Post #3950113

2026-07-20 04:14 UTC

1/2 Genealogy is getting worse, in my opinion. Ancestry and MyHeritage use AI to push so many incorrect family links, that in my mind, it has to be creating a feedback loop a bad data from all the people adding incorrect links. These companies just don't care about accuracy as much as letting us replicants create a made-up past. And the data is less and less based on actual documents. Links to Scottish People site is generic at best. #Genealogy #AiSlop

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@adventure_tense@mapstodon.space 2026-07-20 04:18

2/2 I think I'm going to export my family tree and just use GRAMPS (which I had already started doing as a backup), then start logging into actual heritage sites, like Scottish People, to do the heavy lifting. Yes, slower work, but no slop. #Genealogy #AiSlop #ScottishPeople #GRAMPS

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@Flominator@genealysis.social 2026-07-22 05:35

@adventure_tense@mapstodon.space One thing I love at WikiTree, is that you don't get suggestions about potential connections rubbed in your face (apart from the duplicate check, when creating profiles and a duplicate finder for more advanced users). That clearly reduces the chance of people brainlessly merging different people or attaching sources, just because they popped up and the names sound similar.

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