AIBU to find unreal threads annoying?

It is interesting to see how people respond.

No I don't think it is odd people post from the US, why would it be? It's just social media and gransnet is an open forum that clearly welcomes anyone

I understand being wary of potential scams but I am also wary that potential GRANS are coming here for help and getting a less than pleasant welcome

Besides, troll hunting is against the rules for the site and recently I have seen people get 24 hour bans for doing it

VioletSky

No I don't think it is odd people post from the US, why would it be? It's just social media and gransnet is an open forum that clearly welcomes anyone

I think it is well odd behaviour.

I'm a bit sad that the all the red flags was deleted whilst i was out

Dont worry, there will be another such thread along tomorrow.

Ok, what is odd about it?

I've started a thread where I am having a conversation with myself

I'm suddenly feeling unwelcome here.

CanadianGran

I'm suddenly feeling unwelcome here.

I certainly dont mean posts from regular contributors.

I am meaning those threads which are dubious, and seem to have been started from a suspicious US source.

CanadianGran

I'm suddenly feeling unwelcome here.

I am unsure how you go from new poster to regular poster safely now if you aren't from the UK lol

VioletSky

Ok, what is odd about it?

If you have a genuine problem, would you, as a one off, run to a different country's chat site?

Do you personally do that?

It wouldnt enter my head to go, oh yes, I have fallen out with a relation. Who shall I ask for help? Oh yes, I will find a random American chat site, and ask there.

VioletSky

CanadianGran

I'm suddenly feeling unwelcome here.

I am unsure how you go from new poster to regular poster safely now if you aren't from the UK lol

Well there are things you wouldnt do.

You wouldnt
Be a first poster and ask a se xual question as a first one.
You wouldnt have a terrible problem that needed to be answered immediately, with a huge long list of details. As a first post.

You would generally just join in current conversations.

Fancythat
If they serched their problem GN would probably come up.
Anyway it’s irrelevant because most of them are AI generated.

CanadianGran

I'm suddenly feeling unwelcome here.

Not at all unwelcome Canadiangran.. this is a very international site and all are welcome.. it's just a bit tedious when people are rather obviously wasting our time sometimes..

Where does it say Gransnet UK?

Thanks for those sticking up for me, I love this site and would not like to think I am unwelcome.

And for the record, I have looked for a similar Canadian forum and there isn't one. Years ago Chatelaine Magazine had a chat forum and I was a regular there, but I think they found moderating it became a burden when it got too popular! I was sad when they closed it down.

Of vourse you are not unwelcome!

And for the record, I have looked for a similar Canadian forum and there isn't one

Gosh. They are missing a trick.

No one is concerned about regular posters or. posters from anywhere but surely most people joining a new overseas site would introduce themselves and post a few times before working up to their problems

Most of the suspect US ones have been mainly daughter in law problems and usually very lengthy and wordy and not realistic, with the poster rarely coming back, or sometimes just briefly to show ‘shock horror’

It is hard to judge though

And exactly what BlueBelle says.
Who is putting everything much better than I have!

It's an anonymous forum, of course people are going to find it and join it to ask a difficult question...

And they are going to find it and join it by looking for a grandparents website, the search function works globally

Being that we would like this forum to remain profitable and active, we should be more welcoming to new members instead of driving them off with suspicion and unfriendliness

It is sometimes hard to judge BlueBelle but not always, as some of us found today.

I didn’t see that one Smileless

I just want to say CanadianGran how much I enjoyed reading your account of a recent holiday with your family in the remote cabin.
Are you planning another trip there soon?

I’m too busy to waste time on junk. Plenty of fiction books to choose from.