Well done HQ

soontobe

POGS got angry at 'HIM' not 'THEM' because he was a ruddy conman who used several threads of an emotive, very personal nature to try and con us. So yes I was angry.

The other spammer this morning, the so called Chinese poster, was obvious to spot and became no more than a nuisance and I didn't feel angry about it.

You can have a laugh can't you, especially at the fractured which is a bit of a giveaway!
Lighten up soontobe

They don't upset me. Sometimes they're even funny!

Spammers upset people. At least I thought they did.
And we actually , as a group, could try and do something about it. So long as HQ went along with it as well.

POGS got angry at them. Elegran chased him up.

I just thought there was a chance that gransnet, as a group, could try and help stop quite so many spammers in the first place.

But there would have to be enough caring about it in the first place. And enough joint group will.
And I dont think there is enough of either.

That is why I gave up half way through.

How do we know that person offering company to lonely old people was a spammer? There was an article on the radio this evening about someone paying out a lot of money to give a Xmas lunch to a group of strangers who just happen to be lonely and unloved.

Please tell us why you care so much soon.

I was quite amazed at the number of spam threads this morning but, really, it's HQ's problem, not ours.

They will get back to you, yes. I didn't mean to imply that they wouldn't, just that it's a standard reply.

Is it worth getting steamed up about? We have sent spammers and suspected tr*lls packing before now, why the fuss?

They always say they'll get back to you!

Oh. And they dont get back?

Whatever their joint opinion, they can hardly forbid us from responding to spammers!

They can uphold their guidelines or make them clearer if they want to.
Up to them.

Dont gransnet answer reports?
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They always say they'll get back to you! It's just a standard reply to any query or request. Whatever their joint opinion, they can hardly forbid us from responding to spammers!

It is their site POGS.

I asked gransnet HQ for their opinion a few hours ago. They say they are going to get back to me.

Sometimes when in a hole it is best to stop digging. . . . .

Make some mince pies?

I thought that people didnt like spam?
There is loads of spam on this forum. Spamming is trolling.

Trolls are supposed to be ignored and reported according to the guidelines. So just a "reported" by one person on each thread is enough.
There is no need for any interaction with them.

Precisely, JBF A storm stirred up in a teacup. GN members and HQ between them can deal with spammers. Some need ignoring, some are dangerously seductive. Common sense is a useful commodity.

No need to harangue each other about it.

Who the fuck cares anyway?!

You are on your own, then. This is not a productive argument.

Decidied not to give up now!

So why didnt everyone should post "report"?
Because they didnt, did they?

The "old hands" have been doing exactly as you suggest, soontobe for three years and more. Occasionally we post a warning in case our newer or more unworldly members are conned into being exploited by the scammers. Some people believe everything they read, after all.

We know how to suck eggs, thank you, so perhaps giving up on this line is indeed your best way forward.

Good.

To be honest, if I cant persuade the likes of you, whose posts I mainly agree with, on this issue, I cant manage to persuade many.
So I give up.

My answer is still the same as the 11.08am one.