Gransnet today....Just my opinion.

Trisher maybe you didn't read too many of JBF's posts.
She made frequent reference to the fact that she was in the last chance saloon and towards the end of her tenure as Gransnet's favourite poster, started a thread actually baiting Cari to ban her.
Perhaps you could enlighten us as to what form of mentoring/ counselling/ support JBF might have responded to?

Gransnet is not as interesting as it was in the early days. In the past I have seen many new posters chased off Gransnet by the same few posters, who unfortunately weren't banned. Maybe they should have been reported, though they had a few fans who jumped in and stuck up for them when they had been hounding some unfortunate poster. They certainly got away with a lot more than Jingles ever did.

jane oh you are probably right- just thinking there seems to be a concept of 'them' and 'us' and the only way I know of solving this is for the 'them' to become a lot more open and transparent. Otherwise once this is established things tend to get worse.

I only got as far a merengue....mmmmmmmmm meringue.....................

Walking does it for me

(I meant, dissipates stress. And crossness)

(as opposed to )

Back again, Cari drinking will not help solve the problem but does make it easier to bear. Do we need to be so PC , part of the fun of being older is to kick against the traces.
Trisher give it up others have opinions and it's not just your highway.

Jingl knew exactly what she was doing - she baited HQ and dared them to ban her, which they did. I don't think anyone, least of all jingl herself can grumble at that! I am sure she is loving being one of the subjects of this thread!

I find gransnet interesting and at times helpful - I have learned a huge amount about a wide variety of things - we have posters who initiate debate on areas of their interests and thus expand mine, for which I am grateful. We have science links from one poster, political ones from another and it opens my eyes to new ideas. I am all for that.

If someone wants to use the site for some sort of provocation and attention-seeking, then everyone else has the option to ignore this, unless it sabotages a useful and interesting thread just for the hell of it, in which case it is a bit of a pain. Better to just leave the thread for a while and wait for it all to die down.

Cyber-bullying is a well known phenomenon and it is for that reason that I think there should be good manners in the debates, as I do not want to go down that route. Polite does not mean bland. We have got so used to the abysmal quality of politicians' debating style - I think we do better than that.

? Poor Cari can't win. (To seek comfort in booze or not to seek comfort in booze)

I don't understand why this topic keeps being resurrected. jingle effectively dared Gransnet to ban her and had no one to blame but herself when they did.

If some people find Gransnet bland and boring there is no obligation on them to continue reading or contributing.

Why should Trisher 'give it up'?

Who the fuck are you ChristineFrance to tell another poster to reign her views in?

If I remember correctly, Trisher, like myself and many others on GN, held a position of responsibility before retiring. We are not accustomed to being treated like silly children and are used to having our opinions listened to. We don't quietly go away when told to, even if others are more acquiescent.

Cari, please tel that it wasn't people on here who were complaining about the alcohol post/s...

References to cake seem to have dried up too, ana . I suspect zero sense of humour in some quarters.

So if someone is under 'warning' would it be possible to share this with other members of GN ?(with that member's permission of course). This might result in a support network who will try to help the poster and encourage them not to enter into discussions where they are being baited.
thinking about this one and I'm not sure.

Do you think it could start a trend of GN becoming more a series of threads about members' disputes and personality clashes instead of disputes and clashes on threads about more objective topics?

Perhaps you could enlighten us as to what form of mentoring/ counselling/ support JBF might have responded to?
janea None whatsoever, she would have done her own thing anyway!

Well, it's quite right that Cari should endeavour to keep everyone in line re alcohol. She is in a position of great responsibility. #noboozersalliwedongransnet

Can I please rehash that hangtag.

#noboozersallowedongransnet

I was getting squiffy-eyed trying to read the first one Candlefran

Hashtag. A hangtag would be going too far.

Sorry Anya thought I was entitled to my two penn'orth as well. Apparently that's just for the favoured few.
By the way ' reigning ' is something the Queen does, you want me to rein in I think .

Would there be an Announcement every Monday morning? 'The posters under warning this week are xxx and yyyy. Please be as kind and supportive as you can to them during this difficult time'?

You'll be banned if you're not careful Christinefrance

Behave.