Why don't we stop reporting the trolls?

It adds nothing to the discussion, does it!

I did report one post which accused someone of bullying - someone who I have never known to bully anyone in my (admittedly limited) time on here.

One obnoxious poster, on being told that if he continued as he was he would get banned, reacted by referring to "a threat to get me banned" and one of the juveniles (who were very likely all the same person) said that When had "got me banned as he did Kizzy".

Only one person can get them banned, and that is themselves. Anyone can report their post, but it is GNHQ who decides on a ban, on the merits of each post.

Have we got any 'revered' male members on here?

I concur with what "Pogs" has said .

However, why do some posters think it is "children" larking about, I don"t agree with that , it may well be older people , who knows , we cannot be sure .

Hmm

Well, possibly a couple of decent-enough from what we know of them...

ANA , don"t know !

No, I don't think it is children, even if they sound childish.
I may have reported that one post earlier today, but it was up to GNHQ to decide what to do, reporting is just alerting them to it if they had not seen it.

Many people on social forums are not what they seem.

Yes indeed - we could all be hairy old lags posting from our prison cells...

ROSE , that is so very,very true !

I think we're usually quite respectful on here. Sometimes, I peep in on Facebook and some of the comment threads between young men and women would make a docker blush - but they can be very funny

I didn't take offence at any of the quips on the Rolf Harris thread - if anything they made me laugh. However, they did break the GN rules and he was clearly a troll. He should have known better than to take his chances with a load of feisty Gransnetters

ANA , splutter ! &

when which particular one are you talking of ?

The deleted posts we're discussing here, nonu

I think they were all the same person! Certainly Tony Abbott would be spluttering in his if he thought some of the comments could have been attributed to him! He might talk some rubbish sometimes, but .....

Hairy? Moi? How dare you!

I always report posts that I think are generated by trolls - they are usually very easy to spot and a mile away from the heated debate that sometimes takes place on GN. If you value GN as a reasonable, moderate place to debate, then don't try to argue with trolls. If you give them the oxygen of attention, very soon the GN you know and love will be swamped and obliterated by the most vile and moronic contributions you can imagine. I think that by reporting possible trolls, and leaving it up to GNHQ to arbitrate, we are preserving GN as the place we know and value. If some people think this is snitching to teacher, let them take their contributions to a different forum that is not so well moderated.

""when""

Le Sigh

Some of us don't think GN would degenerate that suddenly, vegasmags. Please credit us with the ability to discriminate between the vile and the simply silly and juvenile...

I think you're missing the point ana. I think it's up to GNHQ to decide. Some trolls like to infiltrate on a softly softly footing before revealing their true colours. And of course there are always those who enjoy dissension for its own sake.

Yes, I think I'm aware of that. If they do infiltrate on a 'softly softly' footing, we can hardly be expected to report them - and how are GNHQ supposed to know? Easy to change your PC and even location.

" If some people think this is snitching to teacher, let them take their contributions to a different forum that is not so well moderated."

You wish.

JINGLE
Just behave, !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Btw, I'm not criticising anyone who reported the posts. I drew HQ's attention to a couple which it seemed they had overlooked. Just suggesting an alternative way. When it is obviously little bits of kids.

"TEE HEE" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excuse me Nonu????

[shrug]