Just Three New Posts In Three Days

[lankeela]

in the News section and all from one poster - surely something has to be done about it or what is the point of even having the section?

[Peter Pedant]

goodness you'll just call anyone a troll to get rid of them

it used to be "stalker" and it worked ! ( used to work) - even Gully last week resurrected it ( well it is Whitsun, erm, I dont think many ABers is going to get that one)

I am sure the linguists have a term ( or even a chapter in a book) for dustbins where you put people who you dont like - labelled, troll stalker or Nazi as the mood takes you.

It IS a very news light week ( whitsun that is [damn]) R4 had "I am Daniel Browdie" a one hander playing in Newcastle about Food banks.
A lot of beareaved fathers seem to be walking everywhere minus various limbs

[jackthehat]

What a short memory you have TTT.....

Post-Brexit you used to infest the news section with multiple daily posts on that subject; few were actual 'news' but all were designed to wind-up the 'remoaners'.
It went on for months.

However, I confess to swerving News most days now as when I do look in to see w'happen the only threads around seem to be Boris-bashing, Tory-bashing, Brexit-bashing, etc. and such a narrow focus doesn't really interest me.

As for 'starting my own threads', somehow I have never acquired the knack to construct interesting threads, nor do I have the time to shepherd them.

[ToraToraTora]

JTH, can you find me an example.

[ABSpareEditor]

Let's not gang up on ToraToraTora, please.

[gulliver1]

09.43 Spare Ed I haven't noticed any group, ganging up on anyone on this post.

[Hymie]

On behalf of JTH, here’s one of your many examples – if you want more, just let me know.

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1521287.html

[ToraToraTora]

Yes but that was at the time just after Brexit when the VBQC were doing their best to ignore the democratic choice of the majority of the electorate. I make no apology for posting under that threat. I'm really talking about the since Brexit has been done and dusted. Yes I put out the odd post but not 14 a week.

[douglas9401]

A bit blustery on here again today.

[Untitled]

what's VBQC?

[retrocop]

If my memory serves me it refers to Quislings.

[ToraToraTora]

what a shame untitled that you were not about at that time you'd have loved it. I was allied with the brexiteers against even tory and Labour VBQC, perhaps with some research you can learn that although I am a tory I am primarily on our side as a nation.

[Peter Pedant]

in the News section and all from one poster - surely something has to be done about it

er shoot the poster? ter daah

I am careful about threads about threads - considering Wagner ( group not the composer) is looting Mali ( somewhere in Africa I think), Ukrainians are dying but they have to die on Ukrainian soil apparently. and most importantly Harry is due on court for immigration review

[Peter Pedant]

Let's not gang up on ToraToraTora, please.
er no one understands that

Lets ging gang goolie on foo-foo me old chine

oh yes, OK most unfair on the ickle solja, hold up boys !

[Peter Pedant]

VBQC - dont remind me, please dont remind me

[ToraToraTora]

PP you are quite safe.

[lankeela]

Never have I said I want Gulliver banned, but I would appreciate the Ed having a word in his shell like to get him to stop making unfounded allegations and constantly sniping at the Tories, Brexit and most of all Boris - love him or hate him we all have our opinions but Gulliver's obsession has gone past ludicrous. I wish we could 'block' posters so we didn't see any of their posts like you can on facebook. As for just not reading his posts, when a new notification appears in latest posts its impossible to know whether it is a completely new post without clicking on it (although you have to admit the majority of his posts have a heading that make it pretty obvious who it is from). When others respond you don't know till you read them who the OP is.

[ToraToraTora]

well said lanks but sadly gulliver seems to be a protected at all costs aspect of this site.

[andy-hughes]

TTT - Gulliver is no more or less 'protected' than anyone else.

As long as his posts are within Site Rules, they stay, like yours, mine, anyone else's.

If you have a problem with the content of his posts, just ignore him

But the notion that he should be censored simply because some don't like what he had to say, is against the principles of free speech in general, and the Anserbank in particular.

Time to let this go and move on.

[webbo3]

Perhaps a new site rule should be posting a link to the story you are discussing, after all if you can create an account and post articles it not difficult to post a link, everyone else does.

[granny grump]

I've just posted in News with a genuine question - should I have posted it elsewhere?