General Chat

i use ancestry for my main tree i would like to see g/r adopt the ancestry hint,s as do ancestry would be a great help to all.

some very good ideas there kate, xx

I've also always liked the idea of a warning system, and am going to use as an example (yet again - I apologise!) the Internet Movie Database. As I understand it, when you start posting on the message boards there you are subject to a 2 minute posting quota thing where you can write a reply as soon as you like after adding an earlier post but have to wait till the 2 minutes is up before you can submit your next one. If, over time, the user demonstrates that they are using the site properly (ie. no abuse reports are received about them) the time limit is reduced to 90 seconds but if the user is reported a lot, 30 seconds is added to their posting quota. (I believe there are instances where site users there who don't "behave" have to wait up to 10 minutes to repost and I think a default time limit between posts might halt some arguments as people would have time to read over their writing before it could be added to a thread.)

I also think there should be set rules for the admin staff to follow when deciding whether a post is abusive or not, as somebody suggested above me. It does seem a bit arbitrary sometimes - hence instances of threads disappearing just because one posting has been reported. If we had an outside admin person who read the boards, they could post a kind of "official warning" on threads that are getting too argumentative requesting that posters calm down and if they don't, then the thread could be wiped rather than it just disappearing into thin air.

well personally I LIKE it when a thread is turned silly, but thats just me epecially when its an argument thread, humour is far better than snidy remarks, and bikering,

or thats what i think anyways if people dont like what there reading tey could always start there own threads, on subects they wana talk about x
xxxx

get rid of stuipid preview button it,s not of any use

hi BC .i quite liked mine .would help me loads .xxx

Good one Michael, thats a pain isn't it?

to be able to corect any mistake,s in your family tree without haveing to remove load,s of people and then re,enter them

I dont' see justgenealogy joining in the other actual debate threads on here tonight....where there is no 'silly' or 'rude' chatting going on....

Sorry, but sometimes, it happens. Have you ever sat in the same room with people for an evening and discussed all so seriously one single subject, or do people digress.

Thats all that happened here, and there's no harm done by it is there?

If thats all it takes to be offended, then maybe you shouldn't be on chat forums anyway. Just my opinion.

Joy, you can have as many as you like, my dear, as long as they are not 'silly'. XX BC (Old Member)

My take on it is that as long as they are being friendly and behaving within the t and c's then why on earth would it matter on a board called *chat*.

But then that's just me x

What was that earlier wish about bringing back the fun threads?

tsk

Is it even worth trying to have a laugh on here sometimes?

1.that my message box would flash when i got messages .
2.that they/d find all my ancesters for me .
3.that they.d pay for all my certs so i dont have to.

did you say i can only have 3.xxx

Hi, sorry if I am out of order, but I cannot understand why, when a new post is started on a certain subject, that it goes into a 'Silly mode' and the same old members just take over the thread and change the subject completly, and start posting daft things.

It really does seem that there are a dozen or so members that seem to take over any thread posted. Sometimes very rudely, posting and Interupting a serious thread.

You can debate peoples opinions if you like..though it wasn't intended as a debate thread...but if you want to debate it's up to you....however in answer to YOUR question...yes in essence it was a serious thread.

It is JG, but its also a CHAT board, so sometimes just chatting gets in the way.

Tee hee lol

So, was this a serious thread or what? No debates, no anything. ????

No wonders we dont get new members posting very often on this board. It is all about the same old , same old members. Day in day out, night in, night out.

This board is virtually at a GROUND HOG situation. Lol

or coz your male Merlin you cant multi task....lololo

You cant Grovel and Bow at the same time. Us Serfs are,nt tought to do that.**M**.pmsl.