Suggestions

That is sad, Rose.

Still waiting for GR to acquire a sense of responsibility on this issue.

Gwynne

They may not accept responsibility for anything that gets posted, but if they are warned about something that should not be there then they definitely are responsible if they don't remove it..

Ken, You are correct and they do reserve the right to remove any such info, however as the board in question is not moderated by GR then it is left to other members to notify GR through the report system,

The way the report system works on GR can take in some cases days to get sorted and that is another part of this same problem but GR again don't appear to be doing anything about either of these problems

That's the whole point of this thread.

Roy

Infringement of people's privacy is the responsibility of Genes Reunited.

Isn't it possible for the board to be made 'invisible' from searching on the net?

I can think of at least one site that has a board for sensitive research the contents of which cannot be found by search engines.

It won't solve the problem of posts with too much personal information but at least they won't be found later by someone searching the web.

Chris

GR is using moderation for something else as well as the success board:-

in "Photos and videos" a video appears to be "awaiting moderation".


Please, Genes Reunited, moderate the find living relatives board in the same way as the success board.

It is very noticeable that there are very few postings by GR staff to these threads.

I find it disconcerting that 'they' don't appear to take any notice of anything that we members/users/subscribers say here.

Is the only purpose of these boards just to allow us to let off steam to one another rather than messaging the Help Desk?

Simon

Simon, You got it in one

Suggestions board is a decoy to let members think that GR are listening to the concerns of its members,

They do look at the board but whether they understand or take notice is debatable

Roy

Don´t think anybody´s listening Joy

You have been banging away about this for months but you are banging on the wrong door. Gru is unlikely to make much of yr complaints as its objective is to drive up site traffic. Right now LR has a lot more posts than, say, SA, not least 'cos of the current disinterest in the rest of the site - note the dropping of site activity stats on the home page.

The general details obout a living person's tree do not contravene their right to privacy. That is why for instance the press have been able to publish details of the relatives of the royal family. If they can't buck it neither can you!

In some countries there are tight controls on access to BMD data before certain dates which can be as long as 100 years. The UK is not one of them.

However where these details are taken from sources such as GRO and 192 the data is copyright and neither GRO or 192 give the right to re publish. I suggest therefore that you present yr complaint to the copyright holders. Of course a general ruling by a UK court that barred putting copyright data from the GRO/LRO and other sources onto publicly viewable trees would pretty well sink the family history business in the UK. Be careful what you ask for.

Pre post moderation on the FLR would not drive down site traffic.

it would mean that posters could actually be assured their post was 'suitable' and would remain on the board rather than being reported...surely that way they will get the help they seek and therefore be more likely to recommend the site to others , rather than being discouraged from using the site due to their posts disappearing and then going away with the impression it was a waste of time and money joining?

For my part I would prefer that this board / forum was removed altogether. There are other places and other parts of the internet which deal with FLR inc lost parents and siblings in a far better way.

However it is here, it is on a commercial site and the objective is to drive up site traffic.

I suggest that if you don't like the board, leave it to its own devices.

Matthew 18:12

GR / Bright Solid staff:

would you be happy to see personal details about yourself in a public site?

Just repeating my request.

If I chose to post my personal details, car registration, bank account, NI number or for that matter anything else about myself that is not generally available in the public domain, onto a website, that is my business.

On the other hand if someone else chooses to post those details without my knowledge and express permission then it is a different matter entirely.

I tend to agree with Rollo's comments from last August on this one, if you don't like the board, leave it to its own devices.

Almost celebrating the first anniversary of this thread.

;-)

it was probably about a year ago that GR staff said consideration would be given to the find living relatives board's posts being seen first by GR before being seen publicly.

If you are going to moderate one board then make it Find Living Relatives. The success board can look after itself. This is the board dealing with sensitive issues and so should receive the added security. Ideally tick the box which enables it to be hidden from search engine caches.

I personally will never like the Find Living Relatives board unless the person being sought is contacted before their details are being handed over willy nilly without their knowledge or permission, just because we can find it.

There is an adage:

Just because we can do something does not necessarily mean that we should.

I think some responsibility should be adopted as some people do not wish to be found.

The Success board cannot look after itself. When it was unmoderated it was spammed with adverts. The posting rate is about one or two per week whereas FLR's rate would be measured in posts per hour - a much bigger job.

If FLR were moderated the probability is that the requests would be put on Genealogical Chat or even General Chat.