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 > >----- 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 > > > > >>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. >> >>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 >> >> >>Clayton Gullatt wrote: >> >> >> >>>This rant has gone on long enough. Get back on topic genealogy and family >>>history. >>> >>>To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions >>> >>> >at > > >>>http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions >> >> >at > > >>http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html >> >> >> > > > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html