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windmill1

Voltaire: "I disaprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

No censorship, if you please.

None?

Even if it's libellous and Gransnet could be sued?

It won't be you who has to deal with the impact of that though Windmill it will be GN, I am nearly a free speech absolutist but I don't expect organisations to take a stand on their own.

Mamie

Allira

Mamie I think politicians have always been given nicknames, some more polite than others.

I find "Rachel from accounts" quite funny, perhaps you've never seen 'Colin from Accounts?' 😁

Apparently 'tempers are becoming frayed' according to one poster but it's just an online forum, it's not Real Life, folks.

Boz I think posters do get told off if they introduce a degree of levity or do not approach subjects with sufficient gravity and depth of intellectual debate
Yet we are not as bad as the House of Commons (are we?)

To be honest I find "Rachel from accounts" sexist and demeaning as a description of the first woman Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Oh, well, as it's presumably after Colin from Accounts I never thought of it as sexist.

Voltaire: "I disaprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

No censorship, if you please.

Allira

Mamie I think politicians have always been given nicknames, some more polite than others.

I find "Rachel from accounts" quite funny, perhaps you've never seen 'Colin from Accounts?' 😁

Apparently 'tempers are becoming frayed' according to one poster but it's just an online forum, it's not Real Life, folks.

Boz I think posters do get told off if they introduce a degree of levity or do not approach subjects with sufficient gravity and depth of intellectual debate
Yet we are not as bad as the House of Commons (are we?)

To be honest I find "Rachel from accounts" sexist and demeaning as a description of the first woman Chancellor of the Exchequer.

I report trolls in particular because I have seen what happens to forums where that doesn't happen. Believe you me it is deeply unpleasant.

Maremia

nanna8, if you are still reading, I think your advice is being looked for on the Cop thread. It is about wildfires.
Sorry other GNs, for the interruption.
Will drop in later.

I'd be interested too, Maremia

I wrote a post on that thread about the traditional ways of managing forests.

CariadAgain

It's called "censorship".

Best complain to GNHQ if you think they operate "censorship".

🤔

CariadAgain

Well - there's an admission on here of reporting posts.....

..which I find surprising - because I've never yet seen any post anywhere on Gransnet that I think deserves reporting.

But I do note that some "reporting" is happening just because A has a different personal opinion to B - even though A has done nothing wrong and not said a word out of place.

Posts do not get deleted unless they are against Gransnet guidelines, eg personal attacks or another reason and GNHQ decides.

Anyone can report any post however, the post will only be deleted if it is against GN/MN guidelines.

This protects the sites from any legal action which could arise from a post.

nanna8, if you are still reading, I think your advice is being looked for on the Cop thread. It is about wildfires.
Sorry other GNs, for the interruption.
Will drop in later.

There are some really boring opinionated posters but I suppose that’s life, isn’t it? At least it gives you a laugh from time to time at how angry and nasty some of them get.Thank heavens we don’t have to meet them in real life.
Having said that, I think the vast majority seem to be kind lovely people.Thank goodness.

As an aside, I do like posters who have that refreshing ability to laugh at themselves every so often.

It's called "censorship".

Well - there's an admission on here of reporting posts.....

..which I find surprising - because I've never yet seen any post anywhere on Gransnet that I think deserves reporting.

But I do note that some "reporting" is happening just because A has a different personal opinion to B - even though A has done nothing wrong and not said a word out of place.

Boz I think posters do get told off if they introduce a degree of levity or do not approach subjects with sufficient gravity and depth of intellectual debate.

Oops, yes, Allira, I probably have a yellow card already on this serious thread! Sorry. 🏉

Sadly, I think it is possibly a reflection of the world in which we live, which seems to so full of anger, ridiculing and belittling.

We see it shown so much by some people in positions of power and authority who should know better, so some people unfortunately think that that anger, belittling and ridiculing is the way to go rather than reasoned discussion.

Mamie I think politicians have always been given nicknames, some more polite than others.

I find "Rachel from accounts" quite funny, perhaps you've never seen 'Colin from Accounts?' 😁

Apparently 'tempers are becoming frayed' according to one poster but it's just an online forum, it's not Real Life, folks.

Boz I think posters do get told off if they introduce a degree of levity or do not approach subjects with sufficient gravity and depth of intellectual debate
Yet we are not as bad as the House of Commons (are we?)

Boz

I think people should remember that this is not a forum for rational debate - it is not the Oxford Union but an on-line scrum in the manner of all internet chat rooms on contentious subjects.

Nice try! 🏉 😆

That did make me laugh Boz.
We can't however just expect GN to be a free for all though, it generally won't be us who deal with the repercussions it will be MN/GN.

Boz

I think people should remember that this is not a forum for rational debate - it is not the Oxford Union but an on-line scrum in the manner of all internet chat rooms on contentious subjects.

Unfortunately!

Fortunately it hasn't yet descended to the level of some.

I think people should remember that this is not a forum for rational debate - it is not the Oxford Union but an on-line scrum in the manner of all internet chat rooms on contentious subjects.

I agree Allsorts, we should value difference, that's what makes discussion interesting. But courtesy and respect should be paramount.

Personally, I have observed hostility in all manner of different posts.
For example, someone might have started a thread about an AC attitude towards their parent……..a comment is made on that topic……..and then another person comments quite vehemently towards that previous comment. It is quite demoralising at times.

I try not to report except for the trolls, but I don't think not reporting is what GN want, they request that people report posts that break guidelines.