Disappearing contributers

It was not based on one incident, one thread, or one report. That pattern included thread-policing, inflammatory posts, personal digs, bringing old grievances back into threads and encouraging criticism of posters who report posts

Well, if that's the case I should be banned too, as should the poster here who still bears a grudge months later, or the poster who logs personal details by screen shots to use later, or the poster who digs up other people's lifestyles to make a point, or the poster who nudges another to sneer in unison, but not deliberately Allira. I'm baffled.

I'm so sorry it has come to this.

Galaxy, it’s helpful in that it tells us what the mods are looking for in posts.

I’m so sorry, Allira. It feels like an injustice to be saying farewell. Take care of yourself. 🐦‍🔥

MissA me too this is not the Allira I have seen I ve only ever seen a cheery, funny, , a bit cheeky, perfectly normal poster

I m sorry HQ but I think you have got this badly wrong and your explanation does not fit with what I have seen or known of this poster

Thanks for detailed information on your decision making Annie Gransnet
I’m disappointed. I’m no miss marple, don’t store info about the posters who return with new names. I’m a long term member and poster. Honestly, I can’t agree that either as Callistemon or Allira my experience of her reflects the descriptions given in support of your decision. I feel we’ve lost an interesting poster, one who often made me smile
I’m uneasy about this ban and the possible impact on other posters

Good luck Allira. x

But we can’t make moderation decisions by public vote

Exactly.
If a lesser known /less popular poster gets banned in exactly the same circumstances no one would even notice ( or care most likely )

I will miss your posts Allira x. As casdon says, you are very funny x.

I'm genuinely stunned, and very, very sorry; i think a huge injustice has been done.

I just can't work out how the situation has been judged

So very sorry Allira.

Is it helpful though? And this is no offense to Annie, I actually am a frequent defender of the mods.
If I now for example report every time I see thread policing, I could get couple if posters banned pretty quickly. What would be the point?

I’m so sorry this has happened Allira, I’ll miss you, your sense of humour, and our little discussions about Wales.

As an explanation of the approach taken by the moderators, I think Annie’s post is helpful. Obviously, this will be seen by many not to apply to what we know of Allira, but it seems these are the criteria the mods have used.

We asked for some clarification, and this goes a long way towards giving us that, but people may still feel that Allira has been misjudged.

Well I’ve just said goodbye to Allira. 😥
She’s reading so you had better get your goodbyes in now.
You won’t have another chance.

BlueBelle

* It was not based on one incident, one thread, or one report. That pattern included thread-policing, inflammatory posts, personal digs, bringing old grievances back into threads and encouraging criticism of posters who report posts*

With greatest respect Anniegransnet are you really talking about Allira
I personally have seen none of this behaviour in any posts I ve seen of hers and I ve been on here 13+ years
I cannot believe we are talking about the same person

Anybody agree with me ?

Completely. I'm sorry, but I'm more baffled than ever after reading that 'explanation'.

Me, completely, Bluebelle.

I could have written that post exactly.

That is not the Allira/Callistemon that i know. Obviously, I don't see all her posts but, over all the time I have 'known' her I have not seem anything I recognise in Annie's post.

As I said previously, I am old enough now to be able to judge people's personalities.

A rag rated spreadsheet, that made me smile.
My understanding of thread policing is saying what should be said on the thread for example if the thread drifts then people saying start another thread, don't talk about that on here, etc.

and encouraging criticism of posters who report posts.

I always dont like this.

Cant say I saw Allira do it, nor anyone in particular, but I do believe people should report if they feel they want to[as long as not being done in a "bad" way].
And that person[again I will say if not done in a "bad" way] will know, or perceive, if there is a repeated behaviour against them, across a range of threads over a period of time.
Which others, understandably, may not have noticed.

I sometimes think we all think we are on the threads a lot.
But I realise I probably only open about 1 in 10 threads[not counting the Games threads].
I realise that may not be the same for everyone.

* It was not based on one incident, one thread, or one report. That pattern included thread-policing, inflammatory posts, personal digs, bringing old grievances back into threads and encouraging criticism of posters who report posts*

With greatest respect Anniegransnet are you really talking about Allira
I personally have seen none of this behaviour in any posts I ve seen of hers and I ve been on here 13+ years
I cannot believe we are talking about the same person

Anybody agree with me ?

Won’t people who post more upset more people though, inadvertently?

Do you have a RAG rated spreadsheet? Is it percentage driven compared to posts? Or is it just a number of reports per person orientated?

I just wondered how you collect the data

Have no idea what Thread policing is.
A new thought, is there another Poster with a name similar to Allira? And so, causing mistaken identity?

I’ve not had much time to spend here so I’m not totally up to date but I note that GN mods have responded. I can only say that I am even more baffled now. 🤔

Thanks for getting back to us annie. I will say as someone who has been around a while, the idea that thread policing is 'reportable' is a new one on me. That pretty much happens daily.

Certainly not facts that I recognise.

It's a completely skewed version of the facts.
100 deleted posts?
Four name changes?