Gransnet thread in Daily Mail on-line today.

LOL for the "fierce debate" bit.

The DM seems to use a mums net thread almost daily it seems, they must have a staff member trawling mumsnet and gransnet to fill gaps in their news feed. Lazy cheap journalism imo.

What surprised me is that the DM listed the posts as they appear on here. I know it is not a closed forum, but I don't think I like the idea of that.

I find the whole idea distasteful . I know all about This being an open forum but it makes me only want to discuss the weather and jam and knitting!

I'm shocked that they just copied and pasted with user names too. Talk about lazy

Thanks for that information MotherH

If they'd wanted fierce debating, there are one or two other threads they should have looked at first!

Ah but the other threads don't fit in with their criteria.

I agree it's sloppy journalism. They needed a filler so trawled Gransnet.

Ummm don’t like that at all sneaky and lazy I hate sneakiness

This is why I rarely post these days.

That's a bit concerning. Glad I didn't post on that thread. I hope those that did are not easily identifiable. Awful I think of DM.

I did post on that thread, but thankfully nothing controversial and nothing that could possibly link back to me.
Agree with all other posters saying that this is very lazy journalism

I’m appalled by that!

Given that politics creep into many threads, you could ... turn it into a political thread so that it goes "off-topic" - at least they would get their "fierce debate"!

Go to it (or go back to it) and give your opinion of the DM's theft of the thread. If they want to hear from us, let it be something about them!

Surely not theft though, presumably GN have allowed it.
The fierce debate is more of a gentle bicker, if that!

This sort of thing keeps me from taking part in many of the threads here. It's one thing posting in a forum of registered members, but quite another to have your posts quoted to the general public in the Daily Mail, particularly on personal matters. GN should be aware that this makes the whole forum of limited use and relevance to its members.

It's on facebook as well so I think very hard before posting now.

No wonder there have been so many name changes.

And despite all the recent debate and complaints, GN made it very clear that they are far more interested in supplying such stuff to news media than in showing sensitivity to posters.

Not good to know things are copied from here which includes names.

But Gransnet have not SUPPLIED stuff to the DM, so don't blame them for what appears in the DM's pages. The DM has copied it - as they copy stuff from wherever they find it. This has happened before and will happen again.

Anything you put publicly onto an internet site is in the public domain, and anyone can read it and repeat it.

Elegran but you don't know that (material isn't signposted to, or supplied) ...

Elegran, GN own the copyright to anything that is said on this site, as made clear in their Terms & Conditions. The Mail has not only quoted from the thread but printed a screen shot of the comments.

That's shocking! But not unexpected, they seem to be able to publish what they like now.
Quote Elegran:
"Anything you put publicly onto an internet site is in the public domain, and anyone can read it and repeat it."
I must change my username, just in case, but I wasn't on that thread TG.
Have you got a link, MotherHubbard? I've had a look but can't find it.