I agree with Deborah and Charlotte about name gatherers.
I have to say I am currently in touch outside of rootschat with a couple of contacts about two different strands of my tree and the enthusiasm hasn't waived a bit there. So for serious researchers there is still fun to be had.
I have to say I'm a bit fed up of the wave of rootschatters who are just here to take, take, take without researching anything for themselves and then don't even bother to thank those of us who spend ages searching for them

Yes I know we don't all have access to Ancestry etc but there are so many freebie sites out there now that there really is little excuse sometimes.

Moan over but I do wonder how serious some of them are about family history. If they lost connection to rootschat or the internet would they bother to carry on, would they bother to go to libraries, family history centres, record centres etc or look for other sources.
Sorry I said moan over

Kerry