HQ. Why has a thread I started been deleted?

Alegrias I’ve seen a number of comments about a person that some posters call a paedophile. I’m not surprised you reported it although I never have done.

Misandry permitted.

That’s interesting Avalon. So are posters allowed to criticise a man?

I did see the thread and added a small comment Alegrias.
Not grumbling, rather passing an opinion. Like we all do on here.

I got deleted a while back for some indirect remark about Meghan. GN, if I remember rightly said I wasn’t allowed to criticise another woman. Look out for me to be deleted again.

maddyone

I can’t be bothered Alegrias.
I must be lazy

Can't be bothered.

But bothered enough to grumble about how unfair the moderation is.

Did you see the thread maddyone?

So we can criticise the Queen and say she is too old for the job,
we can rain criticism down on Boris and other politicians but
no criticism allowed when Megan Markle apologising for -
inadvertently misleading = telling porkies.

Good points maddyone. All very strange.

I can’t be bothered Alegrias.
I must be lazy

Some of the comments I’ve read about politicians are quite disgraceful in my opinion, but the threads are not deleted.

Report them then. See if they get deleted.

I was going to say nothing would surprise me.

Well it wasn’t me. Perhaps MM has spies on here. I

Yes it's all a big conspiracy. Dear God they will just get through their shift till they can go home, they wont care enough to side with one part of an argument, they are probably bored witless.

Maddyone
Nail on head.
those in GNHQ are partisan

Excellent post maddyone. Unfortunately Galaxy IMO GNHQ aren't always right when it comes to deciding what is fair and balanced.

Unfortunately you and me dont get to decided what is fair and balanced. We would both be wrong in our confidence to decide what is fair and balanced.

An unmoderated site is one thing, but a site that allows the criticism of public figures especially those in political office, to then delete a thread because is was about MM is quite another another.

Someone reported it so perhaps they'd care to enlighten us as to what they found so inappropriate that the thread should be deleted.

Galaxy

You cant have an unmoderated site, I have many concerns with regard to social media about who gets to make those decisions, but GN is operating within the society we currently have.

Moderation should be fair, balanced and not a trigger happy reaction.

I agree with you Smileless. There are countless threads criticising other people, usually politicians, but sometimes other public figures, and they are not deleted. Some of the comments I’ve read about politicians are quite disgraceful in my opinion, but the threads are not deleted. Gransnet are basically saying that criticism of the Duchess of Sussex is not allowed, but criticism of others is acceptable. That type of censorship is really not acceptable because it tends to suggest that those in GHNQ are partisan and only allow criticism of those they feel are deserving of criticism.

You cant have an unmoderated site, I have many concerns with regard to social media about who gets to make those decisions, but GN is operating within the society we currently have.

I didn't see the thread but in fact this subject has been widely reported in the press and on TV news so why GNHQ think it is not a subject for discussion is surprising.

I didn't report it. I rarely report. I left when people started accusing me of trying to monitor the thread.

I did report someone this morning for saying a public figure was a paedophile.

Is that allowed?

Alegrias1

I do worry.

So many people don't seem to appreciate the difference between "disagreement" and "character assassination based on gossip."

Funny old world (and no, it wasn't me )

Your opinion clearly holds a lot of weight, Alegrias

Gransnet discussions used to be more balanced.

I assume it was commenting on her apologising to the court for misleading it with regard to the letter she wrote to her father that was subsequently made public.

If my assumption's right, what's wrong with that GNHQ? I think a more detailed account of why it has been deleted is needed. There are numerous posts and threads critical of someone in the public eye, what was different about this one?

Someone has got to moderate the site, and I am relieved that there is moderation. Nastiness and extreme views blossom unfortunately in our time, people feel the right to be poisonous. I don't agree with all of the moderators choices, but at least they are trying to be fair.
Incidentally many of the threads are about exactly this, trying to moderate relationships in our families.