I don't see why should they care? RPaine wrote Subject: Re: [DNA] The axe has fallen To: "jlerch1" <jlerch1@lighttube.net>, <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <0C635AA2662A456599730B35E3D918E0@Viking> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original I suspect that 23andme is trying to separate people who seldom or never sign-in and people who actively use the site. I think they want to move active customers to having their names shown. RPaine -----Original Message----- From: jlerch1 via Sent: Sunday, November 1, 2015 9:34 AM To: genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com Subject: [DNA] The axe has fallen The axe has fallen. There's a banner across (at least some of the accounts) the announcement that Anonymous and nicknamed accounts will be deleted from DNA Relatives list as of 11/11. I wrote on my wife's account: Why delete the Invites? Just add an addendum to the Invites "In order to accept this Invite, you will need to make your profile visible to All [whatever the actual name is]. Hmm what are they doing for the people who are Anonymous who have accepted some Invites but not others. I cannot imagine any rationale which would explain deleting Anonymous matches from some but not all DNA Relatives (and I've read through the explanation.