Gifts - how can I remove this thing from My Page?

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Comment by Gena Philibert Ortega on October 27, 2009 at 10:17am

Unfortunately, this is not something that we at GenealogyWise chose. This is something that Ning added, along with the status update. The only way we can remove it is to take it down for everyone. There are people who do use the gift app so I'm not comfortable taking it down. We are unable to take it down for just some of the members.

Gena Philibert Ortega
GenealogyWise

Comment by William Douglas on October 27, 2009 at 4:45am

Deason,

I agree that Genwise need to recoup some of their costs, but My Page is, or was, My Page.

Frankly, I do not want anyone wasting $1.50 to put an image of a football, a chainsaw or a monkey on My Page. I wont feel any the better for it. What if I were a recovering alcholic and someone sent me a bottle of wine?


If there were an option to minimise the function on a side bar, that might be acceptable. But sticking it at the top was not. Incidently, other networks are outraged at the way they have been treated. They pay for a premium service, try to put a professional design in place, and then had this thing dumped on them - with no consultation! I am NOT saying it is inappropriate for this network. There will be some people who will use this, and fel the benefit of it. Sorry, but I am not one of them.

Comment by Deanna Dailey on October 25, 2009 at 6:16pm

I would also like to be able to remove the Gifts. I also don't like having the status box. I joined Genealogywise to be able to learn how others are handling their research and to possibly find ways to break through my brickwalls. I don't mind the ads on the side. I just ignore those, but I don't appreciate having My Page changed from the way that I have chosen to set it up. If I had wanted all these annoyances I would have joined Facebook or MySpace. I may just leave this site if it continues to become like the others.

Comment by Katie Heitert Wilkinson on October 24, 2009 at 2:20pm

I wondered if anyone felt the same. Please ..... if you find out how to remove as well as move, lett us know.

Comment by Deason Hunt on October 24, 2009 at 7:52am

William,
I look at the gifts thing (and ads in the right hand column) displaying on our pages as the price we pay for free access to genealogywise. Nothing in this world is free no matter what anyone tells us. Genealogyise has expenses, and all of us logging on doesn't pay the bills. In admit I don't always look at the ads, and I don't participate in such things as the gifts thing, but many people do. I don't mind ignoring those things on my page so that others might see and use them. It doesn't coast anything to ignore. I would much rather do this than pay a subscription fee which might cause me or others to go away and not use this site. Many people using the site is one of the things that increases its value to all of us.