Spinnaker
Magenta8
I teeter on the edge of dropping out of GN nearly every day.
You and me both because the minority spoil it for the majority.
I haven't read every post on this thread in detail but I chose the quotes because they sum up how I often feel.
I've been 'on' GN since, I think, 2009. Not always actively or regularly and I think I have changed names twice. I believe banned people sometimes simply come back from a new email address and with a new username.
I can think of people who have 'disappeared' and I remember a time when there were frequent arguments and accusations of cliqueyness. Certainly there are posters who have followers who seem to immediately rush to agree. I haven't seen any 'hate filled posts or posts which' set out to deliberately upset others' as claimed earlier on.
This is a relatively small platform with some very obvious, regular posters. I have noticed that, perhaps because probably, the age range is, I would guess, older, posters are often those who lean, to the political right or are conservative (small c) and who probably still buy newspapers as opposed to spending hours ferreting around on the Internet. I'm generalising of course.
Briefly, I suppose this thread and possibly the one about how to get rid of the 'I'm on' threads you don't want to be on anymore just sound to me like a desire to close ranks and I think some disappeared posters have been hurt by things said or have felt driven away. I've certainly noticed that mention of the Guardian or anything remotely labelled as 'leftwing' often gets a scalded cat reaction but at a moment where democracy and the freedom of our press to print truthfully is in question, surely we should react with patience and curiosity to all posters and refrain from nastiness?
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