As some of you know, I have a web-site where I visit and explore villages and local areas, to try and get a 'sense' of the place, and more importantly, the people who used to live there, and to whom, often, the place owes a debt.
I always start at the parish church, because often there's clues there. Anyway, I decided to join a Facebook Group that is all about history and churches, in the hope of getting an idea of what's where. Also, amongst my 5,000 photos I've taken, there's a good few that I thought others might enjoy'.
However, despite the rules of the group asking people to do so, there are a lot of pictures posted with no clue as to location. So I made a small, polite post, reminding people of the group rules and asking them to at least tell us where the location is.
Didn't that open can of worms! I got accused of being 'officious' 'meddling' and told to either scroll past the pictures or find out for myself (how?).
So I thought, this is not a good look for the group, and I certainly didn't intend any controversy or bad feeling. Thinking I was doing right, I deleted my post, and put a small note apologising for causing any controversy or ill-feeling. Though why I should apologise for saying 'please', and making a polite request, I don't know.
Oh dear, this action has resulted in people carrying on the same discussion on the new post. I asked them not to - again politely - as far as I was concerned, the matter is closed.
Alas! Apparently I'm now a MOFO (and an ex-member of what is a very good group)
