« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 17 April 18 10:51 BST (UK) »
In the particular case I am referring to not all who helped contacted me afterwards. However, although I will keep their identities and words confidential it appears that they did not receive any thanks. Despite that (in my opinion) their posts were helpful all along and enabled me to finally get to the end story.
I know you help lots of people Rosie. As it turns out on the case in question you were one of the helpful postees. So I presume, you did not get any thanks either?
I think this is a suggestion worth considering. I think I might start adding something along the lines of 'Please post any replies to this look up on the main board only'. Perhaps in capital letters. I don't disagree with pm - I know there is a place and reasons for this. I am often interacting or helping others through pm for good reasons. However, it is the switch over from suddenly being on the public forum where people know this will gain them the maximum possibility of gaining help to a sudden switch over to a private thank you. It is this that baffles me and what I object to. Why the need for privacy/secrecy just to say thank you?
This is not something of a sensitive nature.
When I referred to those of us on RootsChat as being human beings and not search engines yesterday - I mean that we are people with feelings and emotions and not simply input/output machines regarding information. I can't speak for everyone but when I am researching someone I do tend to get quite caught up with their stories. People aren't just names and dates to me. Therefore, I do enjoy getting a little bit feedback regarding things such as accuracy and whether the recipient has found this to be interesting or helpful.
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