There will always be a grey area in regard to the point at which a response to
a thread or topic is relevant, or should become a whole new thread but perhaps
we can improve how we respond.
For example, “Warning about MyHeritage / OFF LIST / Personal Emails”. People
generally do not intentionally “hijack” (one person’s word) LUG threads. We all
make errors and have different skills, abilities, experiences and perceptions.
Yes, we do need to keep consistent LUG practices and standards and sometimes
people need to be given guidance- a gentle reminder, explanation or nudge in
the right direction. Occasionally we may need to cut a person some slack.
It was not me who changed the subject from “Warning about MyHeritage” to
“Warning about MyHeritage / OFF LIST / Personal Emails”, leaving the original
subject line within the new subject line. This occurred when other people
changed the topic to Norton. It appears that one person responded to another
person off list but the reply went (probably inadvertently) to the whole LUG.
Later I posted a request, under that subject line, for help to delete
MyHeritage from my computer. Arnold however sent a complaint to the LUG that my
request for help had nothing to do with current topic:
“John, Cathy, and CE,
I would like to voice my complaint that
this message, with the Subject line, "Re:
[LegacyUG] FW: Warning about MyHeritage / OFF
LIST / Personal Emails" has been hijacked and
changed into something far different.
Those of us interested in the original thread have been thwarted.
"...Having difficulty deleting
MyHeritage from my computer" was not even close
to the existing discussion. The responders should
have, at least, changed the subject line to something relevant.
Arnold Sprague”
At this point “Warning about MyHeritage” was still part of the subject line. In
addition, the complaint (by the complainant’s own standard) was a new topic but
he did not start a new thread or even change the subject line of the existing
thread- this was hypocrisy. My question about deleting MyHeritage was more
related to that subject than the complainant’s new thread.
Since my original posting, it has been confirmed that it was indeed MyHeritage
that took my money without my explicit permission. They have since refunded the
money after I demanded it with the support of PayPal. With hindsight, it may
have been better if I had mentioned the 100% confirmation that it was
MyHeritage who “ripped me off” when I continued the thread by asking how to
delete them from my computer.
MyHeritage taking my money was the last straw for me and why I wanted to delete
all trace of them from my computer. In my mind the issues were directly
related. In addition, there appeared to be yet another reason to warn people
about MyHeritage- it seemed to have its tentacles everywhere making it
difficult to delete. I previously had a variety of bad experiences with
MyHeritage. That is why I had not renewed my subscription would never do so.
John
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