Lou, First question - they want to be part of a group (from ancient caveman
days) Second question - probably.
My first guess is that all their work is copied from someone else and they
have no idea who, what, when, why, or where, themselves. Second guess is
they really don't care. Third, is that they are ashamed, thus stick their
head in the sand and hope you go away.
Steve Stevens
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From: "Lou Poole" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] reliable sources
>I have been following this discussion closely, and though I have quite
> a number of comments I could make, I'll confine myself to the one
> overriding question I'd like an answer for, or to...
>
> Why does someone post family information, usually asserted as truth by
> omission of any discussion or caveats, when they do not know it to be
> reasonably correct?
>
> In the past when I've encountered such incorrect information I've
> thought I was doing the person who posted the information, and the
> people who might encounter it, a favor by trying to contact them with
> a reasoned, factual rebuttal and/or correction that includes primary
> source documentation. My experience:
>
> 1) about half the time I can find no way to contact the person who
> posted the information
>
> 2) about half the time that I can find a contact address, I get no
> response when I attempt to contact them
>
> 3) about half the time that I do get a response, the response comes
> across as somewhere between disbelief and outrage that I should even
> be questioning the incorrect data.
>
> 4) and finally, about half the time I do get a chance to make my case,
> it is ignored, with no explanation as to why.
>
> (and bless the remaining less than 10% of the people who post, who do
> respond, and who are willing to discuss the issue(s) with an open and
> objective mind.)
>
> So, again, I ask why do people feel compelled to post information if
> they want no feed-back, no discussion, no corrections, or even the
> opportunity to correct my interpretation if I'm wrong? Am I wrong if
> I tentatively conclude that such postings have nothing to do with
> genealogy and everything to do with ego on the part of the poster?
>
> Lou Poole
>
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