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how long is reasonable for a person to fill my request

Find A Grave #1772644
It can take years for a photo request to be filled because everyone is a volunteer. If you want a photo "right now", you might want to consider hiring (paying) someone to do it for you, but you can't do that through Find A Grave.
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Correct spelling of GGGGrandfather's 1st name

Find A Grave #1772485
Have you read the Help section on Findagrave?
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Anonymous
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I did.
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Cannot leave a message for a memorial transfer

Find A Grave #1772482
Have you followed the process outlined in the Help section? Yeah, didn't think so.
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Anonymous
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Yes.
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They got mt grandpa

Find A Grave #1771565
The right to privacy ends at death. His birth and death dates will be published by the Social Security administration.
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Anonymous
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That is really rude! Where does the respect for the dead start? I love FDG , but get a bit tired of the temperamental wimps on there.
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Pissed

Find A Grave #1771564
What does that have to do with the Find A Grave website?
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I did not give permission for gravesite photo

Find A Grave #1771562
The cemetery will have to contact Find A Grave.
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Terrible update of Find a grave

Find A Grave #1392383
Ancestry bought Find A Grave over 4 years ago. Not "new owners" and yes, they do want to "brand" it so it meshes with their primary site.
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Anonymous
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Well it doesn't mesh with their "which I have" nor with research.IT SUCKS'''
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Sad and Mad

Find A Grave #1392222
Click the "Save to" button on the top right of the memorial. One of the options is "Print". :)
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Terrible update of Find a grave

Find A Grave #1392221
The relationships are still there! It's on the left side of the memorial, below the bio.
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They Care More about Advertisers then Users

Find A Grave #1392220
The site is going to stay.
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You corrupted my pictures when I connected through Ancestry.

Find A Grave #1392219
Were your photos on Ancestry or Find A Grave?
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Would not call the new site an improvement

Find A Grave #1392218
Give it a chance. It's not the "finished product" yet. There are some good improvements. I'll admit there are things I don't like but I'm open to change because I know it is necessary. The site was built on 20th century technology and we're 17 years into the 21st century. It's like a crumbling foundation: eventually, the house will fall.
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New Site is Terrible, Don't Complain Though...

Find A Grave #1392216
Eddie Donlin, aka @Mad_Genealogist, stop acting like a 2-year-old and accept that YOUR actions were the problem. You misbehaved on FAG and got booted. You were abusive on FaceBook and got blocked. You were abusive on Twitter and got blocked. YOU did those things. You're a dad now, you need to GROW UP.
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Anonymous
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I didnโ€™t write this whoever you are.
Although I do think itโ€™s funny you thought it was me. Have you seen the Facebook page? Nobody likes this site. Only paid employees and people close to the employees. Find A Grave either purposely destroyed the site or failed miserably. I honestly donโ€™t know.
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Searching using ID Number

Find A Grave #1392215
Searching by memorial number is there. Click the "More search options" link beside the Search button.
You couldn't edit or supply information about a specific cemetery on the old site either. You have to go to Find A Grave's Community Forums to do that.
I'll admit, I don't know how to create a new cemetery but I'm sure it's there.
You could see all of your memorials on the old site too - at least until you hit the 10k mark. All you have to do is click the "Search" to narrow the list. Why is that a problem?
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Diehard, a "contributor" at findagrave.

Find A Grave #1388626
After they hit the 10k mark, just use the 'search' feature on their profile, the same as you would for a cemetery with more than 10k memorials.
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Chris #4694****

Find A Grave #1388620
It seems the problem is a basic misunderstanding of the site. It's a public site; anyone (and everyone) can view your entries. Duplicates are not allowed. If yours is the later memorial, you need to delete it. Read the FAQs (which includes their rules and policies) and follow them. By using the site, you are agreeing to abide by their rules. If you can't do that, don't use the site.
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Anonymous
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Chris was just being very rude to every one. Sure your right about the duplicate .But it was more than that .He was a trolling members graves on 2 accounts Or more. Most of the ones that had the duplicates Had done it with out knowing .Say Judy had 2 graves for Mary Hall .Thats what was happening .Not that Judy had a grave and then Tommy had a grave for the same person. Chris would get your grave delete pow ,Then Forest Hills would make it .Then about a week or so Forest Hill would delete his then Chris would create it .But how was Chris getting this done so fast Facebook He was friends with a curator on Facebook.It takes a while for them to get back to you as edit . Be kind to others that person was not . Or He Chris was ACurator that got busted out by another curator . Who knows
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Frustrated

