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I took a look at the rules and the idea is not to rehash the stuff that was initially deleted in an earlier thread, not to disuade you talking innocently about another thread...

The circumstances for deleting or requesting the deletion of a thread are interesting...didn't think they actually applied in this case but there you go...

And Bags, if this site is to support grannies (and grandpas I presume?) why are single people without children joining? What do they get out of it?

I think too you have to remember that people are joining and leaving all the time, for all kinds of reasons, and some are even being asked to leave, too (not that they are likely to complain online about that, they would just vanish suddenly)

Except, I do think it's to support grannies everywhere.

Well said, jings.

And, of course, you do have to remember that to the site owners Gransnet is simply a business like any other. I don't for one moment believe that this is for the love and support of grannies everywhere! It's to make money! And why not?! #makestheworldgoround

I just think the people who report some of the posts need to lighten up just a little bit. And get a sense of what normally goes on between two particular posters and how each of them is likely to react. I don't think anyone on here ventures into the realms of real unkindness to another poster.

That's my theory out of the window then.

Is there anything more to be gained from this navel-gazing thread? It's perfectly clear that whoever reported the thread isn't going to tell us, and just for the record, it wasn't me - this time...

aka, it was a friendly suggestion. I'm wondering the same things as you are. I really do think we just have to experiment with stuff like that. What works one day might not work another day though. Hey ho.

Not that I expect you are anything like her of course Bags just a long buried memory surfaced then.

Gosh you sound just like my late mother Bags...'just try it and see what happens' was one of her favourite threats utterances.

Why don't you just try it, aka, and see what happens? Nothing like experimenting for discovering stuff you don't know.

So is it ok to just mention something that happened on another thread? Such as mentioning the person who felt they had to leave GN or is that a delectable offence?

Good idea when you know you just want to watch tennis!

when Don't stay away too long!

I agree, especially when it leads to people actually leaving GN.

So far, protests about using private messages and the report button have been discussed. Both are facilities provided by Gransnet, right next to our posts for ease of use. There's only the comments box left! Anyone want to protest about that, too?

Reporting posts for GNHQ to moderate is fairer than starting fights on here. I'm fed up of the constant jockeying for position, and personal jibes that only some people understand and the rest of us are left wondering what's going on. It's excluding and it shows the person doing it in a bad light.

Think I'll have a rest from Gransnet for a week or so............peace!

And the member who made such a post will be informed, by GNHQ, that their post has been reported, and the reason for its deletion given.

That's the second time, at least, I have seen someone using the word "snitching". It's an open forum so complaining about someone's post on the grounds that it contravenes gransnet rules hardly constitutes snitching. (If it doesn't contravene the rules, then GNHQ won't delete it.) Personal abuse contravenes gransnet rules. If someone chooses to report such a post, they are fully entitled to do so.

Never came across that before...what's the problem with discussing a thread? Sorry if I'm being dense...

It's apparently against Gransnet rules to start a thread discussing another thread - whether that thread has been deleted or not.

I don't understand this 'thread about a thread' issue particularly as in this case the original thread doesn't exist. What does it actually mean in general use?

I was one of the contributors to the thread in question, and have received no communication from GNHQ, either about my posts or the deletion of the thread. I can only assume that if there was a complaint, GNHQ decided to act before the argument escalated.

I'm surprised this thread is still here, as it's obviously a thread about a thread!

A bit of wondering never did anyone any harm. We'll get over it.

Your suggestion is fine by me, petallus, but there will always be people who don't want to and won't say, just like now with jingle's request for advice thread.