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Whatsfordinnerglutenfree · 18/12/2022 16:11

I’ve been following a very amusing and extremely informative thread on the feminism board. It was unfortunately deleted.

I wonder if some people report the threads they start and then sock puppet on, if they don’t go their way? Any ideas?
I do hope it is still available on the internet somewhere because it should go in classics.

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Whatsfordinnerglutenfree · 18/12/2022 16:12

Also do mumsnet ever reinstate threads, which have been taken down.

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FOJN · 18/12/2022 16:16

I think you are absolutely correct about what happened and I agree it was hilarious and a candidate for MN classics.

This thread will be deleted because it's a TAAT.

ResisterRex · 18/12/2022 16:20

I have no idea what the rules are on sock puppeting but it was good to see that in the deletion message as it means no useful screenshots.

It collapsed very quickly though. I can see why it was deleted though I'm glad I didn't have to make the decision because it just exposed the fact the OP's premise was built on sand (I'm being kind here).

Agree this may go too.

IcakethereforeIam · 18/12/2022 16:20

Was it the lgba one? I had to go shopping, it was shaping up nicely. Sorry I missed the end. Why would it have been taken down?

FOJN · 18/12/2022 16:25

Why would it have been taken down?

Started for screenshots. Signposted on twitter almost immediately. Everyone but the sock puppets mercilessly took the piss. TRA's would not want to direct anyone to a thread where they are being mocked and not taken seriously. They reported their own thread to have it deleted.

DameMaud · 18/12/2022 16:26

What did the deletion message say Rex?

ResisterRex · 18/12/2022 16:31

"We have removed this thread while we look behind the scenes. As a number of posts break talk guidelines and we have a number of accounts sockpuppeting"

IcakethereforeIam · 18/12/2022 16:32

Not seen this before

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Whatsfordinnerglutenfree · 18/12/2022 16:32

Can we ask HQ to reinstate a thread

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IcakethereforeIam · 18/12/2022 16:32

Don't know why so big.

ArabellaScott · 18/12/2022 16:33

Whatsfordinnerglutenfree · 18/12/2022 16:32

Can we ask HQ to reinstate a thread

Yes, you can.

ArabellaScott · 18/12/2022 16:33

Not sure what posts broke guidelines, tbh. Unless it was the ones about sandwiches with green bits in them.

DameMaud · 18/12/2022 16:34

That is interesting! Don't know if it my imagination but does seem to be alot of new names on here in the last few days

ResisterRex · 18/12/2022 16:34

Whatsfordinnerglutenfree · 18/12/2022 16:32

Can we ask HQ to reinstate a thread

No idea. If it's sock puppets then I see the MNHQ problem. Presumably they couldn't just allow that, in order to show the house of cards. Otherwise they'd have to permit other sock puppets in the future?

Itisbetter · 18/12/2022 16:36

I think they could delete each sock puppet with a “posting under two names on the same thread” explanation. The thread MAY no longer make sense but it would at least demonstrate what is going on.

Datun · 18/12/2022 16:55

FOJN · 18/12/2022 16:25

Why would it have been taken down?

Started for screenshots. Signposted on twitter almost immediately. Everyone but the sock puppets mercilessly took the piss. TRA's would not want to direct anyone to a thread where they are being mocked and not taken seriously. They reported their own thread to have it deleted.

Nailed it.

Pixiedust1234 · 18/12/2022 17:00

sighs

This means I will never know why that poster was so horrified about the thread info being "denied" at the weekend. Perhaps we can start it again tomorrow, on a weekday Grin

Signalbox · 18/12/2022 17:01

I was enjoying that thread too.
So ridiculously fake.

Helleofabore · 18/12/2022 17:04

LGB Alliance does bring out a certain type of poster, some of those are previously banned…. But it is like catnip

MrsOvertonsWindow · 18/12/2022 17:07

It cracks me up that numerous trans extremists spend so much time on here. They don't seem to have noticed that the press is now 'full on terf'. They're reporting on the scandals, the dodgy dealing, the bullying and silencing while holding forth about the government's incompetence in dealing with this and the useful idiots in labour trying to sabotage the women's vote with their inane "don't mention cervixes anyone - especially not you Lammy".

Yet here they are on FWR, scolding, smearing and whining at women. Quite the performance 😂😂

IcakethereforeIam · 18/12/2022 17:08

The stuff about Pret was hilarious, and, i think, not entirely far fetchedXmas Confused

picklemewalnuts · 18/12/2022 17:12

Ah, hate it when I miss a funny one. You guys are so sharp.

Parmavi0lets · 18/12/2022 17:15

I think with sock puppets they usually delete the posts - presumably trickier if the OP is one of them 😂

Signalbox · 18/12/2022 17:23

picklemewalnuts · 18/12/2022 17:12

Ah, hate it when I miss a funny one. You guys are so sharp.

If the thread starts “I’m as GC as they come but…” it’s a dead giveaway.

WarningToTheCurious · 18/12/2022 17:32

Ah well, TRAs are like buses. There’ll be another couple of similar threads along soon.