The Decline and Fall of GN?

some people spread their vitriol in the guise of plain speaking

And others in apparently innocuous mock horror or innuendo alas, N&G
Not meaning present company!

I now know that there are over 300,000 members of G'net. Do we now have a case of 'the bland leading the bland'?

I do think it's a shame when posts and as happened before, entire threads are deleted.

I understand that GNHQ needs to monitor the site but I think it might be better to let posts stand and allow the majority of mature and reasonable GN's, to respond.

It can also be rather frustrating when a post has been deleted before you get the opportunity to read it, for me anyway.

Hahahaha, MawB, my copy-book has been blotted a couple of times too.
I wasn't being PC enough !

Or maybe we need to learn how to discuss issues without resulting to sweeping statement, personal attacks or mean spiritedness?

There’s debate and vitriol..... some people spread their vitriol in the guise of plain speaking .

Just my opinion of course ?

Maybe we need a vote of no confidence.

I am saying absolutely nothing. I don't think I want to be out on my ear again.

Anyway, you know how I'm feeling at the moment. Just don't get it.

Speaking as one whose wrist has been slapped with monotonous regularity especially when I have reacted to saccharine tosh (to put it mildly) I am resigned to this new bland GN and frequently only find one or two topics/threads I even want to look at

Well let's see what happens!
Gransnet surely has to investigate any postings they're alerted to, so the fault lies IMO with the people doing the reporting. There are so many people nowadays who shy like frightened horses at anything in the least bit controversial, others who enjoy stirring things up. IMO Gransnet could be a useful forum for robust opinions, and what used to be called the cut and thrust of argument, expressed by people with experience of life who are intelligent enough to understand that there may be people out there who have different opinions.