Contributor Levels? I'm a Tree-Building Titan, But What Does That Mean?
FamilySearch says I'm a "Tree-Building Titan," and that's great, thanks, but I would be interested to know what that really means? What are the various contributor levels and names, and what are the criteria for each level? How many people are included in each contributor level? I think it would be fun and encouraging to know more about all of this if someone can share it. Thanks.
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I consider that email to be marketing fluff, probably without too much emphasis on accuracy.
I'm an active contributor to the FS tree, but according to that email, I'm also a Tree Building Titan, with "25 total contributions".
Meanwhile, if I check the 2024 Stats on the My Contributions page, I attached over 3,300 sources and created 399 profiles.
They can't both be correct.
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Ah, ha. That's useful. I'm a bit more hardcore I guess. LOL. I created 7,582 people last year (72,165 since 2015), attached 51,336 sources (391,595 total), for 465,082 all-time contributions. I'm identifying every person I share DNA with, as well as their spouses and the spouses parents and often grandparents. It's all mirrored on Ancestry and GeneaNet too. I probably need to get a different life.
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I suspect that every contributor to the tree received the same email, except those who have successfully opted out of all correspondence.
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I am absolutely gobsmacked that anyone could identify 72 thousand people that were not already in FT. I'm fairly sure I was only into double digits before I started to find that an increasing number were already there. The more I add, the more I find already exist.
But I agree, that email (I got one too) isn't worth the paper it's (not) written on.
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My 2024 'year in review' said only 2 people were added to my tree in 2024, even though I personally added 100's.
And when i clicked on the 2 relatives that it showed, neither one was related to me…
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It appears to be against the Community Code of Conduct to discuss what FamilySearch's priorities should be, so I will make no further comment than to suggest reading the comments made above regarding the sending of this particular email.
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