Anyone know if *Iam64* is ok?

Do you remember when someone posted that her two year old grandson was selfish and asked how to punish him? (All entirely tongue in cheek)
There were pages and pages of outraged people who hadn't read the thread and were beside themselves.

Sodapop, you are forgiven!

It was just a generalisation!! It's the pages and pages of repetition of the same advice, already given that annoys me.
An example would be a poster with a medical worry, posters advise seeing a doctor, the poster come back saying she has a diagnosis and offer thanks for the advice. Then, people come on saying, You need to see a doctor! Arrggg

Sorry, worse things are happening at sea!

I remember Taichinan.

I enjoyed her posts on the Good Morning thread.

I don't know what happened to her?

And I wade in without checking the date sorry Marydoll

I have read the whole thread and I also remember other people you haven’t mentioned.

Lucca

Marydoll

Part of the problem is that some posters wade in, without reading the whole thread, when the situation has already been resolved. People then become upset, when that situation could have been avoided!

Oh so true! The “wading in” and the not reading the thread, really bugs me.

It annoys me also, when it’s obvious that other replies haven’t been read.
This has been debated before, only to be told that people can’t be expected to ‘wade’ through several pages.
That is why threads are repetitive and often quite boring.

I was wondering about GagaJo too.

Has any seen GagaJo recently, is she home from her job in Switzerland yet? It was so difficult getting home this time last year.

shush WWM2

They don't know we're here.

One thing though. The moderators seem to have found a spine and willing to let this thread mosey along.

The earth hasn’t shattered and the posters have like grownups chatted quite amicably.

Long May it continue.

Well done moderators- now how about trying to get to grips with the various nuances in threads and not simply reacting to those who shout the loudest about a particular post without taking the full thing into account.

Can Gransnet close a thread, not accept any more postings, so it becomes read only? Think this could be used when threads go round in circles, especially when they get long and posters don’t read it all before posting.

sodapop

Whoops just realised it's an old thread - sorry

Yes- back in April.
Raised my hopes for a minute there though.

Marydoll

Part of the problem is that some posters wade in, without reading the whole thread, when the situation has already been resolved. People then become upset, when that situation could have been avoided!

It is really evident when threads are highlighted in the daily email.
Posters just read the opening post.
(I hope that this isn't classed as monitoring)

Re apologising. I find that I do this quite a bit, as I realise a lot of posters find me annoying!

Think about how often you casually say 'sorry' in conversation, when you realise that you've put your foot in it or overstepped the mark.
It clears the air (hopefully)

Thought as much Janejudge.

Galaxy

I have seen some p

that might have been me

Marydoll

Part of the problem is that some posters wade in, without reading the whole thread, when the situation has already been resolved. People then become upset, when that situation could have been avoided!

Oh so true! The “wading in” and the not reading the thread, really bugs me.

Part of the problem is that some posters wade in, without reading the whole thread, when the situation has already been resolved. People then become upset, when that situation could have been avoided!

. Sorry. I have seen some people recently take a step back and say sorry and the two people resolve it quite quickly when that happens.

I have seen some p

I think there is nuance in face to face discussions you just don't get on social media. I think the main difference though is I HOPE most people would stop trying to get their point of view across if someone was clearly distressed. I can think of a post recently where someone had posted about something very personal and wretched and posters still carried on posting about something the poster had put in her original post even though she had explained and apologised. It isn't necessary in a lot of instances after the first message of, I don't agree with X and the person apologising and saying that is how they felt at the time of posting. I'm not sure I make much sense.

Whoops just realised it's an old thread - sorry

EV is posting on the Romanian dog thread today.

Galaxy I think you've put your finger on it.
Why can't we broaden our views by considering the opinions of others? Without feeling threatened and becoming agressive?

I think social media probably makes it harder. And that we have become very tribal, I mean generally not just on GN. We seem to find it impossible to believe that people think differently to ourselves and I am sure I am as guilty as anyone.

Sodapop
"and not letting things get personal "
ie kick the ball and not the player.
But sadly that seems impossible. Especially in government circles.
Is it just human nature or can we correct it?