Do you bother to check out Links?

Sometimes I look at links, many times I don’t. If I open a link and see it comes from Twitter I close it straight down. I’m not interested in the views of anyone who writes on Twitter. If I was, I would open a Twitter account, but I’m not, and I don’t have a Twitter account.

Elegran

I haven't been following StarDreamer's virtual tour, but Firebird's concerns about the vast number of interesting links that could take me away from Gransnet (for hours?) has made me think that I should take a look. Thank you, Firebird. You have fired my interest.

The thread does not always get added into the Active discussions list.

The thread is listed in the Culture/Arts forum.

LINK > www.gransnet.com/forums/culture_arts

I hope that you enjoy the virtual cruise from Mainz along the river Main, which includes some overland side trips too.

Callistemon21

MawtheMerrier

Please let’s not think or imagine any connection with Phoenix who was a much loved and I think even perhaps founder member of GN who sadly left us just a year ago on 18 August.
But her legacy (“Cursing the Gammon ”) lives on. ?

I have missed all the deleted posts - surely no-one is claiming to be lovely Phoenix, whom we miss so much and remember her quirky take on life?
Or perhaps I've misunderstood.

I've posted links occasionally and it's up to other posters whether or not they follow them.
Perhaps I won't in future

No, nobody claiming to be Phoenix, but I wanted to make it clear that there was no connection when I read this

If you stray away from the topic of this thread, you might find that Firebird is another name for Phoenix

JaneJudge

No, and every time I see one I have a gin instead

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MawtheMerrier

Please let’s not think or imagine any connection with Phoenix who was a much loved and I think even perhaps founder member of GN who sadly left us just a year ago on 18 August.
But her legacy (“Cursing the Gammon ”) lives on. ?

I have missed all the deleted posts - surely no-one is claiming to be lovely Phoenix, whom we miss so much and remember her quirky take on life?
Or perhaps I've misunderstood.

I've posted links occasionally and it's up to other posters whether or not they follow them.
Perhaps I won't in future

I sometimes forget that others won't be able to see something I'm posting - if I realise, tho, I'll copy & paste some or all of it into the thread.

Did you mean paywall , M0nica ?

I suspect that people do not realise when a link is behind a firewall. they have read the first para of an article, it supports their point, so they post the link they never get far enough down to see it fade into a firewall. . Sometimes, it is enough just to see the two lines on a google search and post the link.

No, and every time I see one I have a gin instead

Depending on the subject matter I will click on a link but do agree with Chewbacca that it is irritating when people put up a link which is behind a paywall, sort of presumes everyone wants or can afford to pay for news (from a particular point of view). I also think that many come onto GN asking for advice and surely it is polite to give a link which you know may save the person wasting their time in fruitless searching. The worldly wisdom gathered here can frequently provide a quick answer to a question.

Please let’s not think or imagine any connection with Phoenix who was a much loved and I think even perhaps founder member of GN who sadly left us just a year ago on 18 August.
But her legacy (“Cursing the Gammon ”) lives on. ?

MichaelGransnet

Hi all, we're fine for Gransnetters to share interesting links on the boards.
Of course, if you have any concerns - for example, a post might contain a spam link - then please report to us and we'll take a look.

Thank you for clarifying.

NotSpaghetti

I think this is the only thread that Firebird978 has commented on.
They don't appear at all in a search.

Funny that.

If you stray away from the topic of this thread, you might find that Firebird is another name for Phoenix, which is a creature who rose from the ashes, and wonder if there is any significance in that ?

I'm another who hasn't been following the virtual tour (I work during the summer), but will now bookmark it for future reference as a result this thread - it sounds really interesting.

I think this is the only thread that Firebird978 has commented on.
They don't appear at all in a search.

I haven't been following StarDreamer's virtual tour, but Firebird's concerns about the vast number of interesting links that could take me away from Gransnet (for hours?) has made me think that I should take a look. Thank you, Firebird. You have fired my interest.

Thank you MichaelGransnet.

Yes I do, if I'm interested and the link seems safe.
Some are very informative.

Firebird

You send people away to look at other sites which may have adverts which don't provide MN/GN with revenue.

I take it that you work for a company with an interest in keeping us here on Gransnet then?

Why do you care if we go off elsewhere otherwise?

Perhaps you could buy a gag for StarDreamer too, Firebird, so that no diversions in verbal conversation can distract the hearer from the cold nitty-gritty of sticking to exactly one pathway and not veering off into the fascinating byways of knowledge.

You could inform the real boat tour companies that they should be keeping to a tight schedule of no side tours, too. Just take the tourists from embarkation to the disembarkation point by the shortest possible route. If the two points are the same port, it may be best to just welcome them aboard then put the straight ashore again. They won't be booking a second tour with you, but hey! they haven't risked having their pockets picked in the picuresque market, have they?

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Casdon "If Gransnet was purely a chat site, with no referencing to other sites for people to find out more about a subject or to verify whether what somebody is saying is true, the membership would dwindle dramatically. A lot of us want to have intelligent and informed conversations about different topics and to do that you need to read more widely." and an intelligent and informed conversation needs input from more than the individuals who are conversing. It also needs reference to comments from others outside the immediate posters, people who have experience of the subject and knowledge of aspects which may not have occurred to the posters.

Readers who don't have the chance to go on a conducted tour like Stardreamer's, with visits to landmarks and places of interest and talks on local customs and crafts, and meals of local produce, can enjoy the virtual tour. So maybe they spend time away from the GN site - but they come back again to look at other threads, and they return next day to see what else is happening. Without the links they wouldn't have found it nearly as interesting.

Do you remember being told at school to "read around the subject"? Didn't you find that more interesting than sticking to a rigid syllabus? Links is a good word for the mental excursions that spice up a conversation. One thing leads to another.

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Firebird I think you've got this very wrong and you should be aware that targeting a specific poster is against GN guidelines.

Or to prohibit some books altogether Elegran.