Comments on: I’ve got one of the largest families on the interwebs? http://www.kinggary.com/archives/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/ Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Post Stumbler WordPress plugin http://www.kinggary.com/archives/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-88884 Post Stumbler WordPress plugin Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:41:17 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/16/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/#comment-88884 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Gary King  released a plugin which was called Post Stumbler WordPress plugin (originally to be called the “Stumble Upon” WordPress plugin, but it doesn’t use Stumble Upon at all - even though it tries to mimic its functionality) because that will help most people to understand what it does. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Gary King  released a plugin which was called Post Stumbler WordPress plugin (originally to be called the “Stumble Upon” WordPress plugin, but it doesn’t use Stumble Upon at all – even though it tries to mimic its functionality) because that will help most people to understand what it does. [...]

]]> By: David Sutherland http://www.kinggary.com/archives/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-22003 David Sutherland Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:43:08 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/16/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/#comment-22003 "Geni.com is just viralware"-? Surely you're trolling. They do lack a huge emphasis on no-spam (e.g. no truste membership) but I believe they have comitted to not sharing their addresses with spammers. Anyway your comment doesn't make sense. Selling a mailing list for spammers doesn't really make real money anymore does it? They want long term relationships that they can sell products too. I think you're a bit shallow and jaded in your analysis. Prove me wrong though--tell me you aren't exaggerating... how in an hour can your get this fellow accruately linked to a tree with a million plus people??? “Geni.com is just viralware”-? Surely you’re trolling.

They do lack a huge emphasis on no-spam (e.g. no truste membership) but I believe they have comitted to not sharing their addresses with spammers.

Anyway your comment doesn’t make sense. Selling a mailing list for spammers doesn’t really make real money anymore does it? They want long term relationships that they can sell products too.

I think you’re a bit shallow and jaded in your analysis.

Prove me wrong though–tell me you aren’t exaggerating… how in an hour can your get this fellow accruately linked to a tree with a million plus people???

]]> By: nelson http://www.kinggary.com/archives/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-21980 nelson Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:51:56 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/16/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/#comment-21980 So 700 family members is big???. Try Rootsweb.com. Most people have to 100-200k people in their trees. Gimme an hour and I could link 1 million+ people to your family tree and have a database worth viewing which is well documented and accurate. Geni.com is just viralware. A way for a company to gleen e-mail adresses off the web for free. thye are just waiting to sell their lists off to spammers. (Actually from the huge number of complaints they already are.) With almost no advertisng base and no pay-per-view subscrption base, how can they claim to be a $100,000,000.00 company?? It's all hype. smoke and mirrors my friends. My own family tree runs 400 megabytes of detailed text info plus thousands of photos and tens of thousands of confirmed sources from historical documents and records.. It's value on the real world market?? 300,000,000.00 in photocopied counterfeit Reichmarks Even my relatives wouldn't buy it. Don't buy geni.com stock. You'll be a sucker like those who subscribe.. So 700 family members is big???.

Try Rootsweb.com. Most people have to 100-200k people in their trees.

Gimme an hour and I could link 1 million+ people to your family tree and have a database worth viewing which is well documented and accurate.

Geni.com is just viralware. A way for a company to gleen e-mail adresses off the web for free. thye are just waiting to sell their lists off to spammers.

(Actually from the huge number of complaints they already are.)
With almost no advertisng base and no pay-per-view subscrption base, how can they claim to be a $100,000,000.00 company??

It’s all hype. smoke and mirrors my friends. My own family tree runs 400 megabytes of detailed text info plus thousands of photos and tens of thousands of confirmed sources from historical documents and records..

It’s value on the real world market??

300,000,000.00 in photocopied counterfeit Reichmarks

Even my relatives wouldn’t buy it.

Don’t buy geni.com stock. You’ll be a sucker like those who subscribe..

]]> By:   Post Stumbler WordPress plugin by MeloVillareal.com http://www.kinggary.com/archives/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-21550   Post Stumbler WordPress plugin by MeloVillareal.com Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:35:46 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/16/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/#comment-21550 [...] Gary King  released a plugin which was called Post Stumbler WordPress plugin (originally to be called the “Stumble Upon” WordPress plugin, but it doesn’t use Stumble Upon at all - even though it tries to mimic its functionality) because that will help most people to understand what it does. [...] [...] Gary King  released a plugin which was called Post Stumbler WordPress plugin (originally to be called the “Stumble Upon” WordPress plugin, but it doesn’t use Stumble Upon at all – even though it tries to mimic its functionality) because that will help most people to understand what it does. [...]

