Would you pay a subscription to keep GN going in these difficult times?

No, I wouldn’t pay for Gransnet. Sorry.

No sorry, I would wave 'goodbye' sadly but manage without..

Notanan2 - we deal very promptly with any sensitive reports so perhaps there's been a misunderstanding there and it was dealt with directly with the user you reported? It wouldn't be right to go into details of individual circumstances but if there's a report you think we've missed please email us and we'll take another look

I would never ask for or expect any feedback from such a report other than confirmation it has been seen. And the stock emails we get saying so come days later.

I have also seen posta that were a safeguarding risk, identifying vulnerable children, reported by multiple users, left up hours or even days before being deleted.

There seems to be no triage system to make sure that immediate safeguarding reports get seen urgently

So you tell me what is the upper time limit that a report like that will wait to be seen?

I would rather GN was totally subscription. I can't stand the ads and won't watch live commercial tv because of them.

It’s beginning to remind me of Big Brother. OMG another blue paragraph.

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notanan GCHQ are very quick off the mark when they are being criticised. Amazing how the posts you talk about take days to be sorted, and yet a thread I started yesterday was taken down before I could draw breath.

No explanation except it contravened guidelines I have looked and looked and can’t find a guidelines that banned my subject. I even looked on MN guidelines with the same result. That’s why I think things are getting out of hand and why I won’t be subscribing.

I don't find the ads intrusive so would stick with free GN.
If there were other options eg. a limited time edit button I might reconsider.

Whitewavemark I can only conclude that GN is only part time moderated. In which case there needs to be some sort of disclaimer with the times on it, and some sort of signposting re what to do in their "off" time if posts are exposing vulnerable peoples identities etc.

Either that or they just dont triage and "get to it when they get to it"

Three thoughts!

1. If GN is a registered charity, subs would be tax-deductible!
2 When sentenced to do "time" in the Sin Bin, would there be a pro rata refund of subs?
3. No thanks!

I would miss the word games but not worth a subscription.

No, never

Can you quantify "immediately" and explain how the identifyable safeguard risk posts, which you eventually deleted, took so long to be assessed?

It's a no from me. I'd be offski!

Also do you think it is right that a poster who is immefiately worried that another poster is actively suicidal, should be left for so long before recieving confirmation that someone has seen the report?

No thanks I don’t have any spare cash so as much as I d regret it I d have to find another forum and it would be goodbye from me

No.

I don’t even notice the ads, so would just stick with the free service.

Some posts are very crabby. I’ve always found GNHQ to be quick to respond to the few issues I’ve raised and to be friendly and good-natured about it. I very much appreciate the free competitions and book club as well. MN used to offer free books, but that stopped ages ago.

If it ever came down to a choice between paying a small subscription or leaving, I think I’d pay up.

Greeneyedgirl, why don’t you tape all your tv programs and then fast forward the adverts? In fact, our present set top box goes through most of them in three pushes of a button, and then maybe a quick fast forward. We haven’t watched any adverts since the video was invented!

Many GNs are on a limited budget - a subscription to GN would be an additional expense they couldn't afford so would lose what could be their only contact.

I am pleased Lara has confirmed GN will remain subscription free.

I belong to another forum which ran into financial difficulties and they asked for donations, whilst leaving the forum free to use. Those who could afford to donated and kept the forum afloat.

I think I’d pay up.

Mind you, it looks as though I’d be talking to myself.

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