Hello from GNHQ

Charleygirl5

Over a year ago I was placed on the norty step and I am on my final warning. This is for life I believe-surely that is unfair because if I was in prison there would be time off for good behaviour. I doubt if I am alone.

That's shocking, Charleygirl.

1. Games to have their own category.
2. Search facility that actually works.
3. Edit button - on FB it is easy to edit your own post, and as far as I know, only the poster can edit the post, so no chance of it being edited/abused by others.

Thank you LilyGransnet. I agree with some already mentioned but will state them again.

- Edit facility please.
- OP comments in green throughout the thread.
- To be able to close my OP or turn off more comments being made.
- Agree/disagree counter
- To keep all the pms I send. They can be deleted by others if part of a reply. I've asked GNHQ about this and was told it was because of GDPR. Having looked into the regulations, I find nothing to justify this reason. I don't want to loose pms.
- clearer talk guidelines about warnings and bans. Nothing there at all currently.
- stop life time bans.

I agree that a makeover would be good, to make the site appeal to 'over 50s' rather than 'grans'.

I came on to say I would prefer "agree" "disagree" with a counter, rather than like and dislike although I would like to be able to praise, say, a piece of craft rather than "agree".

Silverbridge's suggestion for extra buttons seem to cover the different types of thread really well.

Mumset with its horrible Charlie’s Angels weaponising babies logo and slogan by parents for parents. Huh? Men are parents too. The Granset logo looks like a Victorian silhouette and makes the site look old-fashioned and tired. Somewhere in the small print it does say the site isn’t only for grandparents (and women for that matter) but you’d be hardpressed from the look and feel of it to think it’s that welcoming or interesting to a wider range of participants. I think GN needs a huge revamp in order to bring it up-to-date, make it inclusive and deal with all the niggling issues that have already been mentioned.

I'm interested to see so many references to games, I've never noticed them being intrusive.

Reading through this thread I can see that each of us approaches GN from a different direction.

Maybe GNHQ needs a total rethink to simplify the site. Making it work in the same way whatever device we use would be a start.

BlueBelle
I could not have put it better. Same old, same old. Blah blah blah.

Charlygirl
Lots of us are aware of your situation.

FindingNemo15

Another one here requesting that Games be put in a separate category please.

And another one.

Another one here requesting that Games be put in a separate category please.

I know a bit about writing code for websites and can see that the mobile site has been coded differently compared to the desktop site as regards the background colour for posts from the original poster so let's hope the staff responsible for the back end will fix this to make the two versions consistent.

If you are using a desktop, you might like to right click on some content and select Inspect to look at the very complex code that sits behind even the simplest web page. For mobile users you will need to check some browser settings to be able to Inspect web elements.

I wouldn't mind agree and disagree buttons with a counter beside and with the proviso that the end user can hide them should they wish. Again, as said upthread but in a different context, it could save a lot of repetition.

I rather like the buttons on another discussion forum which offer the options to click: educational, interesting, funny, agreed, disagree and love These are good indicators of thread traffic compared to the number of actual posts in response.

Exactly

If so, BlueBelle, it's really not working.
I expect a box gets ticked somewhere, though. Job done.

I think it’s an exercise Gransnet does every now and then to get us posting and let us feel we have some control but there is absolutely no expectation of doing anything about it and nothing ever happens after a couple of hundred posts we get an answer that says thank you for all the ideas, we will see what we can do and then we never hear anything else at all not a peep
It’s an exercise in psychology to make us feel we have clout when actually we have none

I think we should have a ‘like’button. Not a ‘dislike’ one, though, as that could be unpleasant . Otherwise perhaps an ‘I agree’ button? It wouldn’t be hard and no one forces anyone to use it. I can’t see any problems with it.

Can anyone remember a change or improvement we requested actually coming to pass?

Get to know each other better, LilyGransnet?
Do come and join in the chat, then. Don't just post and run, as usually happens.

(I'm wondering if these "what do you want" posts are a bright idea from every new-start, who makes the post then finds out they're meant to ignore us.)

Not green on mine millie. There seems to be discrepancy with many of us unable to see the OP posts in green throughout a thread. . Perhaps tech could investigate and ensure we can all access the facility.

I’d also welcome a better search facility.

A like/dislike facility is t something I’d welcome.

As n&g said earlier I have a cynical head about this, we have been asked so many times before with little or no change. Hopefully this time it’s different.

Hello I have been for very long time but with another name. It's not as much fun on here as it used to be.

That’s why the not haves are frustrated

They know and have known for years millie it’s not a new problem

Sorry! I just wanted HQ to know it's not everybody.

Millie22

The OP and all subsequent posts are green on my phone and tablet and always have been. I don't really understand why other people don't have the same facility.

But we don’t !!

The games section needs own tab. I use iPad and I can’t turn off games. Earlier this week the forum was just so full of games. Great for those who like games but not for everyone.

It seems that some of us have all the OPs posts in green and some of us don't Millie No explanation why that should happen