Location

We used to have full profiles like Kitty said. Then the Daily Mail started trawling for quotes for the news of the day and it became obvious it was REALLY easy to identify people .

So most people did away with their profiles.

NatashaGransnet

Hi - thank you for the great suggestion.

It's nothing something we currently have plans to add to the site, but we will bear this in mind for the future.

The future begins here. Why put it of if it's such a great suggestion?

St Piran's flag

MellowYellow

That's a great idea. As long as they include the Cornish flag.

Our neighbours had a Cornish flag, MellowYellow - however, they are no more Cornish than me! Perhaps we're all Kernowyon at heart!

Oh dear Mellow Yellow. I’m afraid I don’t know that flag.

That's a great idea. As long as they include the Cornish flag.

We used to have profiles!!!!

On the good morning thread people often say where they are ish!!

I think it’s a good idea but I would have to put two flags up as I’m Welsh ??????? But recently moved to England to be closer to my daughter and grandkids only just over the border Though ?

I think it's a good idea too.

Other sites often allow for this via a person's profile.

It's up to individuals whether they actually give this or indeed any profile info at all. information, but if they do, their location is often shown below their name.

One of the sites that I use is a language forum, where the country (and sometimes the region) of a poster is displayed, and another is a uk gardening forum, where a poster's region is shown, assuming they gave that info.

On both of those forums, it is really useful info to know when giving or receiving advice, and I agree that there are often posts on Gransnet where it would be equally useful to know at a glance in which country or region the poster is living.

It's a good idea. Some people have to be really careful about not being identified, but a country flag would be unlikely to do any harm if it was optional. However I suspect it might take GN a long while to get round to it, even if there was a consensus. It would perhaps be something we could add as part of our usernames, eg Esspee (UK) if that is where you are?