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Post by kelso on Aug 28, 2016 15:36:08 GMT
......and yet,still under the Skiathos heading, there is a post titled "Was it Fate" which has a lot of entries which are nice and chatty. It has now reached 18 entries and is still there. I can't understand TA thinking. Bob
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Post by *Di* on Aug 28, 2016 19:38:30 GMT
Hi Dave - yes, I also tried to pm her, with no response. It seems like bullying to me, too, but PG did post on another thread that she wasn't bothered. Hope that is the case & it hasn't upset her. Well it would bother me Kate, I wonder if they pm you telling you the reasons, especially as more than one posting has been deleted/removed?....
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Post by hertsmiler on Aug 28, 2016 20:00:38 GMT
Like many of, I also enjoy reading what people have been doing on their holidays and have picked lots of useful especially tips on where to eat and places to visit. It seems as if someone is just being difficult. Poor Marj, so hope she isn't upset by it all. After all if you don't have an interest in a particular posting, then it's quite simple really, don't read it!
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Post by katet on Aug 28, 2016 20:04:04 GMT
Di - they didn't pm me when one of mine (in support of PG's reports) was removed. I think it's probably another user who - for whatever strange reason - has taken against Pinky's posts & is reporting to TA. Not good!
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Post by berty on Aug 28, 2016 20:44:12 GMT
I posted " was it fate" and expected it to be removed, strange that it wasn't.
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Post by Tre on Aug 28, 2016 20:55:51 GMT
It's really annoyed me! Hope "Pinky" does post on here as her reports are both informative & often humorous.
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Post by berty on Aug 28, 2016 21:23:51 GMT
I am in regular contact with Pinky, have told her about this place, she may well join up soon.
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Post by Tre on Aug 28, 2016 21:36:24 GMT
Brill berty. Thank you. Here's hoping!
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Post by dennisn on Aug 28, 2016 21:54:55 GMT
Gosh, what a tizwoz! I missed all this stuff (and all that load of new members) yesterday. I had a trip to Kelsoland (Glasgow) so I was away all day, then today trying desperately to get ahead of the garden, so I'm only just catching up with it all. I discovered and joined this website on 1st June 2013 and have found it very well suited to my needs. Conversely, I dislike the totally unstructured Facebook posts and the Tripadvisor seems little better. But the main difference for me is this site is structured, with topics where people can discuss, advise and comment about any particular subject, without having to scroll through lots of other stuff. It allows us to a topic or ignore it if we're not interested in that particular topic. I really can't relate to this topic because I don't know what happened on TA or who is the 'victim' of deletions or whatever, down to the different usernames. But I do find it weird that a couple of threads over there are (now) totally meaningless, containing just one unintelligible post and a couple of "This post has been deleted.....". i agree that it is annoying to see posts deleted without explanation - in my opinion (which I have expressed on a couple of sites where it happens) simply deleting posts without explanation is shockingly bad practice. All you lot are saying that you don't know why it's been done, therefore none of you can learn a lesson in order to avoid doing whatever the offence was yourselves. It's so simply basic good sense to me. With small children you educate them with mostly unexplained rules, but with us grown ups it is essential to explain the rules. Thank you Cariad for your kind comments. I have to agree with you that the Moderators here are wonderful, good looking and slim(mer than last year). But I may be biased - unless Woody has been busy recently, I think I'm his only Moderator Maybe my rarity adds to my attraction, certainly I'm preparing to fight off loads of admirers since I got my new teeth.
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Post by Tre on Aug 28, 2016 22:14:48 GMT
Dennis, the TA posts were by "Pinky" who is a regular visitor to Skiathos. Her posts, are sort of "daily diaries" & would be welcomed on here. However, someone (whoever?) saw fit for them to removed! You must be about due to pack for your next visit! Not jealous
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Post by dennisn on Aug 28, 2016 23:10:07 GMT
This Moderating thing is interesting. On the three sites where I am one, the policy (seems to be) allows criticism unrestrained except for indecency, swearing, gratuitous insults etc. I have even had to put up with an organised campaign to discredit me and not editing the posts. Some trolls have no qualms about distorting and twisting things to suit their aims and most of the time we allowed them to get away with it rather than step up for complaints of heavy handedness. On the other hand, I have been banned without warning or explanation (I'm guessing it was for asking a commercial poster why he used a mail drop address, not a premises of his own) and I've had posts deleted on another site for criticising, again without public warning or explanation, so other members didn't learn that what I had done was unacceptable. I would occasionally wonder why a poster had not been on the site for a while and it later turned out his post had been deleted and he had been suspended for a fortnight or whatever. Ridiculous! Yes, three quarters packed. I should warn you that if you don't admit to jealousy, I may be tempted to misuse my secret and powerful moderating powers.
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Post by cariad23 on Aug 29, 2016 6:33:51 GMT
are you taking your teeth in for fine tuning dennis? Theres some very good prices on here for first week in sept, if weather stays fine good price, you could pack a third holiday in dennis.
Im very jealous Dennis we were hoping to squeeze a week in , in sept after our fortnight in lovely stoupa in july, but not to be as our circumstances took abit of a blow. Hey you could get a new t shirt printed to wear whilst there, Forget TA Be A Boomeranger.
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Post by dennisn on Aug 29, 2016 7:13:48 GMT
Thank you for being jealous, Cariad, it makes me feel really good and gives you a "Get out of Mod's way free" card, as opposed to Tre who is not jealous and sailing very close to the wind!
My new teeth don't need fine tuning, I think they are as good as I can hope for. It reminds me that my dentist said dentures are not replacements for teeth - they are replacements for no teeth, which as a user I find a very accurate description. I really must practice taking the bottom ones out discretely to remove the nightmare tomato seeds etc without letting people see - I get told off for doing that.
As for t-shirts, by coincidence I actually did print two new ones for myself. Came across a couple of brand new unused white ones at the same time as we decided my swimming t-shirt should be retired. Unfortunately, I didn't do it too well and half the print has come off, so it has become a work t-shirt. The second one is going to Skiathos and we shall see whether I ironed that well enough.
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Post by kelso on Aug 29, 2016 7:18:18 GMT
oh Cariad I sense a t shirt business opportunity there. I can just see Dennis with a wee stall set up on the Bourtzi!😄 Bob
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Post by dennisn on Aug 29, 2016 8:27:04 GMT
No chance, Bob! The T-Shirt printing shop on Papadiamantis does a proper job which I couldn't hope to emulate. But he uses pre-printed transfers and wouldn't be able to do my design. At great risk to my personal safety, I unfolded my new one in the suitcase for this picture. The risk is it'll be spotted that I didn't get it folded back again properly and I'll lose some gums (I can't get teeth punched out cos I haven't got any!). (In reality, it's a very white t-shirt, just looks grey in the shadow of the suitcase).
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