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New GR changes Did you know.....

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~  **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 8 Aug 2009 18:48

Nudge for those who use GR at the weekend.

*Polly*

*Polly* Report 5 Aug 2009 19:51

Thank you SRS and a bit,have done mine...It's on our other site as well.Thanks for letting us know..

Lady Cutie

Lady Cutie Report 5 Aug 2009 19:32

Lesley ,
thanks for that
ive altered my settings now ..
do wish GR would tell us of any changes ...
still not much hope of that ..is there ..lol
Hazelx

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~  **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 5 Aug 2009 19:13

Not at all Woody, I was going to inform tips but they seem to have a thread about it already.

Perhaps people who are on "holiday" need to know about it too.

Woody's

Woody's Report 5 Aug 2009 19:11

Thanks for the tip, Lesley. I've altered my settings.
I had a look and the very first update was someone who had uploaded photos of relatives, no idea who it is yet could see her tree!
Hope you don't mind but I'll advise our Scotfamtree members about this as a lot also use GR.

★♥*¨¨*Little Ann*¨¨*♥★

★♥*¨¨*Little Ann*¨¨*♥★ Report 5 Aug 2009 17:43

Thanks Budgie ..... I had forgotten about non-paying members being able to read the boards ! .....

Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 5 Aug 2009 15:27

I've given up with Hot Matches. Sometimes I even get matched with myself, but find I'm living in Australia!!
K

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 5 Aug 2009 14:02

Dont know why they dont tell us about changes.
I wish they would change the hot matches. I went through some of mine today...waste of time.

Marion

Contrary Mary

Contrary Mary Report 5 Aug 2009 14:02


Well, unless I'm the special one lol, it's not just people who I have shared my tree with (or they with me) but it's everyone I've ever had contact with that I now have pages and pages of updates for! :-((

Some are people who I have only ever replied to on their thread.....what's that all about?! I don't want to know what updates they have made to their tree - and I'm sure they don't want me to know either!!

I've changed it now of course. :-))

Mary

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 5 Aug 2009 13:32

Thanks for that. I noticed it yesterday and wondered where it came from.


Marion

Merlin

Merlin Report 5 Aug 2009 13:28

Thanks SRS. Job done.**M**.

Stevie

Stevie Report 5 Aug 2009 13:02

Thanks SRS,

I noticed yesterday the new Updates section on the home page. But not the privacy settings.

As you said, I to wish they'd givens us an opt in rather than an opt out for this.

Steve
x

★♥*¨¨*Little Ann*¨¨*♥★

★♥*¨¨*Little Ann*¨¨*♥★ Report 5 Aug 2009 12:48

Thanks Lesley for bringing this to our attention :) .....

This is a difficult choice to make ...... to stop your contacts reading whatever you post on the boards, also blocks any updates you make to your tree ? ...or have I got that wrong ?

I for one want my contacts to see any updates I make to my tree, and for me to see any they might make .... hmmmm

Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 5 Aug 2009 11:53

Thanks for the warning SRS, I have no idea what this is about so am off to take a look.

I do wonder WHY GR keep fiddling with stuff and making it worse....you would think/hope they'd give us the option. It wasn't SO long ago they let everyone in your contacts have access to your tree, and took so long to fix it that I deleted most of my tree off here, realising GR cannot be trusted.

K

EDITED:
Didn't even know what My Updates was until I looked just now to change my privacy settings. Thanks SRS, Ive done mine now. Pity there hadn't been a box to tick under the heading "I couldn't give a flying fig who's done what to their tree".

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 5 Aug 2009 10:22

Berona, likewise the 1911 survey forum........is open to all.

Bob

*~~*Posh*~~*

*~~*Posh*~~* Report 5 Aug 2009 09:54

Thank you SRS.....I have changed mind. xx

Berona

Berona Report 5 Aug 2009 09:36

Do you know that if you google "Genes Reunited" "Boardname", you can read some of the posts made in that boardname? ANYONE can read them - you don't have to be a GR member as long as you know the boardname.

*** Mummo ***

*** Mummo *** Report 5 Aug 2009 09:14

Thankyou.

Pat Kendrick

Pat Kendrick Report 5 Aug 2009 09:10

Thanks SRS I never even noticed updates before. Must learn to look at home page details more often.

Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 5 Aug 2009 08:38

Thanks for that SRS I've changed it all over now xx