Is it really impossible to leave Gransnet offcially?

squalor of laughing at others expense
Really?

Il ne faut pas exagérer, quand même

Above to Cunco.

You may have missed it but I did point out that your posts are not deleted as the publisher Gransnet, owns them.

Deleting your Gransnet Account
You can delete your account by going to My Gransnet. Your Gransnet posts won’t be deleted, but there will no longer be any personal information associated with them.

No MawB. I may not share yours but don't assume yours is the only one. I try not to be reduced to the squalor of laughing at others expense.

I was more concerned about Jura.

If you delete your account, I read the rules to say that everything is deleted. Since this thread was originated by Jura2, the fact that it is still here would suggest to me that the Jura2 has not deleted her account.

Sometimes, we can all get a little too involved in certain threads and posting can become addictive. If it happens, it is sensible to just walk away for a few days or weeks and clear your head. I have heard people say the same about Facebook and Twitter, particularly when insults are thrown around. To quote Gamble-aware, when the fun stops, stop!

Nice person - yes ??

But it was funny though (and quite a good bon mot )
GSOH bypass?

^Oops GGmk3???
Post in haste, repent at leisure? ???^

Really? This is the level of your intellect? Nice person - not.

Elegran's post @ 09.20 sums it up for me. There are so many threads, covering lots of topics and so it shouldn't be too difficult to find something that suits us. When I first joined GN, several years ago now, the News & Politics threads were far more vitriolic and aggressive that they seem to be now. They were very much dominated by a couple of posters who brooked no difference of opinion or perspective but there seems, to me at least, to be a broader spectrum of opinions there now than their used to be.
I firmly believe that there are far more helpful and supportive GNetters than not.

NanaandGrampy Oh I do love a good ‘flounce’ ! ?

Me too, I wish there was a like button for this

PS I know you apologised but once seen, hard to unsee.

But I do understand what Jurassic is saying

Oops GGmk3???
Post in haste, repent at leisure? ???

Yes, I see that GGMK3
Someone upthread thought they had been 'tracked,' but all those old posts would remain.
They may be on Twitter, FB, in the media and are often used by an Australian publication I now realise.
We do not own our posts.

It's easy to avoid a thread which you don't like though.
There are lots of other threads and, if none are to your taste, then you could start one.

Jura does have a point. It's not as if all our posts go as they belong to GN - the publisher.

I agree Callistemon, but I think the Human Rights aspect of her request made it more drama than it needed to be , hopefully she has followed the advice from the information she has been given and then it’s up to her

I have not been posting much recently. I feel like Gracesgran, that I don't want to be part of a grouping that spills such sour vicious bile against a woman no one has met, for hour after hour.
There are posters that I enjoy engaging with, but they seem to have been shouted down for voicing a different opinion.
I keep hoping though, that things will improve and don't see why I should be driven away because I can't agree with the Meghan Markle bashing threads, which now apparently include bashing any signs of physical affection.

tina I think that jura wanted to know how to be permanently "excluded" so to speak, that she wouldn't be tempted to rejoin.

I don't think there would be a way, only willpower.

Perhaps SadafGransnet might know?

I think I have to agree with Callistemon, it has all turned a bit heated, it’s a shame that Jura made her request a bit more dramatic than it needed to be, hopefully she has the information she needs now.

Oh dear, someone started this thread asking for help and it has become an argument.

I don't think, as your post infers Annie, that I am noble. I do think that it is as much an addiction for others as it is for me. Where else can you go on for hours tearing someone apart? The very fact that people come on here to do it hour after hour, with nastiness building on nastiness tell us friends would not tolerate it for very long before changing the subject. At work it would be seen as unprofessional. No the addiction to voicing an "opinion no facts required" is stronger, I think, than wanting people to be moderate when commenting on other people and other views. And the "I have a right to my opinion" that descend into "I have a right to insult you" to personal attacks get removed too Annie. But those addicts are still enjoying their highs and see no consequences from their addiction.

annsixty

Elegran I don't know, sometimes I think that I have written a perfectly sensible post (well, sensible to me, others could interpret it differently), press post and find it is gobbledegook.

Why has no one told me about all this sleaze? I don't want to miss out.

I don’t understand why, if someone doesn’t like a place they
leave but want to go back, why return to a place you don’t like

What happens to perfectly good posts between typing and posting? Somehow it deleted half a phrase, which should have read "the "anti" proportion in the mix"