I Thought We Were Here to Help?

[sharilynn]

I'm not to sure why this site is here sometimes...I mean, why on earth do A LOT of you guys jump on someone for asking a legitimate question? It happens way to much here and I find it hard to stomach. You jump on people that don't take care of their animals properly & don't bother to ask questions, so why jump on someone who is asking questions & trying? Quit being so radical and just help the newbies with questions!! Or risk scaring the newbies off to fend for themselves.

[littleindiangirl]

Hmm, any thread in particular your upset about?

[AVALover5498]

Hmm, any thread in particular your upset about?

I was thinking the same thing.

-Chris-

[sharilynn]

Wow good question...There are too many. The last posting that I just read was in husbandry, the kid that wanted to know if it was safe to feed a house mouse. Now come on... it would of been different if he had already fed the snake the house mouse already, but he asked first and got ridiculed straight away!! WRONG!! If that was me...I'd say forget those people and find information somewhere else.

[Nate]

can you post a thread please?

[JasonG]

its the nature of the forums.. every forum does this...

[sharilynn]

Thats a pretty sad nature to drive people away for wanting information.

[Sonya610]

It does happen to some extent on every forum, but if the site has good moderators then it happens less often. I have seen a little bit of that here but honestly not that much.

The worst part is if someone goes to far in their criticism, others (friends of the harsh poster) should calm them DOWN or rephrase things in a nicer way; not jump in and be equally as nasty to defend their friends bad behavior.

[Reediculous]

you can't determine somebodies mood or tone over the internet. If you ask me.... some people are just a little too sensitive. If you ask a question here your going to get an answer. And a good one at that, 99% of the time. If you stop asking question because somebody was a little short with you or put this face up after a comment Your going to be the one to miss on a lot of information. And in this hobby, you'll never stop asking questions or learning!

[JasonG]

Thats a pretty sad nature to drive people away for wanting information.

Actually I think the one who stirred the pot was you. I read that thread again and not until you posted did it go anywhere bad.

Everyone gave great reasons why one shouldnt feed a caught house mouse, with logical thought out responses.

You were the one who mentioned PETA.....

:/