BBC Radio 4 programme - update

Is that your way of apologising for Laura stating that we "are mostly elderly and not very IT literate"?  I don't consider myself to be either, and I bet I'm in the majority.

I have a few questions, how many of you have actually worked with the online forum for 6 years? Do you keep records of people about whom complaints have been made?  I've given up reporting my suspicions about dodgy members, because since James and Thomas left, action is ineffective and very slow.  In deed when I reported the return of a troll, I was told "well they seem to be behaving themselves at the moment".  Is that how it should be?  I don't think so!

Marsha 

Hi Carol,

Thank you for the response but feel it still fails to address the concerns of some very supportive members. The fact that people were scathing about the Admin Manager has been taken as a personal attack. What it was, was was the feeling many members reached, as their own independent conclusion, after listening to the broadcast. I resent that some comments were removed without prior notice from my blog. The comment expressed the true feeling and impressions gained by members and were not a vindictive personal attack meant to cause distress.

While I accept part of this could be the result of heavy editing by the BBC the actual responses made were not supportive of members and quite condescending in terms of members abilities !!

The point that has been repeatedly made is that 'Anna Johns' has left the site the majority of member would prefer that any link between 'Her' and them selves were removed, I feel this included the comment on the Post from Admin Disclosing her deception.

While the blogs have been removed a search on 'Anna Johns'  does bring up the following links naming groups and other members who became involved with her and I feel they too should be removed

List of Activities of Anna John
http://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/annajohns/activities/default.aspx

List of Anna Johns Groups, including comment on her activity
http://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/childrens-cancer/default.aspx

List of Anna Johns Friends
http://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/annajohns/friends/default.aspx

Cheers John

Whatever the cut made by the BBC was, the mere fact that we all now feel we are elderly and not very intelligent is evident. As to recording cuts, I personally have been filmed for 9 hours which resulted in 6 minutes of programme being broadcast, cuts are inevitable and should have been anticipated! 

I have known extremely elderly, extremely intelligent people, without whom many of us would now not be here. Insulting older people is not clever, it is demeaning. 

I still feel that though I personally have had an email apology for the lack of swift response, a 'blanket' apology to anyone and everyone affected by the lack of thought to remove on line identities would be helpful to allow recovery from the present ill-feeling. I am aware that Admin feel that posts are visible to anyone who 'googles'. Well, maybe an apology would also then be visible and would surely improve the standing of all involved. 

Having had a post deleted earlier today I am wary of posting here.  I have, however, emailed admin with my response to the above.  

Hi Carol,

I commented on John's blog although did not say too much in that post.

I was utterly shocked to listen to Laura's comments when she was interviewed, I accept that her interview was cut short, and the BBC edited most of the interview, but surely you can understand as to WHY! community members are feeling upset about being portrayed as being 'Mainly older', 'Not very computer literate' and so on.

This is not a personal attack towards Laura, it is my views and I honestly feel just a simple apology would suffice.

Regards

Mary