Has Gransnet changed for the worse?

She was loved by many and disliked by many- I was in the latter bracket. I thought she could be cruel.

I’m curious to know more about Jingle now! How did she liven up the threads? I’m guessing she was very direct and spoke her mind.
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A silent post for all those who lurk and read but don't post, an opportunity to wonder why.........

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I have been a member for a couple of years and I don't think gn has deteriorated. Political threads get very heated but this is indicative of the times we are living through. GN has been a source of information, support and humour for many of us and as for those who pm to point out a spelling mistake......words fail me!

I joined in 2013. Don’t think GN has changed as such but I do miss certain posters I got to know who no longer post, yes, (come back Jingle). She had a certain way of livening up a post?

No way would I join a political thread. I suffer enough at home when DH starts a one way argument during Question Time or any political programme/news.

Isn’t it time to name and shame those responsible for sending nasty PMs? That should make them think twice if they knew their nastiness would be shared with the rest of us. I imagine too how upsetting these PMs must be for those who receive them.

Best not to say that. Really.

Fennel, sodapop you do better than I do. Generally I wait until there has been a page of supportive posts, before I try to suggest, I hope kindly, that it is all a storm in a teacup.

Although, I admit, that 'Get a grip, woman' is what is running through my head.

You & me both Fennel ' Get a grip woman' runs through my head but I bite my tongue.

I'm glad to say I've never seen any of these nit picking corrections.
Read the post for the message rather than the accuracy.
And a point others have made - the News threads have been been much nastier in the past. Wasn't there a time that 4-5 posters were banned because of that?
As for relationship threads, - quite often I've wanted to write for goodness sake toughen up, but restrain myself because we're not all the same.

dragonfly - one woman's 'childishness' is another woman's way of lightening things up.

And don't tell me you didn't enjoy reading it.

MOnica there is no difference and anyone who corrects another person's posts is both rude and arrogant and to a certain extent ignorant.

Could someone explain to me how to tell the difference, when seen merely as printed words, between:

1) an error made by someone whose grasp of spelling and grammar is not as strong as other GN members

2) a typographic error by someone whose fingers have a mind of their own

3) poor proof reading?

4) the curse of predictive text.

I've been on GN since 2011/12. I've been impressed by the knowledge and level of debate on the political threads, and by the kindness and supportiveness on threads where the OP asks for advice on a particular issue.

As for PM-ing someone regarding a spelling error, words fail me! GN is not a forum for grammar or spelling lessons, were any of us to require them.

The spats between (usually two) posters on some threads are irritating but one can ignore them. Despite these,
I think there is still a collective good will, so I'll stick with GN for the time being.

I was shocked yesterday reading a current thread which degenerated into a sniping contest between two posters who ignored the theme of the thread completely. It was extremely childish.

I don't think Gransnet has got worse. I do believe however that politics has got much worse since the referendum as there is now such bad feeling between Remainers and Leavers. There never used to be such bad feeling between Tory and Labour supporters. This bad feeling shows in the political posts here as well as elsewhere.

GN has evolved over time. At the start everyone was tippy toeing and being relatively polite. As time went by we all, well quite a lot, came out of our shells and gave it laldy! I avoid confrontation like the plague so therefore rarely comment on political or contentious threads (although there was one occasion when I was accused of racism when I compared a French politician to a toad ). There are a couple of posters who are nothing less than bullies. Sad, because there is obviously something lacking in their make up. GN has evolved over time and has lost quite a few well known characters. (Come back Jingle!).
I hope GN continues to evolve and give companionship, advice, hope, counselling, laughter and much more for many years to come. For some, it is literally a lifeline

Your comment saying ‘here comes trouble’ really made me giggle Oldandverygrey! You said it so well. I go on some threads and when I see one of half a dozen names I always think ‘oh heck’.
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I have been on GN a few years and always read all views on most things from household stuff, clothes, makeup, family issues , all are interesting , but I cannot abide the nasty sniping that goes on between some GN,s , it's playground name calling, in my humble opinion ,it's people who have nothing to do and all day to do it in ,

I was only discussing this yesterday with my nephew and niece who I saw yesterday, BlueBelle. As a family in the past we enjoyed get-togethers which usually ended in discussion on various subjects, nothing heated just general updates and views.

The 3 of us all agreed that we no longer liked this country and I'd said that I was glad I'm the age that I am and not just coming into this world.

I would say that those of us who were born in the 40's and 50's had the best beginnings in life when everything went at a much calmer, gentler pace and everyone helped each other. There was no battling to be better than the next person because in those days we were all the same and in the same boat just after the war.

This country, maybe the world who knows, has changed for the worst over the last few years Divisions are much more noticible and discussed loudly I grew up in a time when no one even disclosed how they voted in an election !
Now we hang banners out ? Brexit, Immigration, worlds hotspots have divided people down the middle
Gransnet is no exception
I still enjoy it enormously

Fairly new to Gransnet, have noticed there are a few posters who I would definitely place under the " here comes trouble" heading. Power struggle appears to be going on at times.

You can disagree with others but always be courteous in how you say it.

I do think correcting others spelling is bad manners. If they are clearly struggling.

Some posts seem to be written with almost no spacing between words which make it really hard to read.

Partly because I am a degree dyslexic and words sometimes "dont spell themselves properly" and sometimes " pop up where they should not . " which caused me a lot of problems at school."

Rosecarmel I 'd like to think so but I'm afraid I 've recently become more and more sceptical.
I hope you continue to enjoy GN.

As a newcomer I'm inclined to think carefully about what any longstanding member has noticed regarding changes and have empathy for the way they may wish it remained- But I don't know if those developments indicate that the site is in a downward spiral or changed for the worse- Maybe the best is yet to be ..

I've been on Gransnet for, I think, about 4/5 years.

I don't think it's changed that much. There have always been some quite heated threads. Everyone has the ability to respond if they feel a person has been rude or what has been said is not factually correct. To my mind, that is the most sensible thing to do, rather than going off in a huff or making accusations of bullying.

I sometimes wonder if those people who complain about contentious threads or say they never contribute to them, are really just annoyed that some of the views expressed don't mirror their own.