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To think that GN should not share threads with Twitter & Facebook

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Jalima1108 Tue 14-Nov-17 18:40:28

Well, we hope they have not and will not be shared.

But the one you mention Leticia certainly has, as you have now realised.

GN is not the cosy little site that we imagine it to be. sad

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Leticia Tue 14-Nov-17 18:38:00

To do them credit MOnica I don't think that either of those threads have been shared.

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M0nica Tue 14-Nov-17 18:30:26

I was unaware this happens and I do not feel at all happy about it.

In the last 2 weeks 2 longstanding GN members have suffered tragic bereavements and there have been 2 long threads of heart breaking posts and support. Even if GN is open to everybody to look at, its name limits those who do come to those with some shared interest.

The thought that these might be released on to Twitter and Facebook for the entertainment of all and sundry is, to put it mildly, distasteful, no I will go further and say vile.

Cari, are you and all your colleagues really so - well I cannot think of an appropriate word - that while saying caring things on the thread, you are promptly releasing threads like these to entertain the masses?

Repellent, if you are.

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Leticia Tue 14-Nov-17 17:45:37

I think that this is completely wrong. Gransnet forums should be helping people and I can't see a reason for putting it elsewhere. If someone starts a thread what possible benefit can they get from people commenting on other sites when they don't even know it is there? If they wanted advice on Twitter or Facebook surely they would ask the question on those sites.
I replied to a recent one on books that deal with death for children. My first reply, mindful of where it would be read, was simply to give the book title and author. On reflection it didn't seem particularly helpful when it is a situation where I have had personal experience so I did a few more posts that I felt were more helpful. It was for people on GN, on that particular thread.
I then find that it is on Twitter with 19.1K followers and retweeted twice and on Facebook, followed by more than 13,000.
Why?
If they feel the need why not edit and make their own article? They could put 'gransnetters advise' rather than just lifting the whole thread.
Do the majority of gransnetters know where the threads go and that everyone can read them? I do not follow on Twitter to read them- neither do I follow or 'like' on Facebook and yet I can see them all.
It inhibits me. I had put in a plea not to use the one about death- it was ignored so my only option is not to offer personal advice in future.

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