A bunfight? Oh No!

I didn't notice anything on M.i.l. behaviour and I check GN almost 3 or 4 times a day. Shame I missed the bunfight?

It was descending into the ridiculous though, wasn’t it?

I feel that GNHQ is increasingly keen to delete whole threads rather than just deal individually and firmly with posts/posters who break the rules. I don’t know what went on in the last couple of hours, but it’s annoying for those of us who have followed a thread and spent time contributing to it to have the whole thing wiped. This thread will go soon too, by the way, as it’s a thread about a thread and against the rules. Meanwhile, the culpable members just live to spit their bile on another thread, another day.

I think it was deleted because it was a fake poster rather than what it contained.

I hope that was the case, Craicon, rather than a genuine poster whose whole thread has been removed because of some unpleasant posters.
Was no explanation given?

I don't think this is a thread about a thread, btw.
It's about GN's policy on deletion.

I also hope that the OP of this thread isn't hoping to start a bunfight about a bunfight.
I, for one, have no buns with which to take part.

I’m off to do a spot of baking, FarNorth.

I agree Maggiemaybe; the diverse opinions are hopefully useful to OPs and to have the whole thread disappear is frustrating. And - I have no intentions to start a bunfight about a bunfight, having always held the opinion that you should charm the birds out of the trees; it is generally more successful than throwing a brick at them. Any rows and arguments are to be avoided at all cost!

And personal attacks - well that rule definitely hasn't changed.
I rather thought it had

I have before now reported “suspicious” posts and have had my concerns disregarded.
GNHQ seem slow off the mark these days
And as for “personal attacks” a member was called a “Nazi” not so long ago and accused of wanting to “see the swastika flying over Whitehall.”
Where does that stand on the sliding scale of “ personal attacks”?

Surely if the posts deleted are troll-hunting or personal attacks, then we won't miss them and the thread will still make sense.

Maw... my thoughts exactly!

Not having even looked at the MIL thread I have no idea what went on.Typical!

I'm intrigued now. Wish I'd read it. Drat!

For those who missed it, it was about MIL trying to give a cookie to toddler before dinner and feed “exclusively breast fed” 4 month old frosting, and then poster had to grab baby back from MIL. Sound familiar ?

As the thread has now gone are we allowed to comment?
Do you think these threads are computer-generated?

Runs and ducks behind parapet

Definitely seems to be a theme

Glad I didn’t read it

I must have a really suspicious mind, I sometimes see a thread that starts like the one in question and think to myself “seriously?”. I then see many good hearted folk offering sympathy and advice and berate myself for being so cynical. Later it turns out to be a wind up of some sort and am glad I didn’t waste energy on it.

It is a real shame that some posters make comments that descend it real nastiness and personal comments and also that some or make posts descend into the ridiculous!

Come on, madgran it was pretty bonkers from the outset as some of us remarked very early on!

I only saw the OP very briefly in fact as been so busy today and I didn't see most of the comments and how it developed. My comment was actually meant to be a more general comment about the problems that arise when post threads do get taken over by some real nastiness etc etc ...rather than about this particular one ...but I don't think I made that very clear! Sorry!

I do wonder if perhaps this will now become an ambition for some posters- getting a thread taken down, I mean. People can be very perverse.