Wow..seems to be lots of new gransnetters!

I guess a lot of new members are brought in by the links posted on MN daily emails to the more interesting GN threads. Particularly those on the relationships thread, which might be relevant to DILs.

It’s great to see new names with different points of view. And nobody should be put off by established posters having a go (not on this thread, obviously). Some of the old guard do think they own the board, sadly, and put newbies off. I think we’re all just too polite to them, which gives them the idea that their rudeness is acceptable.

But tell me more about how to get rid of those bloodstains in the cellar....

I missed the 'blood stains in the cellar post' Rosina - what were people suggesting? (Just out of interest you understand!) Anyway I take your point BUT sometimes the replies are days apart. I guess that posters don't read all the replies before they answer?

Farview hope things improve soon for you.No need to stay quiet, you were wondering why there were so many posters (new ones). I think many were lurking for a while and have now decided to join in, which is great.

Trouble is there DanniRae that by the time I have managed to type a response to what looks like the last comment, and clicked 'post', about twenty other people have obviously been furiously typing away at the same time with a good method to get rid of bloodstains in the cellar. Yes, I too find aggressive people a bit alarming - after some recent posts I almost wanted to drop out but then thought I should display some backbone and stand up for myself. Politely, of course!

Welcome to all new Gransnetters.
Just like to say that the one thing that drives me mad on here - apart from aggressive people who never give up banging on about their favourite subject and I know that that's never going to change - is threads where a poster asks, for example, "How do I get a stain out of my new blouse?" and after someone has given a reasonable answer the same answer is repeated time and time again by lots of other Gransnetters. I always want to shout "OK we get it!"
OOPS sorry I seem to have gone into a rant!
Once again "Welcome - I hope you enjoy this site as much as I do"

Staying polite is the secret - and not allowing yourself to be needled into retaliating in kind when someone fails to remember that.

New posters welcome .

Attack the post not the poster no longer applies which is a pity.

Elegran, I am passionate about my beliefs, but being well mannered I am very mindful of other peoples feelings when replying to a post.

It depends on the subject. Some people are very passionate about their beliefs and tend to think the best defence is attack.

Been on here a little while now, notice the same posters are willing to "have a go" at anyone who does not agree with them. Not very nice, but that's folk for you. If you want to express an opinion, duck and make sure your head is well below the parapet!

There does seem to be a certain theme among the spoofers at the moment.

Hello and welcome to Gransnet Mamissimo

It most definitely is a “less spikey place recently (well as long as you don’t criticise the royals that is)

I’ve been pressing my nose up against the glass for a while to see what goes on here and it seems a less spikey place recently so I’ve dipped my toe in and no ones bitten my head off yet. Some nights I thought that there would be loads of us lurking in the shadows.....and here we are! Hello!

What on earth do you have to do NanKate to get 'busted' from Gransnet?? It did cross my mind, having mentioned Mumsnet, that perhaps some new members might be potential rather than actual 'Grans'.

I do miss some of the old members such as Ana Anya and Jinglebells who ruffled lots of feathers but made me laugh. HQ got rid of her sadly, a very poor move I feel.

I agree Bestwishes there have been some name changes I think for reasons of privacy.
Welcome to any new posters though, hope you find some support on here and enjoyment of course.

Again, I agree Bestwishes I think there are a few spoof threads on at the moment and I did wonder if some of the ‘new’ posters were just new names

farview I’m thinking that a lot of the new posters have changed their names and I’d go one further in that a fair few of them are totally made up scenarios.

It’s a shame, maybe now that the site is connected to other social media sites some people get a kick out of seeing their untrue posts make it onto FB.

Could be people changing their usernames ......

Well,think I will just stick with the Games for the time being..am under enormous stress,had a mega blip last night,too much wine,feel silly now,until am able to cope again shall stay quiet....

Oh good!!

We did lose some posters so it's nice that we have new ones joining with their varied views.

Welcome one and all

Yes a lot of new members lately . I think GN has improved for the better. Welcome to all new members. ?

Well, we just lost a tranche of regular posters, not sure why, so it is nice to welcome so many new names on the posts.

I started a post some months back because I had had a sneaky look at 'Mumsnet'...well, I guess it wasn't really sneaky as, by default, I am a 'Mum' too! - and I commented that while Gransnet was showing perhaps 50 or so replies to a discussion, Mumsnet was usually around 550, and why did people think this was? I do agree that in the past few weeks or so Gransnet seems to have more answers on the different threads - and that's great! How nice to have new members and new opinions.

I think it’s brilliant!
GN was becoming a bit stagnant and all the many new posters have perked it up.
A very warm welcome to all new posters, new voices make a site interesting.