Gransnet forums

Chat

Where's CariadAgain? 🤔

(135 Posts)
TheSunRisesInTheEast Sat 04-Apr-26 19:04:22

She was a regular on here. I've noticed her absence, I hope she's feeling ok 💐.

petra Wed 08-Apr-26 14:04:44

Ferry23
Believe me, it can happen.
A longtime member received a lifetime ban for causing a member to suffer mental health problems
The accuser was the ex member I mentioned who had had 6 user names.
Of course the mods were totally unaware of all these name changes so therefore were unaware of the goading from the accuser to the accused.

Oreo Wed 08-Apr-26 14:20:07

Sounds a total bell-end petra and anyone can claim ‘mental health’ on a forum.🤬it doesn’t give carte blanche to be totally foul so you need six different names.

Allira Wed 08-Apr-26 15:45:39

petra

Allira
Nobody apologised to me 😥 when I was suspended for being rude to a BOT.
Not even when the BOT was cast off to wherever BOTS are sent.
I’ll get over it though 😂

That's because you hurt the BOT's feelings and it complained to a moderator who sympathised with the BOT.

Oreo Wed 08-Apr-26 15:47:30

Perhaps the bot was able to influence the moderator 😉🤭

Caleo Wed 08-Apr-26 19:57:13

ferry23

Caleo

Some time ago I had a post deleted because someone had influenced a moderator who judged it to be "antisemitic."

I blame myself for failing to make sufficiently clear my point of view. However the moderator should not have been so high-handed and should have given me ----or anyone-----an opportunity to elucidate.

I'm intrigued as to how someone can influence a mod?
And why you felt the need to put antisemitic in inverted commas?

You're absolutely right in that perhaps you didn't make yourself sufficiently clear. Because generally, when people make discriminatory remarks and they are pulled up about them, "not making myself sufficiently clear" is a frequently used "explanation".

Always wise to err on the side of caution and check your wording when you're dealing with a subject that could so easily make you look like a racist or similar.

Inverted commas are used for quotations. I quoted the moderator.

petra Wed 08-Apr-26 20:30:28

i assume that if a member has been banned - their PM facility is also removed
It’s removed immediately.
That’s why I boringly repeat my self.
If you are friends with a member exchange email address's
It’s happened to 3 friends of mine on here. If we hadn’t exchanged emails there was no way of knowing.

petra Wed 08-Apr-26 20:32:35

BTW, nobody missed me Re BOTTgate
But I’m ok, honestly. 🥴

petra Wed 08-Apr-26 20:34:33

Caleo
A lot of miss understanding could stop if members used the quote facilities.

Caleo Thu 09-Apr-26 10:03:46

petra

Caleo
A lot of miss understanding could stop if members used the quote facilities.

I agree. However my contretemps with the mod was years ago so I could not retrieve it and the inverted commas , anecdote style, was the most I could do.