What was the outcome for these GN's.

True

However, others have come back but I doubt they grovelled!

Aveline
It’s not easy to hide/ change your style of writing. Plus, GSM was very kind in giving expert free legal advice.
If for one moment she was to offer that advice the member/ members who reported her will be on that report button quicker than a blink.
It’s happened before.

petra

Fancythat
There’s more chance of Putin ending the war than GSM grovelling. And why should someone grovel 🤷‍♀️

Depends how much a person wants something.

Maybe the unpleasant people who complained about her have left? I can only hope so. There seems to be fewer disappearing grans due to banning these days.

I remember these two grans- yes I wonder if anything was resolved.

Does anyone else remember GagaJo? She had a young grandson and did online teaching. She used to contribute a lot and then nothing……

petra

Aveline
It’s not easy to hide/ change your style of writing. Plus, GSM was very kind in giving expert free legal advice.
If for one moment she was to offer that advice the member/ members who reported her will be on that report button quicker than a blink.
It’s happened before.

Some new posters seemed to appear, goad, get reactions, longstanding posters disappeared, presumably disappeared, then the new poster(s) disappeared. It was all very strange.

fancythat

Shinamae

I am in regular contact with GSM. She is quite well and still reads the threads….
I can assure you, it was not her choice to leave….

Would she change her ways if she came back?

I have no idea if GN would allow that, but if GSM changed her attitude from before[assuming that was what it was], did some grovelling perhaps, might that work for both sides?

Just a suggestion.

if GSM changed her attitude from before

Not sure what you mean by that.
🤔

She didn't suffer fools gladly but she wasn't a bully.

To put the record straight ..

Last summer (July 2024 time?), there seemed to be a competition going on who could be the most critical of Germanshepherdsmum. There were some nasty comments saying she made snide remarks, nit-picked, needed her wrists slapped, should mind her own business etc. It was obvious that there was a wave of reporting going on. Then she disappeared.

Several of us got caught up in having our posts deleted, and being removed or suspended from GN. I have no idea why. I received a GN email saying I was goading? I decided to leave, for all of a week or so, then I tried to change my name. GN would not allow me to rejoin, despite persistent emails to HQ. No one could pm me, a couple of posters tried on my behalf. I figured I must be banned? Eventually I found a cunning way to re-enter GN.

I don't miss one or two of the posters from 4 or 5 years ago, but Shandy was a good friend, and another lady I can't remember the name. Long gone now.

There are some very sharp posters on GN now, on very non contentious threads.
It seems they can’t think that anything should be other than “ black or white “
There can be no shades of grey.
I have thought at times of leaving or just posting in Soop’s kitchen, but no, my views , whether agreed with or not are as valuable and legitimate as anyone else’s.

Quite right Usedtobeblonde

There can be no shades of grey

Very true, something I have noted.

I’m someone who has been accused of having no shades of grey.

I suppose if I think something is wrong, I do say I think it is wrong.

I think different opinions are interesting. There was recently one about helping people after bereavement that challenged my thinking. I don’t see that as a problem.

The problem comes when people move from the discussion to personal remarks and judgements.

That’s my opinion anyway😬😳

Another poster I very much miss is Gabriella Such entertaining posts, but again there were those who seemed to take delight in sniping and criticising her.
She quite rightly retaliated, so possibly was banned.
Such a shame.

I dip in and out of the news and politics threads and can understand things getting heated on there but on a post about whether to remove one’s shoes when visiting, or simply for posting about Christmas??
Bizarre.

I remember Gabriella. She lived in my area and was due to come to one of our meet ups in Reading but she never came.

Also is a bit disheartening to read two members discussing why the thread you decided to create is a big waste of time.

Allira

fancythat

Shinamae

I am in regular contact with GSM. She is quite well and still reads the threads….
I can assure you, it was not her choice to leave….

Would she change her ways if she came back?

I have no idea if GN would allow that, but if GSM changed her attitude from before[assuming that was what it was], did some grovelling perhaps, might that work for both sides?

Just a suggestion.

if GSM changed her attitude from before

Not sure what you mean by that.
🤔

She didn't suffer fools gladly but she wasn't a bully.

She got a lot of deletions.
I dont suppose GN was happy about that.

I’m not too far from Gabriella either Greenfinch
What a shame she didn’t come to your meeting.

petra

Fancythat
There’s more chance of Putin ending the war than GSM grovelling. And why should someone grovel 🤷‍♀️

Absolutely….
She was a great help to many people and gave her varied knowledge of legal subjects free to people. She just wanted to help people….

GNhq don't like us discussing previous posters so this thread will probably be removed anyway but I think it was all because she called AR a tart.

Usedtobeblond - completely agree. I also was considering removing myself from GN after being on here a fairly short time after getting some stick on a comment made to which I'd apologised in advance and again later . It was partly my fault as I'd made a comment about arrogance then added my thoughts from personal experience on only children without explaining why. In hindsight it read that I thought only children are arrogant. Not so. I should have expanded that I have found from personal experience that some (not all) only children are selfish eg a very good friend back from her hols never once asked how my dementia father was doing even though she knew he'd been hospitalised while she was away. She just wanted to tell me all about her holiday and show her photos. Like I said, I'd apologised again after my post and from further sly digs I came to the conclusion that some posters will have a go at a poster or make comments/suggestions down the line clearly not having read all following posts within a thread. At the time of my post, I was particularly down which made me think was it worth being on GN. I'd joined to have a bit of a breather from being a carer and to feel a part of the real world but decided to stay on as there are some truly lovely people on here so why should I allow the minority to 'win'. The sad part is that there are a few posters who get quite nasty and probably don't even recognise this trait in themselves. One such post that comes to mind was about a GC attacking the GD in the private parts. That gran was seeking advice but it ended up with posts virtually accusing her DH of being a paedophile. No wonder she said she was removing herself.

GSM was very helpful to many of us with her legal advice. I certainly miss her.

Millie22

GNhq don't like us discussing previous posters so this thread will probably be removed anyway but I think it was all because she called AR a tart.

I don’t think HQ have a problem with discussing previous posters, at least not in the way referred to by the OP. Unfortunately people have turned it into a thread about why posters have been banned, which imo wasn’t what this thread was about. It wasn’t meant to be about airing grievances.