Re: FamilySearch
Bonnie, I'm quite surprised by what you point out here about anyone being able to CHANGE someone else's data. Merely ACCESSING your data is one thing but being able to CHANGE it means it is no longer your data. No doubt the reason for allowing this to take place is that FS considers your data to belong to them when you upload it to their site. That is why I will never upload MY data to FS or any other site that allows such an unfair practice.
The fact that anyone can ACCESS MY data and BENEFIT from it, perhaps even help them selves to it and incorporate it into THEIR data as if it belonged to them is NOT the issue.
FS has apparently turned on its head the policy of its predecessor where it was next to impossible to get anything CHANGED even if it was totally inaccurate or blatantly false.
When I discovered numerous errors with respect to some of my ancestors (whom I personally knew) were on the predecessor site I was told that to get it corrected (CHANGED) I would have to contact the person who posted the incorrect data. Of course, when I did make the contacts, those who posted it usually said, 'Well actually your so-called error is not in my direct line but only in some appended data so it doesn't matter to me. Go fix it yourself.'
In other words it appears to me that the people behind FS (and it's predecessor) are totally irresponsible. They appear to be unwilling to do anything to maintain accurate data. Allowing anyone to make changes to data I posted is not a solution. It is no better than making changes impossible. They apparently follow the same pattern of many beginning genealogists and accept anything that suits their purposes regardless of whether it is true or false.
Originally posted by BL Samuel
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The fact that anyone can ACCESS MY data and BENEFIT from it, perhaps even help them selves to it and incorporate it into THEIR data as if it belonged to them is NOT the issue.
FS has apparently turned on its head the policy of its predecessor where it was next to impossible to get anything CHANGED even if it was totally inaccurate or blatantly false.
When I discovered numerous errors with respect to some of my ancestors (whom I personally knew) were on the predecessor site I was told that to get it corrected (CHANGED) I would have to contact the person who posted the incorrect data. Of course, when I did make the contacts, those who posted it usually said, 'Well actually your so-called error is not in my direct line but only in some appended data so it doesn't matter to me. Go fix it yourself.'
In other words it appears to me that the people behind FS (and it's predecessor) are totally irresponsible. They appear to be unwilling to do anything to maintain accurate data. Allowing anyone to make changes to data I posted is not a solution. It is no better than making changes impossible. They apparently follow the same pattern of many beginning genealogists and accept anything that suits their purposes regardless of whether it is true or false.
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