Where is Anya

Here we go, here we go, yet again .

And your point is?

jingl was set up by those who knew she was on borrowed time with HQ. Like poking a hornets' nest. The old guard at HQ (can't remember names) had moved on to pastures new and one or two replacements are obviously not of a 'live and let live' mentality.

*Jingl's attempts to sneak back in provoked a reaction similar to a fox in a hen run. Oh! The outrage!

The new bland, sanitised Gransnet is the result

I second lemongrove
Over 100 postings and I still haven't found Anya.
If you are back,I would love to hear from you.

Quite merlot!

I agree too, kitty. She used her very ready wit to pop a lot of inflated egos, so made enemies. We could do with her back.

Whoops! I'm agreeing with: Today 08:31 kittylester

In a previous thread I think it was Galen who explained what happened to Jings. Something like just pushing things too far for GNHQ.

All of this must have happened before I joined GN please enlighten us who were not on then what the issue was and what happened?

Don’t encourage them jenpax.

And don’t tell them your name, Pike!

No please don't lets go into Saint Jings banishment again, all the acolytes will be out in force.

They are already.

Seem to remember that Jbf popped her head round the door on her birthday (and my DH birthday) last year.

Maw

The one I miss most is MissAdventure - and I feel quite concerned because of her RL situation.

Come to that where is Galen these days?

I admit I was never a fan of jingl but agree that she was badly treated and that GNHQ didn't handle things well. There should be room for everyone.

I'm not sure that j 's banishment is what led to the changes in GN.
The privacy issues around FB and Daily Mail were very significant leading to the withdrawal of so many profiles and loss of posters.
Some found the politics threads too hot to handle with the result that feisty posters opted out.
Petty accusations of bullying and cliques soured things.

End result is that we have a different GN which still serves a useful purpose but lacks much of the humour, warmth and camaraderie we enjoyed.

I too would like to know how things are with missadventure and several others.
(By the way Galen has been posting quite recently in the kitchen.)

And the mobility scooter thread

I have been a member for a long time and can assure you there have always been suggestions of cliques and bullying. It is not as bad as it was! When I joined and mentioned bullying I was told that it it was too hot I should get out of the kitchen. I don't think anyone takes that attitude now. I wasn't even suggesting it was I who had been bullied!

Some of us pop in and out as other aspects of our lives allow. We don't get involved with all threads and I never post that I don't know anything about a subject as that is pointless imo. I recently mentioned someone who had died and someone's entire post was 'never heard of her'. I just don't bother to post if I have nothing useful to say.

When you have been away a few months it is hard to contribute on the threads which are already long unless you feel it is unnecessary to read all that has been said which I always feel is a bit dismissive of previous posters. Yes, I have on rare occasions felt I could make a useful contribution but not had time to read it all but I have made that clear in my post.

I can think of many reasons why a person would leave or go away for a while. I don't find it helpful to speculate about them.

Seriously nonnie I do not recall any such accusations in the earliest days of GN.
People could agree or disagree without being seen as members of a gang (or in one case - a coven).

mcem Please re-read my post. I didn't say anything about the'earliest days'. I was talking about when I joined, I couldn't comment on what happened before then.

One of the things which causes friction is when people 'interpret' other people's posts and imply they have said something they haven't. mcem's post looks life a misunderstanding of what I wrote, not a deliberate mis-reading but there are posters who imply, or even outrightly, state things which were not in the post and are not true. I was once accused of working for a company I have never had a relationship with because I said something one of the political types didn't agree with. I refused to take the bait and simply stopped posting on that thread. It began to feel like that person had a grudge against me because every time I said something which didn't accord with their views they responded rudely. I know I was not alone but I decided to walk away from posts by that person.

I always liked reading Anya’s comments. She was amusing and knowledgable (but not in a “know all” kind of way). There is a newish poster with a similar style that I think maybe her but I’m not a regular so will never know for sure.

Sorry nonnie but the use of the word always did rather imply that you were discussing GN from its inception.
Perhaps 'since I joined GN' might have been clearer.

At the outset there simply weren't the accusations of bullying and cliques that we saw later.

Was Anya the one who played the piano?
I get mixed up withall the names beginning with 'A'.