Find A Grave #1386957
Very doubtful an employee would be posting here. Perhaps LongTimer is just frustrated by the constant complaints by people who never bother to click links to find the solution to their own problem in the "Help with Find A Grave" (or, the FAQs); instead of clicking a link, the OP wants to call the company. That's exactly why they DON'T publish a phone number!!
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Refusal of transfer request of direct great-grandparents

Find A Grave #1386357
That's the thing - it IS the memorial manager's so they don't have to "handover" anything unless an "in-guidelines" relative requests a transfer. The ones who need to learn ethics on how to share and treat others are the "family collectors" who LIE about their relationship, REFUSE to submit info and DEMAND transfers.
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This site sucks

Find A Grave #1386343
Maybe people should learn to click on something called "Help"....most sites have that feature and should be the first place someone visits to find out how to do something. Not post a rant on Pissed Consumer.
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Diehard, a "contributor" at findagrave.

Find A Grave #1376023
FindAGrave doesn't take over management for no reason. Some of the reasons they do are: the manager is banned from the site, there is a dispute between 2 people wanting the memorial, the manager won't accept legitimate edits, the admins changed something on the memorial and the manager changed it back, etc.
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Reply to Post # 136**** by GoodCitizen 8-28-2017

Find A Grave #1372649
See the original post at
https://find-a-grave.pissedconsumer.com/b-e-w-a-r-e-of-201707****76389.html
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B-E-W-A-R-E, of, ***

Find A Grave #1372464
Who is "the poster" of the review? Jennings2013
Who is the only person who can change the ratings of the review? Jennings2013
It's not rocket science.
Semantics matter. Example means "an instance serving as illustration". You didn't give examples; you made claims. There is a difference.
Find A Grave does NOT assign admins for specific locations. I suspect you are confusing an ordinary MEMBER with an admin. Anyone can add a photo to any memorial. Whoever adds the photo controls the caption of the photo. If the person was an actual admin, their email address would end with "findagrave.com".
How were you "online with find-a-grave"? They don't have instant messaging or a chat sessions such as a tech support site does. Jennings2013 apparently doesn't understand the use of quotation marks means someone ELSE wrote those words. I simply QUOTED (or copied) Find A Grave's Terms of Use document. As an official Find A Grave statement, the "we" refers to Find A Grave. It is painfully obvious Jennings2013 has issues with comprehension and has blinders on to any discussion attempting to assist him/her understand the site.
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B-E-W-A-R-E, of, ***

Find A Grave #1372461
I did not say the admins were angels. They are merely humans like the rest of us and occasionally they make mistakes. They are also reasonable and will correct those mistakes when it is brought to their attention in an appropriate manner. For example, earlier this month I discovered what I call a circular merge - memorial #1 was merged into memorial #2 and memorial #2 was merged into memorial #1 so all you could see was the "This memorial has been merged" message. I sent both links into admins and it was corrected within 72 hours.
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Anonymous
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Hateful person... Jennings see right thru you.
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B-E-W-A-R-E, of, ***

Find A Grave #1372459
If I could post a screenshot I would. Under the stars, it clearly states "Poster decreased review rating."
So any *** is from the original poster (Jennings2013).
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B-E-W-A-R-E, of, ***

Find A Grave #1371168
Jennings2013 wrote on 9/19: Your Right, I gave all supporting documents to Ancestry, NOT YOU...
On 8/18, you wrote "Examples..." followed by eight enumerated items. NONE of those items were "examples", just further claims. I didn't ask for supporting documents. I pointed out that you said "examples" without actually providing any examples.
Jennings2013 wrote: Correct any dummy knows that.
Well, apparently you didn't know that because on 7/19 in Review #107****, you wrote "The admins who work for f.a.g, own everything".
Jennings2013 wrote: I never said anything about Employees owning the company's assets - Now THAT is another "Real Truth"!...
Again, on 7/19 in Review #107****, YOU (Jennings2013) wrote "The admins who work for f.a.g, own everything". You said it. Now you deny it. Here's something else you wrote "Stop being Pigheaded and Embarrassing Yourself." Please, follow your own advice. Jennings2013 wrote: Manager Refused...What a Joke, you are referring to myself and others that were NEVER asked to change anything before *** violated us... If you weren't asked to change anything, something on the memorial violated Find A Grave policy. Jennings2013 wrote: You
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Threats

Find A Grave #1367819
If you are losing memorials, you are doing something wrong, such as duplicating, putting them in the wrong cemetery or no cemetery.
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My personal family info is being held hostage- for money

