Here here! I agree. :) On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Jamie Arnold via < genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I think i read on a blog somewhere that when the change occurs, those who > remain > as anonymous now will still remain as anonymous but when those anonymous > log in > after the change they will be met with an option along the lines of > something if > they wish to continue to remain anonymous or go public with a name, > initials, > alias etc. If they choose to remain anonymous i think they no longer > appear and > show in your match list and i also think that those that choose to remain > anonymous will lose their match list all together and the only way that > they > will be able to see their match list is if they were to go public. > > I also think that once the change has occurred you will not be able to > send a > message to anyone who is showing as anonymous but the messages that you > have > already sent to those who are anonymous before the change will still > remain for > them to reply back to you. > > I personally think its a good idea that anonymous people after the change > who > choose to remain anonymous when faced with the option to do so will no > longer be > able to view or have a match list until they choose the option to go > public as > that way it is somewhat one sided at the moment with anonymous people > being able > to have and view a match list which includes those who are public matches > in the > profile and are able to view segment details of public matches in their > countries of ancestries. So if you want to have and view your match list > you can > only do so if you choose to go public which makes it a 2 way street for > everyone > and therefor the majority of people that do go public should hopefully be > serious about genealogy and most likely to respond.. > > I think that there is the option that when you go public that you can > choose to > make your dna segments automatically be revealed and appear in the match > list of > all those who also choose the option to automatically make their dna > segments to > be revealed so need to send out a sharing invitation to those people but > those > people that don't choose the option to make their dna segments to be > automatically revealed will still have the option of being able to contact > people and send them a sharing invitation? to ask them to share genomes. > > My very top match who is anonymous who shares 80cm on 3 segments with me > has > never responded to my 2 messages that i have sent in the last 2 years and > this > match also appears as anonymous in my countries of ancestries list so i am > hopeful that this person must be interested in genealogy if they have > completed > the where are you from survey to then appear in countries of ancestries. I > am so > hoping that when they log in again after the change that they choose to go > public and receive their match list as only with a match list can it be > helpful > to someone who is interested in genealogy otherwise they will lose their > match > list which won't be of any help to them at all if they choose to remain > anonymous. > > Overall i believe that the change is going in the right direction. Those > that > choose to remain anonymous are most likely have taken the 23andme for the > health > report and not interested in genealogy so no loss if these people no longer > appear in a match list but i guess would be a loss if they were showing as > a > very close match before the change and you are banging your head against > the > wall wishing that the person would reply back to your message that you > have sent > to them. > > Jamie > > > > > On 23 October 2015 at 11:00 Shannon Christmas via > > <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > > > What The New 23andMe means for genetic genealogy: > > > > > http://throughthetreesblog.tumblr.com/post/131724191762/the-23andme-metamorphosis > > > > Very Respectfully, > > Shannon > > -- > > Mr. Shannon S. 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