Where is Anya

I've been on GN fot 3 years and right from the start noticed occasional bullying and unpleasantness where people seemed to gang up on someone for no reason. The very first time I posted was when I jumped in with both feet to defend someone who was being 'picked on' and she pm'd me to say thank you.
I can't see that it's changed much. This still happens from time to time and it can get unpleasant especially on political threads. I think as we are all anonymous people have a tendency to criticise and attack others which they wouldn't do in RL (I hope.) But people's feelings can still be hurt.
However most threads are friendly and supportive and I enjoy the chats and humour.

Sorry you didn't understand mcem Imo 'a long time' made it quite clear and did not in any way imply I had been a member from the beginning. Had I been here from the beginning it would have been a simple matter to say so. 'Always' was correct in the full context.

Nit-picking aside, I take your point and that of polly but we're coming at this from different angles. Polly quite rightly says that she was aware of the bullying accusations when she joined 3 years ago and I wouldn't contradict that.
However, when I joined G N in its original incarnation that simply wasn't the case.
Ergo we're all justified in saying what we did!!

Yes, I would prefer not to have to respond to the nit-picking, rather unhelpful imo.

Shame it is not as it was at the beginning but being on here has taught me that people will say things on a forum they wouldn't say face to face. Maybe those with less than satisfactory lives take it out on others in the virtual world.

I think it is great when people disagree and have reasonable 'conversations' about their differences, I did that with Anya without either of us feeling got at. Unfortunately there are people on gn who can be most unpleasant towards those with a different viewpoint and some who twist what has been said and deliberately misconstrue others' posts. I have been the recipient of such posts and when correcting what I actually said have had no apology. This has led me to decide not to post on some threads where certain people have been 'robust'.

The very first time I posted was when I jumped in with both feet to defend someone who was being 'picked on' and she pm'd me to say thank you.
Very brave of you pollyperkins, well done.
I have done that a few times and had my knuckles severely rapped as a consequence - but I will carry on!

It’s funny isn’t it, how you begin to get a feel for some of the other Gransnetters, those you are sure you’d get along with, those who are so empathetic, those who actually you think you’d rather not meet .
It does make it difficult to make any kind of relationship, albeit online, if users change their username.