Find A Grave #1364395
Lazybums, prove your claim: post a quote from the copyright statutes stating that you can copyright yourself, your family members or their info.
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Anonymous
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There may not be copyrights for oneself BUT there is something like showing respect for the privacy of others and those who wish to remain private. We have too many busy bodies running here and there trying to put their oversize noses into everyone's business. People need to worry more about themselves and check out their personal mirrors out once in awhile. They may not like what they see and project to others........ Just saying !
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B-E-W-A-R-E, of, ***

Find A Grave #1364387
And I didn't change the "rating" of your review whatsoever. It shows YOU did that.
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Anonymous
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Hog-Wash !!!!!!!!
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B-E-W-A-R-E, of, ***

Find A Grave #1364383
What were your examples? You said "Examples" but didn't give any evidence to refute my statements, just more claims.
Yes, the admins ARE employees of Find A Grave (and thus Ancestry). The admins do not "own" the memorials; Find A Grave does. You gave the SITE ownership when you used the website (policy previously quoted). Does an employee of Ford own all the Ford products? Of course not! Employees are paid to do their job, according to the company's policies, and do not own the company's assets. THAT is a "Real Truth"!
Yes, the admins (employees) can override any text...primarily because a.) the text violates their policy in some way; or b.) they were asked to make the change by another member who provided documentation because the manager refused. Again, both of those actions ARE according to their policy.
I've been on the site for many years (ergo, experience IS my research) and seen a fair number of people kicked off the site. Every single time it was because the MEMBER would not follow the site's rules. Again, the Terms of Service cover that contingency "If we believe, in our sole discretion, that you are acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of these Term
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Anonymous
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What a person of subnormal intelligence
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Find A Grave Sucks

Find A Grave #1359426
Yes, telling someone to "mhofb" will get you banned on a collaborative website.
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Priscille Ddr
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I just figured it meant, "Mind Your Own Facebook"... Oops.
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GAVE MY GRANDMOTHER'S MEMORIAL TO STRANGER

Find A Grave #1356530
Links are made on the children's memorials, not the parents.
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My personal family info is being held hostage- for money

Find A Grave #1356527
You can't copyright yourself, your family members or their info.
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Anonymous
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Yes you can!!!!!!! Don't ever trust that guy who claims to be a self proclaimed genealogist, and who also claims to be a private genealogist! This guy just sets around all day long and confiscates memorials right and left from the many humble people there who are working hard to enter accurate INFO to memorials! He is a Find -A-G-- bully! Who owns many famous!
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B-E-W-A-R-E, of, ***

Find A Grave #1356526
Your post is full of misinformation. When you add anything to ***A..G.., it is covered by their Terms & Conditions that say that you grant them "perpetual" permission to "host, store, copy, publish, distribute, provide access to and otherwise use such material, including, hosting and access on co-branded services of that material, and to use the data contained in that material as search results and to integrate that data into the Service or other services as Find A Grave or the Group Companies deem appropriate."
The admins of the site are simply employees. Everything is owned by ***A..G.. and their parent company Ancestry. They do not give "your work" to others without a reason, such as a required transfer or merging a duplicate (because duplicates are not allowed). You are not notified because you agree to follow their policies. It is not true that all "anyone has to do is write ***A..G.. and ask for a memorial transfer that in 99.9% of the time is granted." Rather 99.9% of the time, they only transfer if the relationship between the person requesting the transfer and the deceased person is one of the "required" relationships listed in the FAQs. If someone is banned from the site for objecting to a merge or transfer, it was probably because they were rude, crude or abusive to other members and/or the admins.
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Anonymous
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What a person of subnormal intelligence !
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Diehard, a "contributor" at findagrave.

Find A Grave #1355496
Yes, the FAQs are rules - just write to info (at) findagrave and ask them if the FAQs are rules.
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Garbage In, Garbage Out

Find A Grave #1345720
If someone is "mowing the rows" (taking a photo of every grave in the cemetery), they do not know more information than what is on the stone. Additional information may come from research OR from edits submitted by others. There is no way to know what was added directly by the memorial creator or what was submitted by others and which the memorial manager accepted on "good faith" believing others would not knowingly submit false info. Therefore, blaming the memorial manager for "making up" info is unfair.
Good news!! You can submit corrections to the incorrect info on the Edit tab. If your suggestion is declined, you can follow up with documentation to the manager by sending a "Suggest A Correction (the 6th option on the Edit tab). After 30 days, if the manager still won't correct the memorial, you can appeal to Find A Grave directly by forwarding the "Suggest A Correction" to the appropriate address and clearly/succinctly requesting the change.
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Was Kick off of Find A Grave after people stole my photos

