The concept may be good but in my opinion their user agreements are not. Most people seem to just click accept and never read the fine print to see what they are agreeing to. Les Teresa Vaughan wrote: > I think the concept of MySpace and Facebook are great -- an easy, free way > to connect with others who share your interests. > > My complaint is this: if I stay away from MySpace for, say 3 months, I get > NO spam/phishing emails whatsoever, period. When one of my real-life friends > asks me to log in and look at some of their pictures, I do. Immediately I > start getting spam and phishing again! > > I think I would liken Genealogy Wise (GW) more to Goodreads.com, which is > for bookies to talk to each other and make reading recommendations, than to > MySpace... at least from the rudimentary look I took thus far. At any rate, > some people might come to love genealogy because of GW... who knows? > > Teresa Hull-Vaughan, Oregon

As with any social networking sites, you have to have your privacy setting right. I have never gotten any spam emails from Facebook and/or Myspace. Another thing you might want to check is your virus protection software and the options in whatever email program you use. I'm using Windows Mail and very seldom do SPAM mails make their way into my Inbox. If they do, I hit the Block button, and BINGO! They go to my Junk box from then on out. As far as a site's TOS, I feel very comfortable submitting what I have to Genealogy Wise. At least I know, what work I do put on my page, will always remain mine. Genealogy Wise is also recommended by several well known genealogists and historians alike. Its a brand new site. Started on July 12th. But they do have some qlinches to work out, but they will in time, just as with any new website. Debbie Noland Nitsche [email protected] Historical Marietta, Ohio on MySpace http://www.myspace.com/historicalmariettaohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lesley L Shockey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [OHWashin] Genealogy Wise---FYI! > The concept may be good but in my opinion their user agreements are not. > Most people seem to just click accept and never read the fine print to > see what they are agreeing to. > > Les > > Teresa Vaughan wrote: >> I think the concept of MySpace and Facebook are great -- an easy, free >> way >> to connect with others who share your interests. >> >> My complaint is this: if I stay away from MySpace for, say 3 months, I >> get >> NO spam/phishing emails whatsoever, period. When one of my real-life >> friends >> asks me to log in and look at some of their pictures, I do. Immediately I >> start getting spam and phishing again! >> >> I think I would liken Genealogy Wise (GW) more to Goodreads.com, which is >> for bookies to talk to each other and make reading recommendations, than >> to >> MySpace... at least from the rudimentary look I took thus far. At any >> rate, >> some people might come to love genealogy because of GW... who knows? >> >> Teresa Hull-Vaughan, Oregon > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To contact the OHWASHIN list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the OHWASHIN mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message