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Wendy, you could well be right, both about the "contributors" and the advertisers. I've been using this site for quite a while now, and although you had the occasional "troll" it does seem to have escalated recently. Maybe it is one person using different ID's, it certainly looks that way, as each post seems very similar to the others in terms of articulation etc, and there probably is a way to stop it from happening, or report abusive posts, if someone set up the facility for this. But it seems a shame that so much time and energy is being put into the ramblings of what may just be one bored teenager trying to wind everyone up.

I agree that registration is the only way to stop this, doubt it will happen so will continue to ignore, but there lies the problem, how to know who to ignore if they hijack a real contributors name??

Is this reply from me?, you have no idea, makes it hard to know who to ignore and who is genuine, guess we take our chances.

I suppose if it's abusive then the assumption would be that a posters (postee?) identity may well have been hijacked, but it is difficult to know, although I think that you can get a clue generally by the tenor and language of the post. It's a dilemma.

A good rule of thumb is "when in doubt, don't" - reply, I mean. What these fools want is reaction, and whilst they still get this, they will continue their puerile, childish nonsense. Personally I have been sickened lately by the ruin of what was a such a great site, with help as well as wit and humourous repartee from a group of obviously intelligent, erudite people.

Wendy asked,how many twerps are there.

Well, the chief twerp is Jo/sue/drey/stan/t/k/l/etc. who has been popping up on here for quite a while. To be fair she has moderated her language of late. She turns up late most evenings. I often reply to her,which I admit is probably a mistake. She is by no means as stupid as most of her postings make her appear.

Apart from the occasional visiting nutter I believe that most of the other objectional postings are made by regulars in morph mode. Regularly names that have never appeared before crop up, spit some acid, and disappear again. People willing to engage in a frank exchange of views (ok, an open row)are few and far between. Most prefer to morph so they can insult merrily but anonymously. For instance "crossword fan" only ever appears to tell Jo to f.o. In one "row" a regular morphed so he could call me a sodomist - in latin. I've said before,and often,that this ability to morph at will is the major problem on this site. As long as it remains nobody can be sure of who they are dealing with,whether so and so actually said that,and so on.

To come back to Jo. I don't know why people get so uptight about her. She usually appears when there is very little other traffic. So what is she interferring with. Certainly lately all the bad language comes from others-probably regulars-who don't like her presence full stop.

As for trevor, who can say. Personally I think he had a meltdown moment. But,hey,that can happen with anyone. If he still visits this site (and I'm sure he does) he will know that his numerous fans are begging him to return (me included). He disappeared for nearly three months a while back after being picked on by some utter loonie. I exect he'll show up again when he is ready.

Like I warned would happen, pixies are frantically emailing Ash. Objecting to this that and the other. Like this nonsense about children. Frankly, if you allow your grandchildren to use this site unsupervised you should be reported to the Social Services. It's not as if there have actually been any improvements to the site,quite the opposite really. I could go on.......but the rugby is starting.

I even think that the person that started this thread (neil) is a troll.The same comment has been made at least once before and at the same time and with abuse.It's very difficult to separate the good from the bad.
If he/she is a troll then they have won!

The irony (and I include this contribution) of writing in to encourage people to ignore daft emails doesn't escape me, but can we perhaps retain a sense of perspective? Ash is a businessman and not a public service. He runs this not because he loves crosswords but because we do and we see the adverts, which he can sell. He will not shut the site down because people swear, any more than a football match will be abandoned for the same reason. Every Internet forum would have a very short life if swearing and daftness caused it to shut. Ash is selling ad space to big firms such as Easy Jet and Travel Lodge, so things are going well for him. Rest easy, and smile at the occasional provocateurs who are far from the worst ranters on the net.

AB I agree with your point but don't you realise that most people will have some kind of ad blocker in place.I for one never see adverts on this site.
Also if the advertisers see no return then they will cease funding.

Terry,

It's a bit weird,but you mentioned that Trevor has gone off-line before...I find that somehow comforting. Maybe he will be back soon.

OR!

I WILL START SINGING AGAIN..

I want you back

I want you back for gooood!


Lalalaldumdadannnna

Want yaback for goood!

p@

Ps Trevor...do you really want people to suffer?