldblum · 28/04/2022 16:28

Thanks for explaining!
Just annoying as app has been crap for days and it seemed every thread I wanted to read was deleted! Angry

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NotTerfNorCis · 28/04/2022 16:33

I think maybe the difference is that deleted threads are still showing up even if you've navigated here from somewhere else? Making it more obvious that they've been deleted.

Mailista · 28/04/2022 16:36

NancyDrawed · 28/04/2022 16:10

And also I'd have thought because of named individuals.

I've been here long enough to remember when Gina Ford was referred to as 'she who must not be named' while a defamation case was brought against Mumsnet.

Guardian article

www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/aug/08/news.newmedia2

I remember that, too. What a palaver that was.

I interviewed GF at around the same time, and she was a fantastic interviewee - clever and forthright and very funny.

Clymene · 28/04/2022 16:44

Whatever happened to Gina Ford? Did she just go out of fashion?

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jeffgoldblum · 28/04/2022 16:45

NotTerfNorCis · 28/04/2022 16:33

I think maybe the difference is that deleted threads are still showing up even if you've navigated here from somewhere else? Making it more obvious that they've been deleted.

True !
I've lurker for years but never seen quite so many deleted f&g threads deleted at once and so quickly.

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jeffgoldblum · 28/04/2022 16:46

Sorry crap grammar and spelling! Probably why I only lurk Blush

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/04/2022 16:48

It's glitchy. There are current existing non deleted threads which are occasionally showing as "deleted" even though they aren't. Including, ironically, this one a few seconds ago!

ResisterRex · 28/04/2022 16:51

MN hosts threads on some quite famous people and they never get deleted. But some seem to vanish instantly 👀

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jeffgoldblum · 28/04/2022 16:51

😱 shocking!

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jeffgoldblum · 28/04/2022 16:52

Wonder why? 🤔

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/04/2022 16:54

I think they have deleted the one about things getting more bizarre before they are scaled back, but it keeps reappearing for me, with a "we're taking the thread down" post in place of the OP, as if the OP posted it, so in green, not MN blue. And as I mentioned, this one is intermittently coming up as deleted as well.

nepeta · 28/04/2022 16:56

How did the "it's becoming more bizarre" thread violate rules? It was general speculation, framed quite politely?

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/04/2022 16:58

Hope this will come out, I've literally just taken it. Weird huh?

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jeffgoldblum · 28/04/2022 16:59

Was just reading that thread!
Clicked on this one checked back and it's deleted!

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jeffgoldblum · 28/04/2022 17:00

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/04/2022 16:58

Hope this will come out, I've literally just taken it. Weird huh?

I'm not getting any deletion messages, just thread deleted in blue!

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/04/2022 17:00

I think maybe the same weirdness is happening every time they delete threads, like the PT one this morning.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/04/2022 17:01

I'm not getting any deletion messages, just thread deleted in blue!

Yes I got that both before and after I took that screenshot. Glitchy.

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