Genealogy Chat

Free use of Boards and Message Centre

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/announcements/thread/1329227

Will be very interesting to see what impact this has on the site and whether it will cope with the influx of traffic.


Gai

:-)

Err.....Unless they fix the system so that there is no repitition of the Error messages we've had over the weekend, GR might end up with egg on their faces.

"3pm today and 9am tomorrow " - longer or over a weekend might have been better.

If the 'free' ability to post helps move the boards, then well done for thinking of the
initiative.

How will members know?
Will they Email all free members?
I would have thought that more notice was required.

Shame that the Team do not use a spell check before posting on the boards

How will anyone know, it isn't even mentioned on GRs FB page, unless I'm missing it somewhere?

edit, I've cooeed GR on FB and asked lol

understadning and coopertaion

Wow-I see what you mean,Maureen!!!!! :-S :-S

Moxxx

Now posted on the FB page .

Has to be a scam surely?

(In view of no spellcheck etc.)

Looks as though they may be looking for more business. I wonder if they are struggling financially?

How many new people hang around for replies?? they will not have free access by the time they realise they have had replies...oh well

You can guarantee that there will be advertisements during and after Long Last Family.
Now, the cynic in me thinks hmmmm.
There have been a number of adoption requests and threads recently as we know.
So somebody, maybe desperate, will watch that programme tonight and head straight over to GR.
They will post information and requests for help.
However, when they come back tomorrow they will no longer be able to interact so they will HAVE to join.

On top of that the server(s) "sometimes" struggle with the volume of site traffic.
Surely it would have made more sense to rectify the "error message" issue and up the server capacity before trying to attract a sudden influx of "new" visitors.
Or am I just being daft?

How often do we see "Free access" to other sites? not seen one that doesn't even last for 24 hours before

Wow that is interesting, especially, to those like me who only use the boards.

Yeah, I only pay a pittance, but as I do not have a tree, then free use of the boards would be fantastic.

Off to FB to see if this is for real.....

I paid £20 and only use the boards....if they want to make it free I want a refund :-D

I don't think they want to make it free Jax.

It's pure marketing.

Aw just been on Facebook, its only for about 12 hours.

Think it is a strategy to lure in more members.

So membership will still be necessary......

And one comment on there was a woman saying she had found the boards disappointing.

No doubt as well Errol...A two week free trial is surely better, although some do not like giving out bank details

Errr..............Have I missed something - eRRolSheep has got a face <3 <3

they seem to be saying on FB ........................ post on the LIVING RELATIVES Board


that certainly has had a lot of posts on it today ........................


I wonder how (or even IF) GR is keeping track of people taking advantage of the "freebie"?

They need to do that in order to see whether it is worthwhile repeating the experiment.