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Mike AllenMike Allen Posts: 208
in The potting shed
I find the internet, 'Out of this world'  All that is there just for the touch of a computer key.

Then one area of the net.  Forums.  OK lets take this one.  Members who contribute have a vast amount of gardening know-how etc.  Contributions can lead to wholesome debates.  Sadly sometimes slurs and totally unwarranted comments arise.  How do YOU feel about a forum member being insulted etc.  Is this the place or the time.

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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Mike Allen said:
    Contributions can lead to wholesome debates.  Sadly sometimes slurs and totally unwarranted comments arise. 

    Where? What have I been missing?!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    I joined this forum last October. I read most of the threads but I've never seen a forum member being insulted or verbally attacked. I can only comment on what I've seen so far and that's a great bunch of friendly and helpful members. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    In those fly-on-the-wall documentaries they often fuzz out the heads of people who don’t want to feature. That seems typical of my life; certainly my fuzzed out head has missed the slurs and unwarranted comments.
    Rutland, England
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    A respectful and courteous forum as this one is certainly due to the Moderator/s influence. Like attracts like. 

    There's bound to be someone who gets out of bed on the grumpy side, feels sensitive and might read a comment the wrong way. This is life. Though I have to say; I too haven't seen a nasty comment, let alone a pile on. 

    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Time to give it a rest @Mike Allen. Like a broken record :/
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    With you there @Fairygirl, unfortunately Mike raises his head above the parapet from time to time, usually to complain about some perceived slight, or to moan about another member.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    punkdoc said:
    With you there @Fairygirl, unfortunately Mike raises his head above the parapet from time to time, usually to complain about some perceived slight, or to moan about another member.
    yes - and then returns to the other forum he's on to complain about folk here  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    @Mike Allen you've not posted on here for ages so you can't be referring to insults on here ... if you feel you've been insulted on another forum then you need to take it up with the Mods on that forum ... please don't bring disputes from elsewhere onto GW.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    Maybe I shouldn't really get involved in this but let's just reflect on one of the OP's earlier messages .....

    "Thankfully.  As so often quoted.  Gardening, horticulture has proved time and time again, to be a great therapeutic healer and comforter.  Following members threads here on the forum.  It has proved that no virus, Black Spot Leaf Blight or whatever can thwart the continued efforts of gardeners to stick together.   I recall back in 2014.  I receieved a gigantic floral arrangement from members.  I'd undergone bladder cancer surgery.  Since then, sadly I have had countless operations, and the cancer returns.  Nevertheless I still cherrish that kind loving gesture." - Mike Allen 

    ..... and maybe think of him a touch more favourably. As a new poster here myself I've seen all types of response, most nice and friendly I have to say, but not all. 
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited February 2022
    Some of us have known Mike a very long time ... as he says, we had a whipround and sent him flowers when he was very unwell ... however there have been other times that are best passed over.  Hopefully Mike's recent return to this forum with a new account will be a return to the pleasant and informative posts of old.   :)



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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