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Semi-protected edit request on 19 September 2019[edit]

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In Legal matters: THE PARAGRAPH REGARDING CLASSMATES.COM IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE AND SHOULD BE DELETED PERMANENTLY. There are numerous public sources that inaccurately state that MyLife was formerly named Classmates.com, or that MyLife is a rebranded version of Classmates.com. Those statements are absolutely false. Classmates.com is a completely separate website, owned by a completely separate company. MyLife has no ownership interest in Classmates, has never had any control over the Classmates.com website, and is not responsible in any way for Classmate's business practices or legal issues. The articles referenced in this Wikipedia paragraph are patently INCORRECT with regard to any statements they make concerning Classmates.com.

Wikipedia's very OWN page regarding Classmates.com states correctly their ownership history (quoted below) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classmates.com United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNTD) acquired Classmates Online in 2004[7] and owned and operated the company as part of its Classmates Media Corporation subsidiary[8] until 2015. In August 2015, Classmates was acquired from United Online by PeopleConnect Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital, LLC, for $30 million.[12] Classmates is now operated as a division of PeopleConnect, which also owns Intelius. 76.80.113.66 (talk) 18:14, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The page never states that they were related, it states that it was alleged they were in a lawsuit, which seems like relevant information for the purposes of this article. Would be interesting to see the outcome of the lawsuit and whether the judge agreed, however. 173.16.221.135 (talk) 18:42, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 18:56, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think there is a confusion in the wording in some of the outside references and in the Wikipedia article itself. Per one of the references, and the story linked in the ABC News reference (https://therealdeal.com/la/2017/01/25/reunion-com-founder-seeks-buyer-for-7-5m-bel-air-estate/), the MyLife lawsuit has a lot of similarities to the Classmates.com lawsuit and there appears to have been some influences from the outcome Classmates suit on the MyLife suit (although that has not been made explicitly clear). Per the reference, "Tinsley said he had no involvement with Classmates.com and was not involved in the settlement." I think some article rewording would resolve the issue. Barkeep^Chat 19:10, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Article incorrectly states that it is necessary to pay to remove content[edit]

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The article is incorrect that the only way to remove the content is to pay for the service. Sending an email or calling will also remove the information (I just did it and it worked).

Perhaps change to: "Public pages can be edited or removed if users register and pay for its paid service or by email/phone request without paying."Medium Article" --173.16.221.135 (talk) 19:03, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done Barkeep^Chat 19:34, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 September 2019[edit]

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U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled September 6, 2019, 2019 class action lawsuit claiming MyLife.com is a scam can move ahead.

The MyLife.com class action lawsuit accuses company behind Classmates.com of preying on new victims by rebranding itself as MyLife.com after losing 2018 class action lawsuit. Classmates.com was sued in 2008 for defrauding consumers by using spam emails that falsely stated past acquaintances were purportedly trying to contact them, and subsequently charging subscribers a user fee to learn no one was trying to contact them at all.

Classmates.com settled the class action lawsuit last year for $9.5 million, but the people behind Classmates.com have continued the scam under the name MyLife.com, says the class action lawsuit.

According to the MyLife class action lawsuit, MyLife attracts subscribers by sending mass email solicitations saying that “someone” is searching for them, and then charging subscribers a fee to show an ultimately bogus list of names. The MyLife scam class action lawsuit also accuses the social networking site of hacking into subscribers’ computers and spamming contacts in their email address books with more solicitations.

https://www.courthousenews.com/web-scam-reborn-as-mylife-com-class-says/ JoeLevene 17:04, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Not Done The relationship/non-relationship to MyLife has been established (please see above section for edit request on 19 September 2019). The reference provided is from 2011 and therefore has no link to a decision by Claudia Wilken on September 6, 2019. Barkeep^Chat 15:05, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Edits reintroducing incorrect information[edit]

@Barkeep: Your edit here [1] reintroduces an incorrect BBB rating. Before you hastily revert people, please check the edits to determine if important factual corrections were made. The BBB rating paragraph should be either changed to a range of scores or removed entirely, because their rating changes so frequently that it will just as frequently be outdated here. ♟♙ (talk) 17:56, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm checking for both factual correctness and neutrality. The BBB statement was factual and properly referenced, the rating was out of date. I've updated the rating to 'C' and added the {{As of}} template. A more accurate statement would be that their BBB rating has ranged from B to F. With the rating being prone to frequent changes do you think it should be excluded or would this template tag suffice to keep its inclusion? Personally, I don't think the 'Ratings and reviews' section is needed nor the comment related to the USA Today article as the 'Legal issues' section covers this and readers can draw their own conclusion. I also want to make a note on neutrality. The article is frequently edited (and/or vandalized) by those who have a negative slant towards MyLife, possibly, I suspect in some cases, by former users of their service. Hence, a particular amount of vigilance has been paid attention to what gets edited as the inclination of some editors tend to paint MyLife negatively. That is why, for instance, I prefer the phase "issued a complaint" with a wiki link and using a direct FTC reference vs. "sued" and a reference from county news website that has only existed for three years. Barkeep^Chat 15:29, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]