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The changing face of Gransnet?

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ixion Sat 30-Jan-21 14:42:20

I am a 'lockdown-joiner' to this forum, welcoming the opportunity join in with others who are similarly 'shut inside'.

I have been wondering whether people have found that the site has changed in any way over the last year?

Themes/quantity of posts/membership/patience/tolerance?

Just curious!

Maggiemaybe Tue 02-Feb-21 16:41:40

Say what you see, GagaJo! grin

I only glanced at the FH threads, but felt sorry for her. I’m obviously in the minority.

MissAdventure Tue 02-Feb-21 16:39:41

smile

Millie22 Tue 02-Feb-21 16:38:29

Ooo it's getting a bit risky now.

Nannylovesshopping Tue 02-Feb-21 16:30:06

?

BlueBelle Tue 02-Feb-21 16:27:53

Gagajo ????‍♂️

GagaJo Tue 02-Feb-21 16:26:33

Ah, OK. I never really interacted with her. I thought she was nuts.

janeainsworth Tue 02-Feb-21 16:24:24

Gill Crikey some of you should work for M15, all this recognising posting style

It’s interesting you should say that. I watched a series on Netflix called Manhunt about how the Unabomber was eventually tracked down. He was finally caught after one of the detectives who was (I think) a forensic psychologist who specialised in profiling, recognised his writing style from a taunting letter he’d written to the Washington post, and compared it to one he’d written to his brother.

Some posters have very distinctive styles and I could probably tell who’d written them without looking at their usernames. Others not so much.

Urmstongran Tue 02-Feb-21 16:21:32

The genie’s out of the bottle now!

Kalu Tue 02-Feb-21 16:17:53

Yes Doodle, other posters who have been banned have been eventually reinstated. A more civilised form of treatment which should apply to all.

BlueBelle Tue 02-Feb-21 16:15:54

In my opinion that’s were all the divisions started

BlueBelle Tue 02-Feb-21 16:15:37

Come on gagajo not before your time it was last year and I don’t think anyone would ‘forget’ those initials

GillT57 Tue 02-Feb-21 16:13:58

Crikey some of you should work for M15, all this recognising posting style.......I am oblivious to all these under currents and analysis of posts, I just read them, sometimes join in, sometimes not.

Oopsadaisy1 Tue 02-Feb-21 16:13:08

FH fell over a lot, read this quick before HQ deletes it.

Kalu Tue 02-Feb-21 16:10:27

No, it wasn’t Frank and Andie Terribull Gosh, that was a long time ago. No idea why he disappeared.

MissAdventure Tue 02-Feb-21 16:10:05

This thread will be deleted because it is starting to take the usual course.
Then everyone will be up in arms about it.

HAZBEEN Tue 02-Feb-21 16:06:57

All right in for penny so to speak! It was FlyingHandbag and all the other identities the poster came up with and there had to be about 5 at least. I fact I have my suspicions that they are back again but I may be wrong on that.
Now I will definately be deleted!

GagaJo Tue 02-Feb-21 16:03:26

Yes! I really can't remember, or maybe it was before my time.

Doodle Tue 02-Feb-21 16:01:03

It’s this lifelong ban that is really the problem. I think there is a valid argument that someone can be suspended if they keep breaking the guidelines (as long as the guidelines are clearly stated) The suspension could be a week or two maybe a month but banning someone for ever because they disagree with someone else is not on.

GNHQ even prisoners get out on parole or early release.
The ban is too much. Please reconsider.

TerriBull Tue 02-Feb-21 16:00:44

Lucca

GagaJo

Who was FH?

Really Gagajo ??

FH, I'm wondering if that was Frank ? anyone remember him ? that was all a long time ago. Never quite sure what he did wrong, he appeared to post mainly about family finances and his dog Andie, personally I found his posts innocuous and the ones about his dog quite amusing, but maybe I wasn't reading between the lines. Not sure we're allowed to speculate, but sometimes it's hard not to.

Urmstongran Tue 02-Feb-21 15:56:09

Totally agree with you there Lucca it was farcical!

Lucca Tue 02-Feb-21 15:53:21

Well I can remember I think one of maws deleted posts which said exactly what I thought, and in an amusing way. A criticism of somebody’s joke ? Why she was reprimanded for that I can’t imagine.

Lucca Tue 02-Feb-21 15:50:53

GagaJo

Who was FH?

Really Gagajo ??

Kalu Tue 02-Feb-21 15:47:32

Look out for a deletion at least HAZBEEN

I have had a post deleted with a reminder; personal attacks are against our guidelines and do not sit well with our ethos!

I mentioned two posters who have been mentioned long before my post. Very confusing.

Rosie51 Tue 02-Feb-21 15:47:05

NellG you said in your post we tick the box and except Ts & Cs. The way I see it the rules have change and are not consistent now to what I signed up for. No where does it say we cannot mention any poster by name when asking after their welfare but now seemingly on the GM thread we can but no where else. No where does it say we cannot discuss certain subjects or respond to certain posters in a way that shows we disagree with them but now we cant. We are only ever told when a post is deleted that it is "against the spirit of GN" or that it breaks "talk guidelines" we are not told how.

This was my point in my post at 14.48. There should be clearcut rules not woolly phrases.

trisher Tue 02-Feb-21 15:39:20

Galaxy

I would start a support thread if you were banned Trisher. Mind that would probably irritate you even more wink

Aw thankyou Galaxy but you are probably right!!!!

Callistemon how are your knuckles?

What's that quote about not wantng to be a member of any club which would accept me????? grin

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