Find A Grave #1345676
"Photos that were made before 1925 are available to everybody to copy" is not true. The cut off year is 1923 (for now) and the photos had to have been PUBLISHED for them to be public domain (available to everybody to copy). Unpublished items are protected for 70 years after the death of the creator. The snapshot my grandmother took of her children in 1922 will be under copyright until 2049 because she died in 1979.
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GAVE MY GRANDMOTHER'S MEMORIAL TO STRANGER

Find A Grave #1345013
Contributors aren't required to live in the area or to have been to the cemetery.
Be sure to read the FAQs about how to get an error corrected and follow each step. It even tells you what to do if the "fact" edits are declined.
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GAVE MY GRANDMOTHER'S MEMORIAL TO STRANGER

Find A Grave #1345001
Have you fully followed the procedure to get the memorial corrected through the Edit tab and then follow-up?
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Anonymous
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I will try that. I have old family photos of them that I would like on there as well. This entire situation is full of problems. To begin with the contributor doesn't even live here. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. I doubt she has even been to the Cemetery where they are buried. Thank You so much for the suggestion!
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Diehard, a "contributor" at findagrave.

Find A Grave #1344901
Your post doesn't say what actions were wrong. Could you elaborate? If you posted information on the internet, the facts are available for anyone to copy & republish. Based on the info you posted here, there isn't any damages for your attorney to go after. Find A Grave does not require being related to the memorials you post. If you chose to only post relatives, that's your business but it isn't a site-wide standard.
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Find A Grave - Website Review

Find A Grave #1344812
What are you considering "legitimate research/data entry"? If the person is buried in that cemetery and the facts are correct, they have fulfilled the mission of the site.
What do you mean by "don't think it should be open to the public"? Should only Ancestry members be allowed to add to a free site? Or do you want it put behind the paywall of Ancestry?
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Find A Grave - owner is Ancestry dot com - UTAH

Find A Grave #1344638
before Ancestry bought Find A Grave, emails to "edit at findagrave dot com" was taking over 2 months to be resolved. I don't know anyone who would call that "in reasonable time". Ancestry purchased Find A Grave on 9/30/2013 and by January 2014, they were responding within a few days. That is a marked improvement by anyone's standards. Also, the "all volunteer" comment was regarding users not admins. Before the purchase, admins were volunteer but not after. If a memorial created by a deceased member needs corrected, follow the process (Edit tab and follow up). It will be done, if you have patience and follow thru.
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THIEVES

Find A Grave #1344619
How would you know?
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THIEVES

Find A Grave #1344618
Yeah, maybe F.A.G. figured out the "cousin" was really a second account for you. Just sayin'.
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Anonymous
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not hardly, I have several cousins on both sides of my family who also do genealogy, you are an ***
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Find A Grave - Website Review from Lake Worth, Florida

Find A Grave #1343834
Hmm, guess you broke the #1 rule: Before creating a memorial, SEARCH.
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Recent Death

Find A Grave #1343833
Instead of going by the "impression" you got, you should have read the FAQs b/c, you know, that's has the real info about the site. Just sayin'. See, it's about all graves & final dispositions: new ones, old ones and non-graves (like body donated to science). If the person is deceased and the disposition is known, they belong on Find A Grave. If your mother knew about the site and her info was going to be published on a funeral home site or in a newspaper, why did she think no one else would create a memorial for her?
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Unresponsive Administrator

Find A Grave #1343832
Dunno what? How to read the email addresses listed in the FAQs? How to find the FAQs?
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FAQ is the worst

Find A Grave #1343830
They recently posted in the Find A Grave 'Community Forums' that group memberships are not allowed.
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Theft

Find A Grave #1343828
@Lame really doesnt know how the site works. No one is "given sheets of unknown graves with just a name attached". It would be good if they did away with the ability to add Burial Unknown memorials because those are often misused, usually by family members wanting to create trees on a site whose purpose is to record graves.
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FIND A GRAVE IS SO POORLY MANAGED IT'S CRIMINAL

Find A Grave #1343825
What felonies are being committed?
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Find A Grave - owner is Ancestry dot com - UTAH

Find A Grave #1343823
Thanks for the good laughs, @GriersonOrigins!! I'm rolling on the floor. Literally wiping the tears from my eyes. See, everyone who uses the site is bound by the "Terms of Use". If you don't like the terms, don't use the site. If you don't use follow the Terms, they'll disinvite you from using the site. It's their sandbox so they decide who is or is not allowed to play there.
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