General Chat

Hi Ron Used to come on here quite a lot but hardly ever these days . Why? Because nothing ever changes - same old boring drivel and argurments. So I would say to GR close the general board down altogether - it really is not worth it. Failing that, 3 bans and you're banned for good. I'd also say to the constant bickerers on here that when your mates get banned, instead of starting endless waving threads or missing you threads or they've done nothing wrong threads - all pile onto MSN or SKYPE and give all the 'normal' folk on here who just want a bit of fun a break. Debby

I know that this has been said before by different people on different threads, but the General Topics Board is not an important part of the GR site and the vast majority of members never use it.

It needs moderators on all the time to see exactley what goes off. Deleting shouldn't be allowed.........I go on one site that prevents deletions and I haven't in two years seen one bad word. Suspensions should be done after a warning and for persitent offenders a life ban Names should not be changed............once you have them it should be for keeps .....unless a sound reason is given and agreed by the moderators

nudge

as I said said on a different thread... they have your money so who cares??but I do agree about a mediator.

Lots of people feel the same way about this matter. Keep adding to this thread and maybe they might see that the members are not going to be treated like mushrooms (ie kept in the dark and fed on bull droppings.) for much longer. Just my view but i think GR have like a ticking time bomb on it's hands and it's just a matter of time befor things explode on this site. Lots of paid up MEMBERS want MODERATORS on this site Lots of paid up MEMBERS want ISP NUMBERS LOGED in order to control bullys and trouble makers and keep them from spoiling the site for others We as Members have the right to inform GR, of the things the members want and why we want them. GR should if they care at all about the members they do have, fill what needs it's members have.

nudge!! coz it needs it :)

If behavoiur cant be upheld on this site then it should be a total Bann from the site full stop,,,,,,the line has to be drawn somehere,but it wont stop people re-joining as GR state in their T&C--they will not be held responsible if a -Banned member or Suspended member re-joins, all they can do is block as they do now access entry to the site via a logged email address,,,,but multi email addresses from different sources can overcome this.

Ron, Sometime ago I suggested to GR.a system of 'Yellow card,Red Card' could be used and simple to implement, to no avail. I don,t think they,re bothered as long as they get their cash. Hal.

For GR to un-encrypt C/C details then GR/ITV would be in breach of your given C/C security when you join as a paid member,,,,,,,,, I certainly wouldnt like to think anyones was un-encrypted,,,,,as with all sites you pay for a service by.they are *suposed* to give you security in knowing that your C/Cdetails are not shown or known to owners of that site,,,,,would anyone be happy to know that sites such as---E***could un-encrypt deatils of your payment method,,,?

Hello everyone, thankfully I haven't had any nasty problems but as I swapped names recently I thought it might be a good idea to say that if anything I have posted has caused any undue hurt it was unintentional and I apologise unconditionally. good luck in your efforts. Merle Sandells

Ron, the main thing I would ask GR would be to put moderators into place immediately. I have an email from GR from two years ago that promised this would happen shortly. I subscribe to several other sites - not all to do with family history research, and all of them are moderated.

Kay, I take your point but GR could log IP addresses and could unencrypt credit card numbers. All the abuse I've seen on here is in the middle of the night in the UK and I doubt that people run round all night internet cafes just to post abuse. Gwynne

Hi Sally - Ohhhhh - praps on mass then :o)))) Yeh quite agree with you Dragonfly (ooops sorry got wrong name and changed it) - constant name changing (especially) is (to me) uneccessary. jude sarf wales :o)

Hi , Well first number 1 wouldnt work,,,firstly all memberships done via a C/C details are encrypeted and GR have no access to know these details,lots of people have access to more than one C/C often not in thier own name,,,,,and loads of people have more than one email. address,and GR can be accessed from any internet cafe ,,,,,,,,,plus the use of a laptop can present other problems,not all GR members may be home users, ?

DO NOT ALLOW NAME CHANGING UNLESS 24 HRS NOTICE GIVEN

Hello Jude, ITV are no use either, when they blew up in a bad way 6 months or so ago, I emailed ITV twice.....no reply.....useless....

Hello Ron:o)) Agree with everything said so far, but l also think its time that ITV were asked to intervene - they can't go advertising this site on the telly without knowing what goes on - surely?? thing is do they know or not?? GR don't appear (l say 'don't appear to be doing anything'!!) to be doing anything about the abuse, except apparently this morning a thread has been deleted and in the past many threads have been deleted - not stopped others being posted though. So praps ITV is the next step!! jude sarf wales :o)

we've been round the tables with this before......... i truly believe that as long as GR are getting their membership money, they dont really give two hoots! about their PAYING members. The 'Family Tree Forum' is Small (by comparison) to this site, However, we have 14-15 moderators on a site that has 1,422 members, We do NOT tolerate this kind of behavior from our members.

Woody I have to go out now but just wanted you to know i agree with what you have said. If GR don't do anything that the members keep repeatingly asking for, that alone shows what they think of the members they have left on here at the moment. Come GR give us some MODARATORS on here please Log all isp and card numbers If people repeatedly couse trouble as some do at the moment ban them, if they keep doing it after a little ban then give a life ban to them. Right had me say and i got to go out now byeeeeee