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Hot (or should that be 'cold') Matches.
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Chloe | Report | 7 Oct 2016 00:36 |
I've seen the GR statement as to why there are no hot matches but this situation has now been on-going for several months. Also I haven't seen many stories, comments or announcements from GR for some time now either! Does anyone know what's going on - if anything? Is GR sinking? |
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Caroline | Report | 7 Oct 2016 00:56 |
Glug glug glug............ |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 7 Oct 2016 10:11 |
Hotmatches are now more precise than they used to be, so if you've put pob as The Street, Anytown, County Name, you won't necessarily be matched with Anytown, County Name or even County Name. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 7 Oct 2016 11:35 |
Hot Matches were effectively killed off a few years back when GR changed the match criteria due to (misguided in my view) lobbying by a handful of members who thought they knew better. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 7 Oct 2016 12:33 |
You can get exactly the same effect with a more reliable outcome just by doing a search on member trees. GR won't reinstate the old method. |
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Chloe | Report | 7 Oct 2016 15:40 |
Thanks to all you who replied. It seems to be, as I suspected, sinking. Shame really as it always seemed 'friendlier' than other sites; but I suppose it is a business and the primary aim of a business is to make money. I agree, 'Hot matches' could be a mixed blessing, but it provided me with some good lead-ins once I'd checked that they weren't false lead-ins. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 7 Oct 2016 20:29 |
it seems to me that GR might well revert to what it was prior to 2007, when it did not have any records ................... |
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