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A like button?

(204 Posts)
CoffeeFirst Wed 04-May-22 07:35:15

I’ve been thinking (yes again) just how good it would be to have a ‘Like’ button against posts?

Sorry just thinking out aloud ??

FannyCornforth Sun 08-May-22 15:00:23

Have you had a few pre prandial refreshments Nanna2 ?
Nothing wrong with that, I’m just about to pour one myself?

Nannan2 Sun 08-May-22 14:57:09

The competitions are ok though.sometimes.

FannyCornforth Sun 08-May-22 14:56:35

Nannan2 I asked you previously; where should I go?
Because- hold onto your hat - I don’t have children
Would you seriously say that child free people, such as I, shouldn’t be on this site; or are you just having a bit of a laugh?
(I’m going to do a bit of flitting now… ??‍♂️)

Nannan2 Sun 08-May-22 14:56:12

I will monitor only to see whose on and haranguing the other gentle folk.And then not bother even going on.Its just a load of bo**oc*s these days! ?

Nannan2 Sun 08-May-22 14:52:34

Soz, volvo was just a typo.

Nannan2 Sun 08-May-22 14:47:03

Haha maybe i should go infiltrate MN then..must be pretty empty, what with you all flitting over here and all??(and with me still daily being a mum as well)?

Nannan2 Sun 08-May-22 14:44:15

Unless they wish to change its name?

Galaxy Sun 08-May-22 14:43:56

You will be monitoring it grin. To be fair that very MN, we had quite a few monitors over there.

Nannan2 Sun 08-May-22 14:43:38

No parsley3, it ACTUALLY is not called that.Thats a fact. Gransnet.not inclusivenet. Fact.?

volver Sun 08-May-22 14:43:04

Volvo?

I've been called worse. It did sound a little like "volvo" though.

Nannan2 Sun 08-May-22 14:39:58

Oh, and parsley3, yes i mentioned through marriage by including 'STEPgrans' and yes non knitting grans should be included- and also Volvo i could also knit at a young age(and taught grandson at 10& surprise surprise he was not a grandad!) You are both just being picky now to be awkward like all the younger mumsnet interlopers..i havent been on here for a little while and i can't say i like what its become-but i can be sure to be monitoring it.It used to be full of nice folk just having a chinwag together, & airing a few decent views.Not all attacking every little thing one or two say.Spoiling a decent gentle website.Ridiculous. ?

Parsley3 Sun 08-May-22 14:37:17

Nannan2

But its not called 'inclusivenet' is it??

Not in your opinion, obviously.

volver Sun 08-May-22 14:31:30

We're being very literal, aren't we?

How about Peopleover50whowanttohaveachatnet?

That rolls off the tongue.

Galaxy Sun 08-May-22 14:31:26

You are allowed to say anything you like within the guidelines, and people can respond, its sort of how it works. Obviously I dont know most peoples age, but the youngest people I 'know' on here are in their fifties. I dont really see many younger MN etters popping over unless you mean the troll posts and they are just well trolls.

Nannan2 Sun 08-May-22 14:29:15

But its not called 'inclusivenet' is it??

Nannan2 Sun 08-May-22 14:27:01

I was'nt saying exclude a certain demographic im pointing out by the very name Gransnet- that in itself suggests its for grans(or grandads) doesn't it??? Maybe the folk making the websites mumsnet& gransnet should have thought that through a bit first, hm??? And to include men too- so maybe 'parentnet' and 'grandparentnet' might have been more inclusive, if more of a mouthful.But to mix the younger (NON grandparents) with the older ones does not gel well IN MY OPINION.Which was what i said- that it was MY opinion, not everyones, and no need to agree.or disagree.It was'nt bullying anyone i was saying what I thought.Or are we not allowed to at all now? Because there's some on here have plenty to say about me giving my opinion.?(it won't sway me)?

volver Sun 08-May-22 14:23:42

You are correct Galaxy. I know very little biology. One might say, none. But I do know where babies come from.

Good at genealogy though.

Parsley3 Sun 08-May-22 14:22:51

Will Grans who don’t knit be allowed? What about people who become grandparents through marriage without being caterpillars, sorry, parents first? I don’t agree that Gransnet is for grannies only. It is inclusive and that is a very good thing.

Galaxy Sun 08-May-22 14:22:24

That would have been better if I had got the relationships right. My excuse is my biology teacher was having an affair with the french teacher. Most of us failed grin

Galaxy Sun 08-May-22 14:20:53

I am guessing volver knows that having a great niece means shes an aunty. I vaguely remember her saying she wasnt good at biology but I still think she will have grasped that.

volver Sun 08-May-22 14:09:43

I could knit when I was 4 years old. But I am not a Gran.

This is just getting worse. I am doubting my whole raison d'etre now. sad

Nannan2 Sun 08-May-22 14:08:33

No a grand neice means you're an Auntie not a grandma/grandad...i give up.?

Nannan2 Sun 08-May-22 14:06:36

See, i wasn't 'off' as standard..I was off checking on lunch, as still doing 'mumsy' things as well! And later I'm doing a 'gran' thing by knitting! (And you don't have to paste/re-quote all I've already said, as thats just plain boring & repetitive..?No i weren't 'bullying'-i pointed out, more or less- why would NON grans,(i.e women) or NON grandads(i.e men) even want to be on a forum named 'Gransnet'? If they were not one?- the name itself suggests you ARE a gran OR a grandad- does it not??I realise some of us are mums& dads, as it stands to reason you are first, so you can then become a gran or grandad- (a bit like the caterpillar evolves to a butterfly) but as i said further down- i meant the younger mumsnet flitterers who are NOT anywhere near old enough to be any type of gran.(or grandad) not even remotely.The ones who just want us to agree with them wanting to get things their own way. And want us 'oldies' to take their side in a family stand off.(You know the ones)! Then they seem to stay on here and disagree with all our opinions.And its not on.?

volver Sun 08-May-22 14:03:01

I am not a Gran.

There, I said it. I have outed myself.

Back to Mumsnet for me. But I don't post on Mumsnet. I do have a login though. I also have a grand-niece. Does that mean I pass the test?

Oh, I'm so confused... confused

Marydoll Sun 08-May-22 13:57:47

Not weird in my book. We respond politely to a post about GN only being for actual grans and we are accused of haranguing.
What is that about? GN should be inclusive, not exclude certain posters.