PC points - new thread because other one hijacked

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Nanadog You are right.

And we have another thread started by this person.

Ana on the contrary. It may well be that those GNetters who took a genuine interest are the kind and caring ones, while we are the cynics. I know I used the word 'gullible' on the actual thread, but I meant it as a warning rather than say 'beware' as I was still hedging my bets at the time.
Yes, it may seem naive or whatever word you prefer to use, but it is not meant in any derogatory way, believe me. I'd far rather see the good in people before I'm forced to see the bad. As you would too I know

PS exclude JO

PPS JO this is all getting a bit complicated can we just assume in future any remarks which I make are not addressed to you personally unless I state otherwise?????

Ana Where is that?

And we have a message on another thread purporting to be from his neighbour....

Or naive? It does feel as though those of us who took a genuine interest are being thought gullible.

soop (and excluding JO) who knows? But it's possible even probable

I'm not the sharpest knife in the block, so to speak. I couldn't be certain that jenricks was a genuinely lonely person, or not. Jings and I tried to get the individual to open up and take part...are you telling me that we were wrong!

Should I just then say 'excluding JO* then when I post anything?

that should have been a in there!. Not mmm !

If we're still talking about jenricks here ([mmm]), I still think he was/is some old feller with a slightly grubby sense of humour.

We could have brought him round.

Nanadog I don't want or need anything "flagged up" for me thank you.

You were right Ana to give the poster the benefit of the doubt, just as we were right in flagging up when alarm bells went off.

I think all GNetters have really pulled together in this.

That is the problem, ana There is a knife edge between giving sympathy to genuine posters and encouraging the imposters. It is not apparent which is which until several people have been drawn in, and by then it looks like a real conversation that others reply to.

But do we want GNHQ actively moderating every post? Things could be deleted which were worth saying, if not PC.

It is the devil or the deep blue sea (not calling you devils, GNHQ, please don't delete me!)

A couple of us actually felt sorry for the poster at the beginning. Yes, it became obvious after a short while that they were not genuine, but I don't see what's wrong with giving someone the benefit of the doubt in the first instance. We're not all experts.

I don't think some people saw where it was going greatnan so they engaged initially in all innocence. A couple of us did try to flag it up other posters.

We got past that, fortunately - if nobody had engaged with the rogue poster they would soon have got fed up, but................

By smutty schoolboys probably Ariadne at least I hope that was all it was. It could have been someone older using it for his own 'gratification'.

How was the other thread hi jacked, please?

This made me laugh. What a torment you are