Chuck,
Please do not regret your contribution to the dialogue. But, please
carefully what I wrote.
a. I never send information in bulk.
b. I rarely send volumes of information to "cousins."
c. I occasionally seed one piece of bad information . . . . The
operative word is occasionally. Perhaps I should have said, "really,
really rarely." Actually, I do this when I sense I am about to get hammered.
Thanks for your response.
Bill Hobbs
Chuck West wrote:
>I'll probably regret this, and I hate to prolong this thread, but Bill,
>you've just said something I feel a need to respond to. I've seen others in
>the past brag about planting misleading information in order to catch those
>who "steal" or misuse our hard-won information, and on the surface of it,
>that seems fair. But what about all those (hopefully the majority) folks who
>take you at your word and would never misuse the information they believe
>you have kindly provided? Are you saying it's OK to mislead everybody just
>to expose one or two cretins? Do the rest of us deserve to be so treated?
>
>Chuck West in Indiana
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Hobbs" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 7:34 PM
>Subject: Re: Just my thoughts on Ancestry.com
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>>I welcome the informative debate. I have been on this list long enough
>>to remember when any discussion was curtailed immediately and much
>>information that would have otherwise been offered was shut down.
>>
>>I have made it a policy to never send information in bulk to anyone, the
>>LDS included, who will distribute that information at the drop of a hat.
>>I have recently decided to refrain from sending my information to most
>>of my "cousins" for reasons already stated by you folk. I have offered
>>documentation to cousins with bad information and have been ignored. It
>>is as if these people want a long name count and do not care about the
>>facts.
>>
>>I also need to tell you that we can engage in internet genealogy and
>>still care about the facts.
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>>Occasionally, I will "seed" one piece of bad information in with some
>>good. If what I have shared is misrepresented or misused, I then have
>>the ability to list or website readers that the published information
>>was erroneous and unauthorized and, at the very least, make clear the
>>name of the offender for all to see.
>>
>>Bill Hobbs
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