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Trying to find the MN spinoff

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Grace59 Sat 04-Mar-23 13:06:46

Apparently there was a MN spinoff forum started last week because of all the sex chat and advertising stuff but I can't find what it's called.

I guess I'm a bit nosey parker. Can someone message me if you know please.

FannyCornforth Sat 04-Mar-23 13:11:14

What do you mean by ‘spin off’?

Do you mean a rival forum?
Like Mumschat which was founded in 2020 and closed soon after?

Anyway, no I don’t know what you mean

Grace59 Sat 04-Mar-23 13:20:24

Thanks FannyCornforth, I'll keep looking smile

I saw some mention of it last week on MN but I guess they zapped the posts.

FannyCornforth Sat 04-Mar-23 13:21:32

Good luck! (Can you let me know if you find it please? I’m nosey too!)

Galaxy Sat 04-Mar-23 13:23:53

They has been a massive debate about the sex board, and the rules, and its place on the forum, that's all I know.

JaneJudge Sat 04-Mar-23 13:27:08

hasn't there been a sex board for some time? I only posted briefly during lockdown but there were predatory men posting then, for sure. I felt sorry for whoever had to moderate it late at night.

Galaxy Sat 04-Mar-23 13:30:36

I havent ever looked at the sex board because yes predatory men. It's something about them reducing the length of time u have to be a member before you can post on it (which will have acted as some deterrent against trolls) and something to do with it now being in active. I sort of lost interest after a while.

Grace59 Sat 04-Mar-23 13:31:51

From what I just read on MN, they put the sex forum threads back into active topics when it had previously been hidden and reduced the time you needed to be registered to post there from 30 to 7 days.

Lots of people didn't appreciate the sex threads popping up and a big bunfight ensued. I won't even mention some of the titles shock.

There's some stuff about what happened on reddit too.

www.reddit.com/r/MNTrolls/comments/11bjsk9/a_result_about_the_sex_topic/

Grace59 Sat 04-Mar-23 13:38:15

Ah-ha! Reddit to the rescue. A link was buried in a comment on another thread. It's at femvox.net.

If off to twitch some curtains...

JaneJudge Sat 04-Mar-23 13:45:43

Galaxy

I havent ever looked at the sex board because yes predatory men. It's something about them reducing the length of time u have to be a member before you can post on it (which will have acted as some deterrent against trolls) and something to do with it now being in active. I sort of lost interest after a while.

I don't think I actively looked at it, I think it was an accident grin one I have bleached from my Brian

Grace59 Sat 04-Mar-23 13:49:06

I ventured in there a few times and got the distinct impression there were lots of men unknowingly chatting to men haha

MawtheMerrier Sat 04-Mar-23 13:52:19

Grace59

Apparently there was a MN spinoff forum started last week because of all the sex chat and advertising stuff but I can't find what it's called.

I guess I'm a bit nosey parker. Can someone message me if you know please.

If you find it, just don’t put your computer in for repair!
The traces of dodgy sites do not ever disappear

MawtheMerrier Sat 04-Mar-23 13:53:42

I don't think I actively looked at it, I think it was an accident grin one I have bleached from my Brian

Ah, but has Brian forgotten it? gringrin

Whiff Sat 04-Mar-23 13:55:04

Grace I know you say you want to be nosey but why? Will it enhance your life or give you pleasure to find. If so think you need a hobby. Seems a strange thing to want to find.

No doubt you will report this .

Grace59 Sat 04-Mar-23 13:58:25

Um, ok Whiff hmm

JaneJudge Sat 04-Mar-23 13:58:29

MawtheMerrier

^I don't think I actively looked at it, I think it was an accident grin one I have bleached from my Brian^

Ah, but has Brian forgotten it? gringrin

I bloody hope so!

Grace59 Sat 04-Mar-23 14:07:15

Ah damn they've got a limit on how many topics you can see before you register.

I'm going to do it though. Maybe I DO need a hobby :grin: :grin: :grin:

Galaxy Sat 04-Mar-23 14:19:05

I wasnt judging you for looking at the sex topic Jane, your non use of loo brushes is all the character reference I need grin.
It's just a bit sad I think, it's sometimes important for women to talk about sex, and then the pervs arrive and wreck it. Justine MN sounded a little defensive but generally I find her really good at dealing with conflict.

Grace59 Sat 04-Mar-23 14:33:48

There was a lot of speculation and none of it based in fact.
Who really knows what goes on behind the scenes at MNHQ?

What made them bring the sex topic back into active is well beyond me.

Galaxy I also live a loo-brush free life!!!

JaneJudge Sat 04-Mar-23 14:40:39

omg the mention of loo brushes and sex together always reminds me of Gavin and Stacey blush

FannyCornforth Sat 04-Mar-23 14:53:26

Whiff

Grace I know you say you want to be nosey but why? Will it enhance your life or give you pleasure to find. If so think you need a hobby. Seems a strange thing to want to find.

No doubt you will report this .

It’s exactly the same mind set that I have Grace!
Don’t worry!
(I’m a minty lurker btw wink)

FannyCornforth Sat 04-Mar-23 14:54:37

JaneJudge

omg the mention of loo brushes and sex together always reminds me of Gavin and Stacey blush

Oh God.
When I started reading that, I thought that you were going on to say Gavin Williamson shock

JaneJudge Sat 04-Mar-23 14:55:38

shock

FannyCornforth Sat 04-Mar-23 15:29:57

JaneJudge

shock

I know.
I’ve recently been enraged about that prize idiot’s comments about teachers during Covid, I think that and next door’s cat might have sent my thinking off kilter confused

(I was working remotely voluntarilly even though I was off sick.
Stick that loo brush up your backside, Williamson)