Happy Birthday Jingle

Hope you will be back Jingl. I shall be looking out for the new name! Happy birthday.

She has been banned?

Heck. I did notice a couple of days ago that she hadnt been around, but like others, assumed she was away.

Oh dear oh dear oh dear.

Oh I just thought it was Jingles birthday. What has she done this time?
There is stirring up a discussion and being a bit too ascerbic.

She can't say she hasn't been warned.

What would happen over on MN if they banned everyone with a bit of spirit like GN do ... Oops there wouldnt be a Mumsnet as 99% of their posters fall into that bracket.

Come on let's get this GN twee thing sorted once and for all, we might be Grans/Grandads but we are stronger than that.

Or maybe we should all move back to the other side

Apparently she has broken the forum "guidelines".

I think those guidelines are too vague to be fairly applied in all cases. Bit of tightening up on what is allowed as well as what isn't wouldn't go amiss, HQ.

If you can.

Bring our Jings back, there are far more vindictive posters still posting.

I've said that "if you can" with a hard stare, btw.

merlot... yes, somebody told me at the time( 3 years ago?) that because Jingl was sometimes called Rose by a poster, they thought the new Rose ,me, was her.I should have said yes, that would really have caused confusion.?

How does anyone know a birthday on here? Happy birthday to jingle and anyone else today. I thought she was posting less and sounded as though she was in need of a holiday.

We all have the choice to ignore threads that we do not like. The solution to Jings' ascerbic comments, assuming you are in some way offended by them, is to leave the thread.

She is clearly an intelligent woman and knows what she is doing. The remarks that cause offence to some are not random ramblings - they are deliberately calculated to make a point strongly in the full knowledge that some will not like it.

I think that she should be free to do this and that the rest of us should be free to ignore them or to drop any thread that we are not happy with if we so wish. If we feel the thread has been hi-jacked by any untoward remarks, we can always start another on the topic.

The only threads that need reporting are those that are clearly advertising or are objectionable because of racism etc.

Welcome to the forum ( and the general crazyness) Jessielovestuna?

I've always thought that breaking the guidelines led to deleted posts.
Is there perhaps a limit to the number of deletions one may accumulate?
Is one banned when one hits that limit?
Or is it the case that a particular post is so offensive to GNHQ that banning follows? (without a specific explanation).
Are the number of reports taken into account - we're aware that reports don't always lead to deletions.
There are so many grey areas that clarification is needed or better still an opportunity provided for the membership
to have a say in formulating new updated and relevant guidelines.
It really isn't acceptable to have a faceless group dictate to thousands of grown women what they should and shouldn't be saying.
This is not just another 'bring back jingl' thread - it's a bigger issue than that and I think we need a more open answer than 'check the guidelines'.

stan only knew it was jingles birthday because it's the same day as my sons and have been around here with jingle since day one.

I've just read this thread - and I had noticed that Jings was missing too.
Hope you enjoyed your birthday, Jings, and that you'll be back posting again soon. We miss you!

Mcem - hear hear!

Oh, I missed your birthday jingl I hope you had a lovely day ?
FGS who has got jingl banned this time? you don't do that ? jingl is GN.

Can't believe that jings has been banned again.

Am I right in assuming someone must've reported her for something or other?

I think we are all Gransnet!

There should be some sort of restriction on nasty and vindictive posts to and about others or this will just descend into chaos. Such remarks have been heard on GN.

There are those who just cannot walk away from a percieved insult or are addicted to last wordism.

Jings oneliners are often funny but she will get carried away.

I do wish that if someone flounces off on here people would stop begging them to come back. We are supposed to be adults and take resposibilty for our actions. If you flounce off like a teenager you should be ignored like a stroppy teenager.

Luckygirl 08.53 today - Hear Hear! I miss Jings. I looked forward to her posts as they were always relevant and often a reflection of my own thoughts; only more succinctly expressed and quicker typed

I'm afraid I thought Jings was having a little holiday too, so I'm very sad to hear she's been summarily expelled. Justice has to be seen to be fair.

What a boring old world it would be if we were all the same

Fair enough LaraGransnet - now can we stop beating our collective breasts and get back to cardis, fluffy kittens, cake recipes, knitting, last night''s TV some of the topics for discussion which bring out the best of GN?
There's more going on in RL -good and bad!

Swanny- what makes you conclude that anybody has been "summarily expelled"? Or did your post cross with LaraGransnet's?

I can't understand all this reporting. It is like running to teacher.

I have never reported and as far as I know never been reported.

If someone insults or annoys me I simply ignore them. I gloss over their posts and concentrate on others. Why on earth can't others do the same.

I am also not addicted to having the last word, or to making personal comments to people that are derogatory. The point is I don't "know" anybody on here. I know what people say about themselves but you never know anyone until you have a face to face relationship and even then it isn't easy. To be insulting and personal is not very clever or amusing. It does say something about the poster though and I often wonder about their poor families!

Perhaps we ought to have a symbol that indicates if we are feeling unhappy about what someone has just said that is personal. A hammer might be good! jing would probably pile up a few, but that's jing. She would equally pile up a few thank you so for her kind and thoughtful posts.

Xposted with Lara. Not much clearer though.