Anyone know if *Iam64* is ok?

Someone banned for life was given “a pardon” and is back posting regularly so it does happen.
As GN HQ seem to be MIA now it could be an idea to come back under a new name, it probably wouldn’t be noticed.
Is this called incitement?

Ann, You can't come back under a new name, unless you are extremely clever with IT.
They go by your physical address or something or other that I don't understand.

However, I don't think that it's beyond the realms of possibility that Ellan could get a reprieve.
Is anyone in touch with her?

can't you just use a different email address?

Apparently not Jane, it might be something to do with your IP address?
I didn't start the poster counting thread, but it was in relation to a thread that I did start.
Somewhere on the website GN claim that they have 300, 000 members which seemed a bit implausible and I queried it.
The poster counting thread got about 500 or 600 replies.
I can't remember who started it.
I think that

Forget the three last words!

It is to do with your IP address. However, some have managed to get around that.

Oh sorry fanny I thought it was you. Its pretty difficult to get past the IP thing, it's not as if MN and GN havent seen lots of that kind of things. Also lots of posters have a fairly distinctive style.

Alegrias1

People getting banned aren't suffering from a grudge. They've broken the rules of a public internet forum enough times, even when warned about it, that they can't be allowed to keep posting.

GN isn't a human right.

Not true, Alegrias

It has been known for someone could be banned for annoying another poster and not for breaking any known guidelines.

Others seem to do the same with impunity.

is everyone's IP address set these days? It used to change didn't it?

if you changed internet provider would your IP address change?

It seems a bit 'weird' to ban posters that contribute to the site. Presumably this is done by other posters complaining about that particular poster? surely you could get someone deleted quite quickly given BJ is is in charge

I think that

I hope you can make sense of that, I changed it but the advert still keeps covering the message box no matter what I do.

which advert? I keep getting beer adverts for the co-op!

It keeps changing, now it's adverts showing size 8/10 women wearing expensive clothes.

Callistemon

Alegrias1

People getting banned aren't suffering from a grudge. They've broken the rules of a public internet forum enough times, even when warned about it, that they can't be allowed to keep posting.

GN isn't a human right.

Not true, Alegrias

It has been known for someone could be banned for annoying another poster and not for breaking any known guidelines.

Others seem to do the same with impunity.

I'm not actually convinced Call

Given that people don't seem to realise that what they post is sometimes against guidelines and then rail against the unfairness of it all.

Jane did you mean to write
'I think that' on the end of your message, or is it just appearing?

No need to apologise Galaxy if someone else hadn't started it first, I would have done. You know me!

Also, while I'm here, can I just apologise publicly to Chewy please. I was overly suspicious myself, and got the wrong end of the stick. Not for the first time.
I'd ask for my comment to be removed, but don't want to alert the management (who?) to the thread.
So, sorry Chewbacca

JaneJudge

which advert? I keep getting beer adverts for the co-op!

It all depends upon what you've been searching for doesn't it?
So they've clearly got the measure of you Jane!

I think that

I was winding you up Fanny

I haven’t seen NellG on here for some time, now I think of it.

I was wondering about this myself a couple of weeks ago.

Shame she’s been banned. As far as I was concerned she was a breath of fresh air. I loved her posts but seeing as she got the better of certain people it was inevitable they’d contrive to get rid of her. Doubt she’s bothered.

JaneJudge

I think that

I was winding you up Fanny

Oh! That was good!

FannyCornforth

*Ann*, You can't come back under a new name, unless you are extremely clever with IT.
They go by your physical address or something or other that I don't understand.

However, I don't think that it's beyond the realms of possibility that Ellan could get a reprieve.
Is anyone in touch with her?

FC I live very close to EV and I wandered around to see if she was OK but she must have been in her garden socialising with her neighbours and couldn't hear me knocking her stray cat was sunning himself on her front garden area,will try again later in the week x

I’m not sure about this reporting lark . It seems that you can get someone pretty vindictive who will report someone for just having an opinion. The only ones I have ever reported are advertisments and just one other rude person who doesn’t come on here much these days anyway. Maybe she was banned ? I felt welcome here early on, thought you were a nice bunch and some good discussions go on. I don’t agree with quite a few but I do enjoy the feisty ones, they give as good as they get and it is always good to get another viewpoint. Most of my friends and acquaintances agree with my point of view so I need fresh perspectives from you lot!!

My IP address isn’t fixed, it’s easy to set up variable IP functions.

You can also hide your IP address behind a VPN (virtual private network).

Tell me about it ! You can ‘be’ in any country in the world if you could be bothered.

The late lamented jingle came back several times under new names after she was banned.
She seemed to stay under the radar until she was outed by posters recognising her and her ( sometimes acerbic) style of posting, when she would be banned again.

Although Jingle and all her aliases could be shocking, I did enjoy her posts. I was sorry to hear she had died.
Another one I miss is Gabriella. She was controversial at times, but she didn't pretend to something she was not.