Reporting things

If I see a spam post on a thread I report it and then post 'reported' so that other people know it's been reported and they don't need to. It also saves Gnet HQ from being inundated with posters all reporting the same spam posting.
You'll usually find a 'deleted post' on the thread.

As to the other things you mention, I have no idea.

Can I just ask why you always use three full stops instead of just one?

What often happens is that a perfectly good thread, about say a health issue, is suddenly hi-jacked by the posting of a blatant advert for viagra or the like or trying to get posters to click onto a link. That advert would be reported by the next person wanting to post properly so the advert would be removed and the thread could continue.

Often advertising posts are just sent randomly to open a post and the first person to see it would report it. Old threads are sometimes ‘revived’ by an advert or questionable comment, which the next reader would report.

Posts can be self-deleted or deleted by gransnet admin if deemed to be rule breaking.

At least that’s my understanding.

Aveline

Can I just ask why you always use three full stops instead of just one?

does it matter? it is a pause!

Aveline

Can I just ask why you always use three full stops instead of just one?

I wondered that, too, Aveline. Beautful always posts like that, but no-one else does it. I thought at first that she was interrupting herself with each lot of dots, but I now think she just keeps her finger on the full stop button. It does make her sound rather breathless.

I do it all the time... As well

I do it too. It signifies a pause.

..... and me!

I use ellipsis too...

And never feel the need...to point out how others decide to punctuate their posts...and talk about them as if they weren't there...and make assumptions about them...

Surely that's just good manners...?

I reason could be,I had one of my own postings taken down because I realised I could be recognised by it. Maybe others do the same.

I don't sleep well and often the spammers post during the night, to avoid being noticed. I used to report spam, when I couldn't sleep and was trawling GN and noticed them.
Sometimes posters don't realise that a post is spam and click a dodgy link.

I don't use..... but I do use lots of !!!!!

I recently had 2 posts deleted, on the same thread, for "breaking guidelines". I contacted GNHQ to ask why and they had a look at them, confirmed that they hadn't broken any guidelines at all, apologised and reinstated them immediately. But I imagine that someone must have reported them in the first place.

I do all of that……(my bad)

Chewbacca

I recently had 2 posts deleted, on the same thread, for "breaking guidelines". I contacted GNHQ to ask why and they had a look at them, confirmed that they hadn't broken any guidelines at all, apologised and reinstated them immediately. But I imagine that someone must have reported them in the first place.

So why did GNHQ delete them in the first place?

I assumed that if someone reported a post as unsuitable or breaking guidelines, surely HQ should look at said post and they should then decide if it should be deleted?

If they just delete posts willy nilly because one particular poster doesn’t approve of it, for whatever reason, then no wonder there are so many deleted posts.

I love a hyphen - use them all the time - I suppose I should use a colon or semi-colon?

Marydoll

I do it too. It signifies a pause.

A single full stop followed by a single space is enough.

"In grammar and rhetoric, an ellipsis is the omission of one or more words, which must be supplied by the listener or reader for the sentence to be understood. It is also the name of the punctuation mark ("...") used to show the location of missing words in a direct quote. This mark can also be used to indicate a long pause or a speech trailing off." www.thoughtco.com/ellipsis-grammar-and-rhetoric-1690640

I spread out the dots like this . . . where I have left out part of a text that I am quoting, purely to make it easier than...to see that there is a space, and not just a gasp.

Well I hope we've all learnt how to punctuate to the standards expected of a Gran.

The day is not wasted.

Will we all be getting marks out of 10 from now on?

I like the dots and often use them.

volver

I use ellipsis too...

And never feel the need...to point out how others decide to punctuate their posts...and talk about them as if they weren't there...and make assumptions about them...

Surely that's just good manners...?

I use good manners on GN all the time, and I have done for 11 years. I avoid criticising others,and I don't even join in dingdong flyting matches to reply to carping posts which criticise others.

However, it is very difficult to read some posts as I find myself holding my breath until the poster has reached the end of their sentence/statement and finished it off with the customary full stop and single space. So I don't read those posts.

I daresay some would say that is selfish of me, but as I take care myself to write posts that are easy to read and clearly set out, I reserve the right to point out if another post doesn't do that. I don't condemn the poster, just the post.

All these comments about punctuation are interesting; but a bit off-topic!!!! But punctuation does serve a purpose and it often prevents misunderstanding and misinterpretation.......(......meaning I could say more but don't want to divert from the original post even more).

I like to use hyphens as well - makes a change from a comma.

I'm with Georgesgran - can't beat a good hyphen!

Punctuation rules are totally different online somehow - wouldn't use a hyphen in an actual handwritten letter on paper.

The rules for reporting are equally mysterious to me. I have once reported something that was clearly advertising but have no idea why other posts, sometimes those of people who post frequently, are reported.

AcornFairy "Let's eat, grandma." vs "Let's eat grandma"