General Chat

i think what kays said makes sense,also any newbies can join and not feel like there being interigated.think we have to move with the times.x

Thanks for the replies. I still think GR have made a mistake doing this. When looking to help out on tips and records we are more likely to be patient with someone who we can see has just joined, than with someone who has been on here for years and knows he/she is asking people to spend money/credits on a search for them. I don't have a problem with people knowing when I joined or how many are on my (small) tree on here. I always explain to new contacts that I keep my data in FTM anyway. There have been times when a 'newly joined' member turned out not to be a new and genuine member but has caused an almighty row on the gen board then deleted themselves and disappeared. Most websites indicate newly joined members in some way - why should GR be any different? There have been problems with 'name collecters' here as well. If you can see that someone only has a few people on his/her tree and doesn't offer to exchange information in another way then you are forewarned to the possibility that they don't want to share but to take. Gwynne (still a bit grumpy)

all my previous messages have been deleted by genes. Even if I click on the messages part there are none there. I have deleted al of my contacts to start afresh and already I have 3 in my contacts!!!!!!

im still strugling to understand,lol.when im talking to someone on the boards,the last thing in my mind is a]are they imposters b]whats there number struth i could,nt tell ya what my number is. im not unhappy with the changes as i dont think they affect me.xxx

If someone posts an aggressive or abusive thread it does cross my mind that they may be out to cause trouble - I think that quite natural in view of what has gone on in the past. It's not as though it hasn't happened before. It isn't that long ago that I found that someone I was talking to on the boards wasn't the newbie who they seemed but was someone else. I dislike deceit - I can't see that I'm wrong for doing so. It's only experience on here that has made me suspicious - I didn't used to be. Gwynne

well i just answer to whoever,and if there ok with me im cool with them. also im not up for checking peeps out.im no detective.and could,nt be bothered.theres more to life than examining everyones name.and im not that pc literate. xxxxjoy

Joy, You seem to have missed the point - I'm talking about people posting aggressive and abusive posts - that's not being ok with anyone, surely? Gwynne