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LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 18-Aug-20 22:29:37

Hello
We wanted to clear a few things up:
1) We don't allow troll hunting on the forums. If you are worried someone may not be genuine, please email us directly or report any concerning posts to us. We will deal with it. Making accusations on the forums is not helpful and could, if incorrect, lead to possibly vulnerable people feeling victimised. We will have to delete threads that accuse other users of being trolls.
2) PMs. We take a very dim view of this being abused. If you receive an unwanted or unkind PM please report it to us. We can take a look and deal with it. You are also able to block other users so that they are no longer able to PM you. Please use this. And apologies in advance if this does happen to you. It's not nice and not what Gransnet is about at all.
3) Despite what it feels like tonight hmm we do not enjoy deleting threads. We have a handful of guidelines, all there with the purpose of making the threads better, and more welcoming for users. We are doing our best and rely on you to report things to us that seem concerning, so thank you for caring so much about the site and reporting anything that looks suspicious.

Thank you
GNHQ

MawB2 Fri 21-Aug-20 17:27:36

POST not poet !
Wordsworth Byron Kelly Sheets ?

NatashaGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 21-Aug-20 17:26:03

kittylester - if a user is genuine, it can cause a great deal of pain to be told they aren't real on a public forum, which is why we don't allow it. We agree that it's not fair for people to post fake realities though, and don't allow 'trolls' on site so if you do have any suspicions please do email us at [email protected] or report their posts so we can take a look. smile

MawB2 Fri 21-Aug-20 17:25:13

I find it hard to believe that a poet could have been censored deleted from this intellekshul and high minded thread. Best thing to have been on GN in months apart from some of the po-faced contributions early on.
To have mastered the — is an acheevment achievement indeed (even if I still get it wrong - that took four goes!)
A Friday to remember!

GrannyGravy13 Fri 21-Aug-20 17:24:17

Oh yes Callistemon we definitely need a white wine emoji (mines a Viognier) cheers

Callistemon Fri 21-Aug-20 17:19:02

I did make a purchase from a certain shop - are we not allowed to say that because trolls some posters use the same shop?
?

Cheers Natasha
Could we have a white wine emoji do you think, please? Mine's a Sav Blanc. Bottoms?️

kittylester Fri 21-Aug-20 17:18:28

sont don't.

kittylester Fri 21-Aug-20 17:17:55

I sont understand why troll hunting isn't allowed as, if we dont do it, who will. And people get sucked in.

And, every time I start a sentence with And, I say a silent thank you to Ariadne, who said was ok to do it.

NatashaGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 21-Aug-20 17:07:52

Hi all, flowers

We can see that this thread has taken many twists and turns (Sooty and Sweep and all! grin), but we're just popping back on with a friendly reminder to please keep things civil.

There are a few posts here which are, however subtly, are targeted towards other users, which really isn't in the spirit of the site, and we don't think it's doing any good to keep going over things that have been resolved behind the scenes.

As you all know, trollhunting is against guidelines as it can cause upset to a genuine user, and so we do please ask you to contact us rather than posting on the threads. Rest assured, we do look into every enquiry we receive, and sometimes it can take time while we investigate, but if we have reason to believe that a user isn't real, we will take action.

Thanks for reading - and have lovely weekends all! wine

Oopsadaisy4 Fri 21-Aug-20 17:06:38

Sadly no.......

Lucca Fri 21-Aug-20 17:04:29

No cronies Oops ? ?

Oopsadaisy4 Fri 21-Aug-20 17:03:53

Dammit

Oopsadaisy4 Fri 21-Aug-20 17:03:44

lies

Oopsadaisy4 Fri 21-Aug-20 17:03:21

See it didnt cross that word out!

Oopsadaisy4 Fri 21-Aug-20 17:02:58

A poster said that I had sent her a nasty PM and mentioned my ‘cronies’ I hadn’t sent anyone a PM and I don’t have any cronies, instead of refuting her --lies— misconceptions maybe I should have reported her?

Lucca Fri 21-Aug-20 17:01:01

PM

BlueBelle Fri 21-Aug-20 16:42:47

Oh I missed that Lucca Was it good ?

Lucca Fri 21-Aug-20 16:40:32

Ive had a post deleted. It was a link to a really interesting story but apparently I was implying a previous poster was disingenuous?? I do not think it was I who did that.

BlueBelle Fri 21-Aug-20 16:38:50

Whoop whoop whoop to all the new CrosserOuters

I thought the Christmas song lady had come back with another name

Callistemon Fri 21-Aug-20 16:11:14

I expect my post somewhere up thread to be deleted because I mentioned Vans and plimsolls in the same breath.
However, every word is true.
And you wouldn't believe the price of a new blazer ?‍♀️

phoenix Fri 21-Aug-20 16:10:47

Message deleted by Gransnet. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

merlotgran Fri 21-Aug-20 16:06:47

They're a sensitive lot at GN Towers. ?❄❄❄

Kalu Fri 21-Aug-20 15:58:57

Just to check I didn’t dream this...... word it still works?

Marydoll Fri 21-Aug-20 15:56:46

What a girl! Putting aside the reasons for the ban, I usually enjoyed reading her posts.

Kalu Fri 21-Aug-20 15:53:48

Yes we are thinking of the same person Phoenix. With bells on?

A good memory is a thing of the past as is whatever reason they may have given at the time and I feel would not have been justified given our recent nonsense. A case most definitely qualifying being banned but we all know how that was handled!

Chewbacca Fri 21-Aug-20 15:52:55

single, dingle person did return, albeit briefly but inadvertently outed herself on a thread and poof! There she was! Gone again.