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MawBroon Mon 18-Feb-19 20:59:54

I was concerned to find that some of my private messages around 20 December last year have disappeared, apparently “deleted at user request”.
Well I certainly did not delete them so the question is “which user” ?
How can anybody interfere with private messages- I thought the clue was in the name.
Izabella Annodomini and Lemongrove might like to check theirs too.
Coincidentally they were generally on the same topic.
Is Big Brother not only watching us but censoring our mail?
I take a dim view of this breach of confidentiality if that is indeed the case .

lemongrove Mon 18-Feb-19 22:52:31

Good, we are all agog!

lemongrove Mon 18-Feb-19 22:54:02

Maw....perhaps all these deleted pms will appear in The Daily Mail? ?

MawBroon Mon 18-Feb-19 22:56:17

?????????

Marydoll Mon 18-Feb-19 23:14:49

MissAdventure I was wondering about that too. Mine seem to be deleted about the time of the Bad Gateway error.

MissAdventure Mon 18-Feb-19 23:19:02

Well, hopefully that's all it is. Just a glitch.

Chewbacca Mon 18-Feb-19 23:19:45

Was that between November and December Marydoll?

Marydoll Mon 18-Feb-19 23:30:42

Yes, I managed to go back through Site Stuff forums and the timing is about right. December, January.

aggie Mon 18-Feb-19 23:31:19

I have just found that one of my conversations with another member has been wiped too , both her messages and my replies , it was about MeetUps , hardly controversial

Jalima1108 Mon 18-Feb-19 23:35:55

We have been trying to get to the bottom of this and will get tech to take a look in the morning. We will report back ASAP. Apologies for what seems to be a temporary glitch

Hi Cari - so it is not quite as I thought then - GNHQ told me that if one person in a group message deleted the message then all of them got deleted with a message saying 'this message has been removed at user's request' - which I did not request.
It was around Christmas time and just wishing posters a Merry Christmas I think!

The plot thickens.

gmelon Tue 19-Feb-19 01:23:13

A message to me from oldbatty dated 22nd December 2018. I hadn't read it.
I messaged oldbatty to see why she had deleted it but received no reply.

BlueBelle Tue 19-Feb-19 03:51:06

I too have had messages deleted 17 I ve counted so far by four different posters saying ‘deleted at users request’
A few by BradfordLass72 at the time I asked BradfordLass72 why she had removed them thinking I d said someting to upset her, and she had no idea what I was talking about
These are not old messages Lemongrove they are quite recent most in January two in October and November
and nothing to do with clearing the box I haven’t cleared any
I have messages removed from four different posters

I am very annoyed and perturbed by this as it’s a total invasion of privacy

This is not caused by a glitch as HQ is saying or all would be wiped not just odd ones anyway they are telling lies as the sender has NOT requested it
pogs you can look at older messages there is a small backwards or forwards arrow at the top of the messages right hand side

BlueBelle Tue 19-Feb-19 04:03:25

Just to add all my sent messages to those four posters have been removed ‘at my request’ ...oh no I have never requested to remove any posts
Four different posters, four different months September, October, December and January

MawBroon Tue 19-Feb-19 07:10:45

Exactly Bluebelle ! ?

dragonfly46 Tue 19-Feb-19 07:20:51

All mine that were deleted were from oldbatty so maybe she has left gransnet.

Greenfinch Tue 19-Feb-19 07:32:53

I have only had messages deleted from one particular person. When I contacted her she said that she had been clearing out her inbox .Mine to her been deleted and strangely hers to meas well. There was nothing sinister about it. Just the peculiarities of the system.

cornergran Tue 19-Feb-19 07:39:56

My messages were also to and from oldbatty, can’t pm her so do wonder if she has left GN. It’s all very odd, bit unsettling. Hope there is a clear explanation today.

PECS Tue 19-Feb-19 07:43:11

I have 3 of Oldbatty's messages removed at her request. If OB has quit GN maybe that is the protocol?

BlueBelle Tue 19-Feb-19 07:56:34

But.... my majority were from Bradfordlass and she’s very much still here and they were tpremoved in the middle of our conversation as I sent her a pm saying ‘ have I said anything to upset you as you have removed my posts and she wrote back ‘not at all I haven’t removed anything’???

Marmight Tue 19-Feb-19 08:04:41

I've just checked my messages & with the exception of those from someone who is no longer on GN whose messages have been deleted at her request, I have all mine dating back to mid 2011! Makes interesting reading and have noted quite a few name changes and also some who seem to have disappeared completely.

sodapop Tue 19-Feb-19 08:04:52

Have you all been plotting to overthrow HQ and have a coup, grin

annep1 Tue 19-Feb-19 08:06:04

Almost all my messages have been deleted, both inbox and sent. Only two remain in my unbox from beginning of February.

annep1 Tue 19-Feb-19 08:10:01

I thought you could only delete messages on your own account. If I delete a sent email, it doesn't delete on the recipient's account. You can't delete anything from another persons account??

Marydoll Tue 19-Feb-19 08:15:59

All my deleted messages were conversations with regular posters, yet the occasional one from others remain.
Curiouser and curiouser. I do find it very unsettling.

Greenfinch Tue 19-Feb-19 08:20:22

I have had messages deleted from one particular poster under her presen tname but those written under her previous name are still there.

Ginny42 Tue 19-Feb-19 08:31:25

I had one deleted a week ago on 11th Feb. I have had some messages in duplicate this past week. I thought the writers had just pressed 'send' twice.