Post by melanell on Apr 28, 2016 18:08:43 GMT
I was checking out, but 2 things bothered me. One was that they didn't automatically make any info about anyone living private. There were certain things they would leave visible unless you went back and manually left the info blank or marked it private or unlisted or something like that. (I was a bit confused about how one would do all of that, actually.)
The second was that everything seemed more difficult to do. Not just the privacy part. I felt like there were really involved rules for everything, and I wasn't sure I even understood exactly what was allowed or not allowed. There were places where they told you how to use HTML, but I never came across a place where you would use it. So that confused me. I also thought their forums seemed difficult to navigate, making asking for help a bit daunting.
They do allow you to just upload a GEDCOM, but I don't have one, so maybe that was a big part of why it seemed difficult yo me.
In the end, they tell you to see what matches you can make to attach your info to the one tree they are building, and I couldn't find any matches at all in the most recent 4 or 5 generations or so for my tree or DH's. I felt a little surprised by that. Overall, I just got the feeling that it definitely wasn't for me, so I opted against adding my tree to it.
Despite all of that, though, I would still be interested in hearing from anyone who is involved in it and really enjoys it.
The concept intrigued me, of having one massive tree instead of umpteen trees covering the same people. And I did like that they ask for sources. (Although the examples of sources they suggested seemed time consuming for me.)
The second was that everything seemed more difficult to do. Not just the privacy part. I felt like there were really involved rules for everything, and I wasn't sure I even understood exactly what was allowed or not allowed. There were places where they told you how to use HTML, but I never came across a place where you would use it. So that confused me. I also thought their forums seemed difficult to navigate, making asking for help a bit daunting.
They do allow you to just upload a GEDCOM, but I don't have one, so maybe that was a big part of why it seemed difficult yo me.
In the end, they tell you to see what matches you can make to attach your info to the one tree they are building, and I couldn't find any matches at all in the most recent 4 or 5 generations or so for my tree or DH's. I felt a little surprised by that. Overall, I just got the feeling that it definitely wasn't for me, so I opted against adding my tree to it.
Despite all of that, though, I would still be interested in hearing from anyone who is involved in it and really enjoys it.
The concept intrigued me, of having one massive tree instead of umpteen trees covering the same people. And I did like that they ask for sources. (Although the examples of sources they suggested seemed time consuming for me.)