MyHeritage -- Snaps Up Geni.com

New policy (more privacy) - http://www.geni.com/discussions/115396?msg=834093

Amanda (geni): Only living profiles that are unclaimed and not Master Profiles will be made private.

Thanks for clarifying Peter Rohel (c). I was concerned about MPs of public figures.

I don't understand how I benefit from having paid $100s for a Pro Membership?

I am wondering the same thing Jill and I have a lifetime membership that cost way more than $100!

Private User - Living names = Private (don't like it, but i can live with it)

However - if we (public users) are forced to accept the above - I certainly Hope & Expect - that All profiles of People who Died - will be forced to be Public !!

Private User can you please list what the benefits are for my lifetime subscription to Geni?

Jill Anne Bogdanowicz-Wilson Pro features still include tree matches, enhanced search, upload unlimited media and premium support.

Private User We are working on an exciting offer for our lifetime subscribers and expect to have more details to announce next week.

Private User and @CharlesMichaelEdmonds Does the word "offer" mean that I will have to pay something...or does it mean it will be free? Also I think you should let us know if lifetime still means lifetime since we purchased the membership because it meant lifetime.

Lizzie, I bought the lifetime membership as well! Yes note I said $100s...:(

Charles, one of the reasons I bought a membership was for merging. But now everyone can do merges. Don't matches show for everyone? At least that's how it was before I became a "pro"...the matches were there to see, but there was nothing I could do about it. I haven't been uploading media, but I suppose at some point I might want to. What is the real draw to have a membership now.

As much as I have loved being a pro, adding to the tree and making merges; I feel like my membership just became worthless. I paid for nothing, because now everyone can do what I do for free.

Jill, sorry I misread your post. I too am beginning to wonder what the benefit to the lifetime membership is now that it seems to be stripped of many of the benefits that I purchased it for.

Jill Anne Bogdanowicz-Wilson and Private User Offer does not mean that you have to pay for something. We are excited about Geni joining the MyHeritage family and we want our users to be happy about this. I think you will be pleasantly surprised by the offer we will be sending out next week. And if by some chance you are not you can contact me directly and we will work together to make you as happy about this as we are.

Private User thank you for answering my concern about the word "offer" in your post. However, you did not answer my question regarding whether or not the lifetime memberships we purchased as such are still lifetime memberships at Geni. I don't think you have to wait a week to answer that question. ;)

What are the benefits of a Pro membership now? I shouldn't have paid for the features that are now free.

Private User I can only pass on the information that we have been given. If I get a answer to your question before next week I will post it here.

Martin Čakrt Pro features still include tree matches, enhanced search, upload unlimited media and premium support.

Private User hmmmm, I messaged you directly.

I would not get too excited about this free stuff. Ask yourself, where is the beef ...er... where does the revenue come from? We will know soon enough!

I'm sorry that you who paid for priivileges that are free now are out the money. But I'm glad they are giving back to us who DIDN't pay the right to do those things. This is the best news I've heard in a long time regarding Geni. It makes it a worthwhile service again.

There is nothing good to come of by making the benefits of paid accounts on par with free accounts how do we get a refund? Lol

Private User - Let's be nice to the Geni staff.

Being bought out - is seldom a lot of fun - especially during the 1st year.
It consists of lots of work, many changes and uncertainty for the staff.

Just do your best staff - and good luck :)

that's asking for nothing short of a xmas miricle

So. My Pro account is set to renew on Dec 3. Is it worth it now?

David. Your comment makes no sense. I buy a car, I expect it to work. If the price goes up after I buy it, I don't expect to pay more. :)

I believe I first bought PRO in 2008. It was worth it then to me. My expectation is that it will continue to be worth while in its evolving iterations.

Having been through mergers myself (including some hammering on the technology that quickly followed) I'd give Geni staff a chance to release the information as they can.

Erica,
I hope you are right! I guess it would have made more sense to me to announce the Pro's new benefits, as well as making the other parts free, that way everyone is happy!
Jill

The face that MyHeritage insisted on Geni going back to having the ability to have unlimited people on their tree and have regular members merge shows the short-sightedness of that policy.

Congratulations to MyHeritage which seems to have a better vision than Geni.

http://www.geni.com/blog/geni-is-joining-the-myheritage-family-3784...

http://help.geni.com/forums/21545466-things-to-know

http://help.geni.com/entries/22475611-how-will-the-two-websites-ope...

Peter, Thanks for posting those links. Looks like there are some nice possibilities in the future.

Jill you never worked in PR ! You're reminding me of the good old days trying to coordinate mailings and press releases and so on.

Give the boys & girls a chance to crank it on out. They're probably still on Thanksgiving overload - I know I am.