I am on this. I just don't have time to double post. I generally place priority on the R1b.L513 Facebook group -
When I started that forum and this, by far most people chose FB so that became my posting priority.?
I have to monitor the R-L513 project FTDNA Activity Feed since I'm a project administer.-
The Activity Feed becomes an alternative to FB. Thankfully, you (Leake) typically responds to people there.
It is my intent to have any of these forums be private, as the old yahoo group was. I have been advised several times by leading bloggers/project administrators to make groups private. Unfortunately, if you don't you are subject to scraping of user names, email IDs, etc. for illicit uses. In that sense, I opt for safety so people will feel secure in posting questions, comments, etc.? If someone wants the benefits of the group/forum, they should join. That way we know who they are in case someone else has a concern. We have had a couple of cases where non-L513 people of the same surname were trying to monitor the L513 people (of the same surname) to essentially annoy them. I guess that is trolling of a sort.
The project itself is fairly good at being up to date in terms of subgroupings matching the Y tree. -
I will respond here, but probably won't create new topics, or only occasionally.
I detest Facebook, particularly Zuckerberg. My FB profile is almost empty. I also don't like that I switched to an iPhone from Android, but if I wanted to Facetime with my grandkids and share photos, I had no choice. The vast majority of the genetic genealogy forum discussion is now done on FB:? Genetic Genealogy Ireland = 7,700 members, FTDNA User Group = 13,700, Genetic Genelogy Tips & Techniques = 35,600, ISOGG = 19,700, GEDmatch = 35,100, etc.
Anyway, this groups.io is fine and I will support it too, but I just won't be very proactive.
Regards
Mike "Tiger" Walsh
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