]]> By: Geni: Earning That $100 million Valuation http://www.kinggary.com/archives/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-14813 Geni: Earning That $100 million Valuation Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:42:29 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/16/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/#comment-14813 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Mike, you’ve only got 300 or so people added? Just to show how viral Geni really is, I’m the ‘computer guy’ for my family, and yet, only after adding a dozen or so people to my own family tree, we’ve got nearly 2000 people so far! We’re in the top 100 largest family trees, and I’ve also got a Geni t-shirt to boot More on everything here: http://www.kinggary.com/archiv.....interwebs/ [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Mike, you’ve only got 300 or so people added? Just to show how viral Geni really is, I’m the ‘computer guy’ for my family, and yet, only after adding a dozen or so people to my own family tree, we’ve got nearly 2000 people so far! We’re in the top 100 largest family trees, and I’ve also got a Geni t-shirt to boot More on everything here: http://www.kinggary.com/archiv…..interwebs/ [...]

]]> By: Jean-Paul http://www.kinggary.com/archives/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-10637 Jean-Paul Fri, 25 May 2007 11:00:22 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/16/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/#comment-10637 Ok, export it to Gedcom and import it in www.zooof.com, the you really have a nice tree! Ok, export it to Gedcom and import it in http://www.zooof.com, the you really have a nice tree!

]]> By: Learning Difficulties Are A Challenge, Not A Problem » Blog Archive » Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know. http://www.kinggary.com/archives/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-2659 Learning Difficulties Are A Challenge, Not A Problem » Blog Archive » Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know. Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:11:00 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/16/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/#comment-2659 [...] Ive got one of the largest <b>families</b> on the interwebs? [...] [...] Ive got one of the largest <b>families</b> on the interwebs? [...]

]]> By: David Sutherland http://www.kinggary.com/archives/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 David Sutherland Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:52:49 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/16/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/#comment-1282 Don't get me wrong, I love geni.com. I'm not sure you have control who gets added to your tree, when perhaps your 15 y/o nephew is the one who is adding extra people, perhaps his girl friend, who has brothers, uncles, etc. through a tree of their own. I'm just concerned that I have control over who is in "my" tree. I think, right now in my tree someone has entered their data incorrectly and joined such that their married last name is entered in their maiden name. Now since they joined I can't fix the mistake--I'm locked out of changing their data. So if I want a nice chart to print out it'll be incorrect. It can get tricky to impliment properly. Some of the guys & gals at geni.com are pretty smart, I just hope they don't run out of creative energy. Don’t get me wrong, I love geni.com.

I’m not sure you have control who gets added to your tree, when perhaps your 15 y/o nephew is the one who is adding extra people, perhaps his girl friend, who has brothers, uncles, etc. through a tree of their own.

I’m just concerned that I have control over who is in “my” tree. I think, right now in my tree someone has entered their data incorrectly and joined such that their married last name is entered in their maiden name. Now since they joined I can’t fix the mistake–I’m locked out of changing their data. So if I want a nice chart to print out it’ll be incorrect.

It can get tricky to impliment properly. Some of the guys & gals at geni.com are pretty smart, I just hope they don’t run out of creative energy.

]]> By: Gary King http://www.kinggary.com/archives/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 Gary King Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:19:58 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/16/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/#comment-1215 David, I think because 40-50 year olds are less likely to pull stupid tricks like that and add people that aren't really relatives, than people in their 10s and 20s are ;) The older generations are usually more concerned about their safety and privacy so they wouldn't want to add people that they don't even know. David, I think because 40-50 year olds are less likely to pull stupid tricks like that and add people that aren’t really relatives, than people in their 10s and 20s are ;) The older generations are usually more concerned about their safety and privacy so they wouldn’t want to add people that they don’t even know.

]]> By: David Sutherland http://www.kinggary.com/archives/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 David Sutherland Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:55:54 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/16/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/#comment-1210 You want the largest tree? That's easy --- just send me your email address and name and I'll add you as my step-brother. Ugh. I hope they add some ability to grey-list some 'family' members. Whose to know if the thing is accurate? You want the largest tree?

That’s easy — just send me your email address and name and I’ll add you as my step-brother.

Ugh.

I hope they add some ability to grey-list some ‘family’ members. Whose to know if the thing is accurate?

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.kinggary.com/archives/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Chris Garrett Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:35:49 +0000 http://www.kinggary.com/2007/03/16/ive-got-one-of-the-largest-families-on-the-interwebs/#comment-941 Next step; world domination ;) Next step; world domination ;)

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