to ask why several prominent members seem to have vanished?!?

And of course ab you neve4 never post anything unpleasant or rude to anyone - what perfection.

Anniebach
Fortunately you took no notice!

Thinking on Elegrans post , I was told by one of the lecturers, not one of the missing four - get off this thread = leave this room ?

I agree Maw this thread needs a torpedo now.

The other thread was basically amalgamated with this one in terms of spiteful, mean, unfair, inaccurate and sanctimonious criticisms and personal attacks on the posters concerned

The “other” thread seems to have sunk without trace.
I suppose it was too much to hope for the same fate for this one.

Oh! ME54 Please don't pick on me! You are a mean bully! I may have to report you to GNHQ!!!

(Aaaah ........ but if I report you and you have your wrist slapped you'll get stroppy and become more prominent!)

But come on mcem you are bring completely unreasonable - none of the critics of those who have left ever ever ever do anything wrong. If they are ‘told off’ it’s not fair. All evil and wrongdoing is invested in the three who have gone and as we see GN is SO improved by their leaving - a kinder, gentler, more reflective,fair, measured place where erudite informed discussion takes place.

Well being knowledgable is certainly not a description that can be applied to many of their prolific critics on this thread.

I'm very well aware of past accusations of cliques, gangs and bullies! Ring any bells?
What a sad attempt to become 'prominent'!
"Look at me everyone! I've been told off!"

"Knowledgeable and prolific," is a good description of the posters in question (and their high values and their dedication to the good of the under-privileged are unquestioned and admirable) Any poster looking for an education in socialism (not, they insisted, communism) would get full instruction. However, the teachers were hard taskmasters and inclined to give lines and demerit marks to those unwilling to learn or slow to hand in acceptable answers to homework questions. Being frivolous in class or demonstrating an ignorance of the correct debating method lost marks too. As for being cheeky to teacher - for that you'd have to report to the headmaster for a caning.

What amazes me is the sheer irony

Just carry on then. You criticise others but, quite honestly, you're not such a great advert for the site.

Oh join the club of deleted posts Bridgeit you’ve not arrived until you’ve been deleted
#slappedwrist

Well I have obviously misbehaved badly enough to be reprimanded by GNHQ & have a post remove.

No one is being catty? <faints>

It’s in the title of the thread Elothan. no one is being catty

Love it MawBroon ?

Can't you give it a rest. Catty or what?

Sorry to read that Granny23, it’s not very nice is it, one reason why I am not on other sites ,I guess the best way of communication is when we can see the other person & read each other’s body language as well. best wishes

Oh I don’t know Granny23, I think Groucho Marx had it about right

www.brainyquote.com/quotes/groucho_marx_122546

Also one other sentence of mine later on was : influential or pedantic & overly opinionated..? Considering their own opinions to be a more accurate assessment of a given subject/topic.

I joined Mumsnet when my first DGC was expected, so must have been 12 years ago. I learned lots about the modern ways of parenting and particularly liked a somewhat subversive, witty, strongly feminist group of posters, who dominated some of the threads.

Eventually this group got fed up with constant attacks from other members - they were accused of being a clique, which I suppose they were, as it was obvious that they talked to each other privately by PM. Suddenly they disappeared from Mumsnet and set up a private group on Facebook. Various other Mumsnetters were invited to join their new group - some did and some did not.

I was not asked and was very disappointed

Message deleted by Gransnet. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

The feeling that gransnet is becoming a private club could well be the reason members like Ana and Anya have left.