General Chat

We all know the problems on this site. If you can think of answers to correct or better the site write them in here. If you can think of ways to make the site better put them in here. ..................Have your say or don't moan

stop non-paying members from adding to all boards. use the ' yellow card ' system, two yellow cards, and your suspended. bring in ' experienced ' moderators. bryan.

I second Bryan's ideas.JJH

Good ideas Bryan. and i agree with them but GR have never listened to it's members thats why it's got as bad as it has. Any idea on how to change that one first?

Only allow people to change their names with prior notice with G.R and only allow it a set amount of times,e.g 4 times, they can keep those names and use them during that year ,say if its for christmas or easter.

I think it's too easy for peeps to change their names, lots seem to do it, I get very confused with it, I's sat here thinking are you such a body who use to be? I just use my own name that way no confusion. catherine xx

some good ideas off Bryan and Roxanne there......

Whose online now 24 hrs lapse befoere using new names 24/7 monitoring

Suggested 'Red and Yellow 'cards some time ago to GR,no response.but meybe if enough people wanted it,they would respond. Hal.

record credit card numbers. addresses and IP addresses of members. Do not allow more than one membership for the same person without special dispensation (ie for valid reasons like researching birth/adoptive trees). Bar persistent troublemakers PERMANENTLY

Partial copy and paste from Elaine's thread - As well as logging IPs, GR should use the credit card records to check that banned people are not re-registering. They must keep them else how can they operate the continuous membership? It's so long since I registered that I can't remember what details they ask for but I also think we should have to give our proper names and addresses which are kept on file. Then if a particular member seems to be 'trouble' it would be simple enough for GR to check they are who they say they are. Far too many fakes are registering here. NO boards should be accessible to anyone who hasn't paid the fee. First suspension should only be 4 weeks. 8 weeks is too harsh for a first offence, second suspension should be 8 weeks, third 12, then a total ban. Gwynne

Now we are geting some good ideas If you agree with any say so or if you have your own ideas lets hear them. If enouth people have their say may something could be done. Only paying members to be allowed to use the site I think is good Bring in the yellow and red card system and then Ban the guilty i think is very good Bring in experienced ' moderators./ prefects is also very good. Ban known trouble makers good Don't let prebanned people rejoin very good Lets see what more can be done

I agree with Bryan. Stella

Joan, I disagree with you on name changing. I cannot keep up with the names being changed all the time and certainly do not want to have a long list of numbers to which I have to refer before I know who I'm talking to. I can't see what is wrong with choosing a name and keeping to it. That would be my No.1 complaint. Jean.

hi joyce, that's a good point. it's quite safe providing, you don't add to threads such as. where do you live. what is your maiden name. what is your middle name. what is your married name. it amazes me, that so many people add to these, as it really is a security risk... years ago, only the police had software, to find you... today, it's freely available to everyone. hope this helps......bryan.

Jean i agree with you on that one One name to one member thats the way it use to be.

I noticed that the TYFH site is going to restrict posting on their boards to paying members soon and, I think this has been intoduced as a direct result of the probs on here. Quote from their email 'I have and always will try to keep membership cost on Tracing Your Family History to a bare minimum. At half the price of similar sites and roughly the price of a family history magazine the Tracing Your Family History site membership subscription is a site that really does care for our members. The second consideration was given to events happening on other sites with regards to free postings. It became clear over a period of time just how easy it could be to abuse a priviledge that we offer to allow non subscribing members to post on our boards. Whilst the majority of people are good decent people a minority of people can cause so much unneccesary hurt, suspicion, cause arguments amongst members and spoil the overall communnity spirit that has been created. I am not prepared to allow that to happen. We do not tolerate that sort of behaviour here at Tracing Your Family History For these reasons our site will soon revert back to being mainly full member only.' I'm in agreement with all the suggestions listed so far, but in reality who is going to listen? Suex

With regards to name changing, I think we should have the option of two names ... either the name you use every day or a name you want to use on here. I must admit, I wouldn't want to be restricted to such an extent that I wouldn't post if I had to give personal details out. Some of us have got personal problems and don't want our actual identities known ... sometimes for legal reasons. (not me on either score I hasten to add) Elaine ;-)

Elaine, I didn't mean that people have to use their own name. Just choose a name and keep to it. For instance, Paul (Chunks) changes his name but always has Paul in the title... Elaine (Harlow Girl) always has Elaine in her name etc. Not only would this help with identifying trouble makers but it would stop this elderly lady being more confused than she already is lol. Jean x.

Jean, lol ! I only realised the other day I was reading a post by someone I already know had several names ... but never connected that particular post to the same person ..........so I know how confusing it can get. I worry when I see posts with people NOT signing a name afterwards ! sometimes you just don't know if its male or female and so a name would help ! I like my Derbyshire Dancer ! and I hope by now that everyone knows its me, cos I don't want to change it !! :-)) Elaine ;-)