To:
genmsc@rootsweb.com
It's just another case of the sort of sweeping generalisations that
one can see in any large scale timeline of world history. Greedy and
rather vapid people apparently want to "monetize" family history
even further. If there were some real value it might be useful, but as
with the ghastly hucksterism of that nonsensical series by Halbert's
which brought us "The World Book of Smiths" and other great
genealogical tripe, this in just another case of the rubbish which
they shovel into their supposedly all-encompassing system leading to
rubbish out the other end.
There is no limit to the crassness of what can be done when someone
latches onto the possibilities for money-spinning that they feel can
be generated by our "advanced technological" era.
Harumph!
On 12/08/2017, Steve Hayes <
hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 22:08:50 -0700, me@privacy.net wrote:
On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 06:58:41 +0200, Steve Hayes
<hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 14:46:19 +0200, Athel Cornish-Bowden >>><acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> wrote:
On 2017-08-12 09:58:22 +0000, Steve Hayes said:
There's a site called HistoryLines which claims to be able to build in >>>>> instant personal history of your ancestors.
I tried it out, and it doesn't -- see my review here:
No, it doesn't. It's rubbish. I'm not sure what I expected.
https://t.co/Iq9lB6FLaf
It's actually part of a larger phenomenon -- read this and weep:
https://t.co/FvtGAcGoSF
There are no longer any genealogy researchers, or family history >>>researchers. There are only "consumers" and "content providers".
Well, that's ONE damned fool (advertisers) opinion..
The trouble is, he's not alone.
--
Steve Hayes
http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
http://khanya.wordpress.com
-------------------------------
To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENMSC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes
in the subject and the body of the message
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)