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absent, I seem to remember that the members involved in that instance were known to each other, it wasn't a case of random nastiness.

Nor was this recent incident random nastiness.

You are obviously well-informed, absent.

No! I don't know dragonfly or Paige!

Think I'd better shut up and go to bed.

Oh, and I don't know anyone. I think I was random.

I have never had a nasty PM from anyone. Should I worry that I am invisible? Should I desist from posting this in case someone kindly decides to stop me worrying that I might be invisible and sends me a nasty PM?

Should I go to bed?

I wouldn't wait up!

Nor me Elegran, but there again I am pretty invisible in real life too.

Maybe GN is becoming too popular and well known - a victim of its own success!

You said what I was thinking Elegran.

Yet again , I've missed everything!

In the light of yet another attempt by a certain shape-shifter to weasel his way on to Gransnet today (after being shown the door on at least 2 occasions), can I say how sick I am of people who see us as "fair game". If it had not been for Glamma's sharp eyes alerting some of the rest of us, he might have slipped through yet again. What is the attraction of such behaviour? Is it a challenge? And how sad for genuine mambers who have better things to do with their lives than provide entertainment for sick devious minds

I can't actually see what harm HF ever caused to anyone on here, Soutra. In fact, some of his advice about shared-ownership of property and care fees was spot-on.

I'm beginning to feel a bit naive here; how do you spot them?

He was rather boring at times, but never hurt anyone. I am still not convinced that he was real, but it doesn't matter now

I am pleased to report that I have had a PM from Granny23, entitled "Nasty!" and containing a "Whooooo" to scare me! Now I am not invisible. I shan't bother reporting it, though.

Well done, Elegran. I'm convinced that naming and shaming would work in most cases of unpleasant PMing.

I mean of course really unpleasant PMs, not those sent in the spirit of sorting out a disagreement or misunderstanding which may have occurred in a thread.

Or as a joke! Thank you, G23

Doh!

Still stand by what I said, though. Sorry Granny23!

Dragonfly Sometimes you can see a continuation of an obsession held b ya previous poster, or a pattern of ways of speech that sound familiar, or an attitude, or a repetition of what they tell about their circumstances. These can all be illusions, though, so there is not a foolproof way of identifying anyone. If you think someone is not what they pretend to be, you should tell GNHQ, who have access to more info about people than we do, and can investigate.

Well, if GNHQ really do have some kind of knowledge that we don't, they could always come out and say so. I can't see that a particular poster ever did anything but try to be helpful.

It's all silly. And we are not helpless old souls who need protecting from big bad wolves. We have as many faculties as anyone running an internet forum.

I'm surprised no one has popped up yet.

"Ex wives of millionaires"???!!!