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The GetSatisfaction FamilySearch Users' Forum and discussion group is also used as  "Feedback" for the FamilySearch website,
The GetSatisfaction FamilySearch Users' Forum was changed on Sept. 28, 2020 to FamilySearch Community Ideas. After numerous years of using the GetSatisfaction platform, it was discontinued by the company and no longer available for use by FamilySearch. The replacement for GetSatisfaction is [https://community.familysearch.org/s/idea/Idea/Default FamilySearch Community Ideas] and allows users to give suggestions and feedback on their experience on the [https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch website].


The forum currently has over 18,000 users and many FamilySearch Employees actively participating.  Questions are generally responded to within hours of posting.  The forum is now being used as the official FS Tree Feedback.
[[Category:FamilySearch]]
 
[https://www.familysearch.org/ask/salesforce/viewArticle?urlname=Patron-feedback-or-requests-for-product-enhancements&lang=en This GetHelp article provides steps] to share a suggestion or compliment, or to ask a question for which a patron cannot find an answer by clicking Feedback.  The Forum can also be [https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics accessed directly]
 
 
== Etiquette ==
[[File:FAMILYTREE ETIQUETTE.jpg|thumb]]
As FamilySearch promotes collaboration in its use, the forum encourages the promotion and use of the FS [Wiki Etiquette]https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Wiki:Etiquette_Guidelines Guidelines:  A new Draft Etiquette suggestion had been proposed:
== Using the Forum ==
Reporting Problems in [GetSat forum]https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/how-to-report-a-problem-with-familysearch-in-this-forum
 
Editing your [GetSatisfaction Profile]
https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/please-explain-and-fix-forwarded-forum-feedback-from-familysearch
 
== Some Recent Questions Answered & Discussions ==
A few questions answered in 'recent' posts:
 
Downloading & using [spreadsheets in FamilySearch]https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/spreadsheet-questions
 
Translating standardized [https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/translating-standardized-place-names Place Names in FSTree]
 
Adding a Stepchild with Source Linker (or generally using the [Source Linker “Change” function]https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/adding-a-related-step-child-by-id-when-attaching-records-listing-a-step-parent
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Latest revision as of 15:02, 1 October 2020

The GetSatisfaction FamilySearch Users' Forum was changed on Sept. 28, 2020 to FamilySearch Community Ideas. After numerous years of using the GetSatisfaction platform, it was discontinued by the company and no longer available for use by FamilySearch. The replacement for GetSatisfaction is FamilySearch Community Ideas and allows users to give suggestions and feedback on their experience on the FamilySearch website.