Disappearing contributers

Me three Magneta and Spinnaker, every hour for me lately

kittylester

How do you know that people have been banned rather than having just withdrawn? Xx

If there’s a member that you’ve exchanged several PMS over the years it’s best that you share email addresses because if you’re banned it’s instant, you have no way of contacting that member.

I have to say I don't notice if someone does not contribute. I don't nessasarily think it is because they are banned though. Illness, death, or just being fed up with it are also reasons.

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 agree Nanna8. Yesterday was shaping up to be a proper goad fest and someone's fingers were extremely quick off the mark with, at one point, four deletions within the first 15 posts of a thread. This I believe was because a couple of posters had the temerity to post something other than what the thread was about. So what ? Threads often go off track, but they come back again. It almost felt like someone was just sat waiting to pounce and they did. Childish beyond belief.

I teeter on the edge of dropping out of GN nearly every day.

I am afraid that I don't necessarily think that people who have disappeared have necessarily been banned. Sometimes it becomes clear that a particular person has been banned but many will disappear for their own reasons.

Given our age group, some people disappear because they have died. Sometimes a family member posts the news, but, I think, mainly they do not.

Surely no one’s going to be banned simply for having a different opinion to someone else, and if anybody reported a poster for that reason alone, it wouldn’t be acted upon? Sometimes posters just drop out of GN for their own reasons.

I agree that posts shouldn’t be deleted though unless they’re very offensive.. They should stand to show exactly what was said. I’ve only ever reported obvious spam.

How do you know that people have been banned rather than having just withdrawn? Xx

Absolutely nanna8.

There have recently been several very goading posts where people are just intent on getting others to respond because the poster knows full well that in the current climate lots of people disagree with them.

You can see they are just squaring up for a scrap so the best thing to do is just ignore them and let them rant away to themselves because they will report you as soon as they spot the slightest word you have written that annoys them. 😉

I miss many people who are no longer on here and another good poster gone this week.

I agree, Nanna.
Read a very strange, hate filled comment on a thread yesterday. I questioned what on earth that poster was talking about but didn’t report. Better that the opinion remained. People can make up their own minds.