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Has anyone on GN got the right to give private information about you?

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Fleurpepper Mon 12-Dec-22 17:02:28

Surely not. People on GN should have the right to anonimity, unless they choose to divulge any private information, be it about profession, locality, ethnicity, or whatever.

Secondly, should any information given in a PM be fair game to share to other members? Surely not.

Doodledog Sat 17-Dec-22 19:45:11

VioletSky

Also I hate to see a pile on and usually say something

A few people on this thread can attest to that and it matters not what I think of them or what they think of me, I say something anyway

That's exactly what I am doing. Usually when I am out of the loop I just scratch my head, or ask someone to PM me, but this time I thought I'd do what many people said we should do the last time this sort of thing happened, and speak up.

I don't know what's going on, or who is being 'got at', so I'm less likely to say the wrong thing than if I had half an idea. I hope so anyway.

VioletSky Sat 17-Dec-22 19:45:27

Ah doodledog

Thanks for the reminder to ignore you

VioletSky Sat 17-Dec-22 19:47:01

I don't make threads about me, my fan club does

I just ignore them mostly

kircubbin2000 Sat 17-Dec-22 19:48:13

Somebody just say what this is about please.

MawtheMerrier Sat 17-Dec-22 19:53:33

VioletSky

I don't make threads about me, my fan club does

I just ignore them mostly

You have a fan club ?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Lathyrus Sat 17-Dec-22 19:55:01

Does Gransnet know people have fan clubs?

Is that where pile ons come from?

VioletSky Sat 17-Dec-22 20:06:23

My biggest fan 💗

Doodledog Sat 17-Dec-22 20:06:35

VioletSky

Ah doodledog

Thanks for the reminder to ignore you

Your prerogative, obviously; but I am only doing what you have just said that you do - speaking up when there is a pile-on. The fact that there is no 'body' is not really the point. More than once there has been a thread where an unspecified poster has been the victim.

Why is it ok for you to' say something' but not me?

Lathyrus Sat 17-Dec-22 20:13:17

VioletSky

My biggest fan 💗

I didn’t say anything about you personally but you have made a personal post about me.

Elegran Sat 17-Dec-22 20:21:15

At heart this is a thread about a thread, though the exact thread(s) on which those tantalising confidences were allegedly revealed, and the posters who reveled them, has
ven't been identified. Those throwing accusations of unnamed vileness randomly about in the hope of the mud falling on specific individuals may find that the whole shebang suddenly vanishes if GNHQ realise that they are referring to other threads. Probably the best thing that could happen.

AmberSpyglass Sat 17-Dec-22 20:27:44

From what I can work out… someone claims to be married to a quasi-famous man, the person they told in a DM referred to it on a thread? Is that it?

VioletSky Sat 17-Dec-22 20:40:33

You can see where the problems are just by how people are talking to others on this thread and who is using specific names on this thread to have a go at them personally

And I just find it a bit funny but others are really impacted by this sort of thing

Doodledog Sat 17-Dec-22 20:42:09

Who knows, Amber. Who knows.

Here's another earworm, in case anyone's in need of one

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKDi6ym3Ny0

Doodledog Sat 17-Dec-22 20:45:27

You can see where the problems are just by how people are talking to others on this thread and is who is using specific names on this thread to have a go at them personally

Like this, you mean?

Ah doodledog

Thanks for the reminder to ignore you

VioletSky Sat 17-Dec-22 20:47:21

She started it

*points

MawtheMerrier Sat 17-Dec-22 20:57:56

Childish
Is that what they mean by
At its heart is a buzzing forum where users debate the hot topics of the day, support each other through tough times and share a laugh ? confusedconfused

VioletSky Sat 17-Dec-22 20:59:18

Pile on

MawtheMerrier Sat 17-Dec-22 21:06:24

Is there a word for the opposite?
One person lashing out in every direction or is it what we Scots call “a rammy in an empty room” ?

VioletSky Sat 17-Dec-22 21:06:56

"Tired of this nonsense"

GagaJo Sat 17-Dec-22 21:18:41

VioletSky

Pile on

Yeah. Same old, same old.

Gansta grannies.

Callistemon21 Sat 17-Dec-22 21:26:57

Gangsta

(Sorry, Pedants' Corner))

GagaJo Sat 17-Dec-22 21:27:34

Ooops. Can't even use the excuse I was on my phone. I wasn't.

Delila Sat 17-Dec-22 21:28:10

Well, it seems the disclosure of someone else’s personal information (if that’s what this is about🤔) has gone completely unnoticed by most of us, so no harm done and not worth any more going round in endless meaningless circles leading nowhere.

Blossoming Sat 17-Dec-22 21:28:30

Ok I’ll fess up. I am the Grand Duchess of Elbonia and I’m married to George Clooney’s better looking twin brother.

Please don’t tell anyone.

Delila Sat 17-Dec-22 21:33:48

Your secret’s safe on here…