Let's be more sensitive with mass emails
I was going through my email and found this one.
Yes, it is history and I know it was done. But being Japanese myself having a email like this, i find it very insensitive. Because family search is for everyone I think whatever team that is in charge of mass emails should think what the race will feel (especially war related items).
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It seems like the photo isn't working. The email I got says "Your great grandmother was living when pearl harbor was attacked. Our Family is Japanese
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It is disappointing that you do not appear to have received a response on this matter from a FamilySearch employee - unless they have sent you a private message, of which we would not be aware.
I suppose this is a tricky issue, as these messages are almost certainly computer-generated, so it has not been the action of an insensitive individual that has caused you to receive this. However, perhaps "FamilySearch" might want to give further consideration to the nature of events it shares with its users.
Recently, there was a complaint from another user, who was unhappy about details of Donald Trump's inauguration appearing on his timeline in Family Tree. This prompted me to look at historical events that had been added to my relatives' timelines. They appeared to be quite random, although I found they did generally relate to the country in which that person resided. Nevertheless, I did worry about where the line was being drawn between events that could be considered as "plain historical" ones and others that did involve political (even military) actions / events, the notification of which might cause some upset to certain individuals. This would especially apply, of course, to those who had been personally affected by the reported event.
In summary, I would hope the FamilySearch sections responsible for the content of such emails (or programming similar events that end up on Family Tree timelines) will give a little more thought to including items of a political nature, or that might prove upsetting for some users to read. I was born on the same day as an evil dictator and would be particularly upset at getting that reminder from FamilySearch!
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